Matt has been the owner and artist at Furnace Urbini Glass Studios in Illinois since 1999 and brings decades of glassblowing experience, including time working with the Murano masters.
Matt has been the owner and artist at Furnace Urbini Glass Studios in Illinois since 1999 and brings decades of glassblowing experience, including time working with the Murano masters. His work blends traditional Italian design with modern technique, and the result is light, fluid, and precise. Over the past years, he has also been training our apprentices, instilling in them the foundations of technique, discipline, and the Blenko tradition.