Thomas Steinman

"After many years of blowing glass in good times, bad times, and really strange times, I finally figured it out: the glass blowing is fun--it's life that is hard!"

In 1976, after one minute into Thomas Steinman's first visit to a hot glass shop in Toledo, Ohio, he knew glassmaking was to be a long-term affair. Today, he puts on the iPod, fires up the glory hole, and leaves his troubles behind. His eyes, hands, and mind all unite for a short time ...