Commission an Artist
Our community includes a number of independent, regional glass artists that may be able to fix your item or create something custom for you. Pittsburgh Glass Center is not responsible for the work produced by these artists. All contact, payment, and pickup will be coordinated by you with the artist.
A range of different artists who accept commissions can be found below. You can reach out to any of the artists listed on this page individually. Feel free to send the same email to everyone, and they will follow up with you if the project works for them.
Repairing broken glass is tricky. It may seem straightforward, but it can be complicated based on the size of the object, the type and color of the glass, and the complexity of the break. Repairs start at $100 and many cost more to repair than the value of the item.
Pittsburgh Glass Center does not repair glass items on site. However, our community includes a number of independent, regional glass artists (see below) that may be able to fix your item or create something custom for you. Pittsburgh Glass Center is not responsible for the work produced by these artists. All contact, payment, and pickup will be coordinated by you with the artist.
Isaac Beachy – Email / Website
Isaac’s Glass makes custom stained glass for homes, businesses, and whoever else needs it. I work closely with clients. Clients with a specific vision to ones that only know they want… something. I’ve made windows to mimic a style or period, of video game characters, landscape memorial pieces, church restorations, and a lot of other things in between. I’m good at listening, figuring out what people are after, and making it real. I take on commissions, full restorations, and repairs. I’ve taught stained glass to kids and grandparents, and I work in Pittsburgh with attention to detail and durability. I repair stained glass or glass panes.
Andy Bixler – Email
I am a metal fabricator and glass studio technician with extensive equipment repair, electrical, and refractory experience.
Dan Buchanan – Email / Website
My specialties include custom glassmaking for awards, custom imagery, engraving, lighting, and artwork. My practice often incorporates other materials like hardwood, metals, etc. I’ve been able to help clients replace lost or broken glass parts for vintage or one of a kind lamps and other lighting fixtures.
Sarah Cohen Email / Website
Sarah Cohen uses glass mosaic to express vibrant color blends and joyous movement. Sarah is also a teaching artist with experience in public art and community engagement, while also offering custom gifts and commissions. Sarah only repairs mosaics or dalle de verre.
Percy Echols II – Email / Website
I specialize in sculptural blown glass, and engraved glass artwork. Extended services and expertise in specialized lightning such as neon. Minor repairs for solid glass and blown glass, and specialty repair and restoration for neon.
Leo Fine – Email / Website
I am a glass blower and sculptor who is well versed in a variety of different disciplines. From thin, elegant vessels to large representational sculpture and everything in between, I am a versatile glass blower who is able to take a clients idea or vision and make it reality.I only do repairs for making replacement parts for a larger piece. For example, remaking a part of a chandelier.
Theresa Jorgensen – Email
I specialize in blown glass and cold working. I am good at glueing or coldworking for repairs.
Michael Mangiafico – Email / Website
I am well versed in most of the techniques of manipulating glass flameworking being my forte.
Eve Hoyt aka Evening Neon – Email / Website
I make neon artwork, take requests for custom neon pieces, restore neon signs and repairs.
Ashley McFarland – Email
Cold working, repairs, award commissions. I repair broken or shipped glass.
Alex Neal (Cosmik Jest) – Email / Website
Customs, and Historical Stained Glass Restoration & Repair. I repair and restore any size stained glass panels made with lead came.
Christopher Ross – Email / Website
I specialize in coldworking and making simple sculptures and vessels of various sizes. My glass repair experience has included removing minor cracks and breakage as well as scratch removal, polishing and gluing.
Beyvan Schantz – Email / Website
I’m a blown glass artist specializing in functional vessels, lighting, awards, custom blown and solid pieces and repairs. I repair a variety of glass pieces, including blown and solid pieces. I cold work pieces (cutting, grinding, and polishing) and I glue items as well. I can also make replacement parts for chandeliers, lighting, and other glass works.
Isaac Beachy – Email / Website
Isaac’s Glass makes custom stained glass for homes, businesses, and whoever else needs it. I work closely with clients. Clients with a specific vision to ones that only know they want… something. I’ve made windows to mimic a style or period, of video game characters, landscape memorial pieces, church restorations, and a lot of other things in between. I’m good at listening, figuring out what people are after, and making it real. I take on commissions, full restorations, and repairs. I’ve taught stained glass to kids and grandparents, and I work in Pittsburgh with attention to detail and durability.
Anna Boothe – Email / Website
With technical inspiration taken from a 19th C French glass-casting technique known as pate de verre, Anna Boothe’s elegant glass assemblages are created in a kiln by fusing sugary particles of lead crystal. Individual elements, initially hand-carved in wax or cast directly from botanicals, once transformed into glass, are combined to create multicolored jewel-like objects that include a variety of one-of-a-kind vessels, goblets, flacons and small decorative pieces that appear to glow from within. Imbued in each object is a reference to historical artifact, a sense of preciousness and the intangibility, yet familiarity that is associated with collaged memory.
Dan Buchanan – Email / Website
My specialties include custom glassmaking for awards, custom imagery, engraving, lighting, and artwork. My practice often incorporates other materials like hardwood, metals, etc.
Leo Fine – Email / Website
I am a glass blower and sculptor who is well versed in a variety of different disciplines. From thin, elegant vessels to large representational sculpture and everything in between, I am a versatile glass blower who is able to take a clients idea or vision and make it reality.
Percy Echols II – Email / Website
I specialize in sculptural blown glass, and engraved glass artwork. Extended services and expertise in specialized lightning such as neon.
Jaime Guerrero – Email / Website
Eric Hernandez – Email / Website
Specializing in glass working, metal, and wood. Can do small production, insulation work as well.
Theresa Jorgensen – Email
I specialize in blown glass and cold working.
Julian Maturino (Salvador Alane) – Email / Website
Ashley McFarland – Email
Cold working, repairs, award commissions. I repair broken or shipped glass.
Alex Neal (Cosmik Jest) – Email / Website
Customs, and Historical Stained Glass Restoration & Repair.
SaraBeth Post Eskuche – Email / Website
My glassmaking practice spans across hot glass, flameworking, kilnworking and coldworking. Over the past 10+ years, my creative approach has developed based upon specific projects requiring the correct tools for the process. I have the ability to create controlled, tight designs but highly enjoy the space of listening to my intuition, which is a more soft and abstract approach.
Christopher Ross – Email / Website
I specialize in coldworking and making simple sculptures and vessels of various sizes.
Beyvan Schantz – Email / Website
I’m a blown glass artist specializing in functional vessels, lighting, awards, custom blown and solid pieces and repairs.
Percy Echols II – Email / Website
I specialize in sculptural blown glass, and engraved glass artwork. Extended services and expertise in specialized lightning such as neon.
Leo Fine – Email / Website
I am a glass blower and sculptor who is well versed in a variety of different disciplines. From thin, elegant vessels to large representational sculpture and everything in between, I am a versatile glass blower who is able to take a clients idea or vision and make it reality.
Jaime Guerrero – Email / Website
Eric Hernandez – Email / Website
Specializing in glass working, metal, and wood. Can do small production, insulation work as well.
Theresa Jorgensen – Email
I specialize in blown glass and cold working.
Julian Maturino (Salvador Alane) – Email / Website
Christopher Ross – Email / Website
I specialize in coldworking and making simple sculptures and vessels of various sizes.
Beyvan Schantz – Email / Website
I’m a blown glass artist specializing in functional vessels, lighting, awards, custom blown and solid pieces and repairs.
Dan Buchanan – Email / Website
My specialties include custom glassmaking for awards, custom imagery, engraving, lighting, and artwork. My practice often incorporates other materials like hardwood, metals, etc.
Elizabeth Fortunato – Email / Website
Spring Street Studios is a glass studio and retail shop in Zelienople Pa. Elizabeth owns and operates the studio. We specialize in fused, stained glass and mosaics.
Theresa Jorgensen – Email
I specialize in blown glass and cold working.
Ashley McFarland – Email
Cold working, repairs, award commissions. I repair broken or shipped glass.
SaraBeth Post Eskuche – Email / Website
My glassmaking practice spans across hot glass, flameworking, kilnworking and coldworking. Over the past 10+ years, my creative approach has developed based upon specific projects requiring the correct tools for the process. I have the ability to create controlled, tight designs but highly enjoy the space of listening to my intuition, which is a more soft and abstract approach.
Beyvan Schantz – Email / Website
I’m a blown glass artist specializing in functional vessels, lighting, awards, custom blown and solid pieces and repairs.
Anna Boothe – Email / Website
With technical inspiration taken from a 19th C French glass-casting technique known as pate de verre, Anna Boothe’s elegant glass assemblages are created in a kiln by fusing sugary particles of lead crystal. Individual elements, initially hand-carved in wax or cast directly from botanicals, once transformed into glass, are combined to create multicolored jewel-like objects that include a variety of one-of-a-kind vessels, goblets, flacons and small decorative pieces that appear to glow from within. Imbued in each object is a reference to historical artifact, a sense of preciousness and the intangibility, yet familiarity that is associated with collaged memory.
Dan Buchanan – Email / Website
My specialties include custom glassmaking for awards, custom imagery, engraving, lighting, and artwork. My practice often incorporates other materials like hardwood, metals, etc.
Ellie Durham-Britton – Email / Website
Ellie Durham-Britton is a whimsical yet meticulous stained glass and fused glass artist specializing in medium to large window hangings and kilnformed dishware. Their work frequently incorporates unconventional materials such as agates, copper mesh, and fossils, and their favorite subject matter to depict is plants, animals, and figures from folklore. Their love of geometry and quilting also comes into play in many of their “patchworked” designs.
Elizabeth Fortunato – Email / Website
Spring Street Studios is a glass studio and retail shop in Zelienople Pa. Elizabeth owns and operates the studio. We specialize in fused, stained glass and mosaics.
Eric Hernandez – Email / Website
Specializing in glass working, metal, and wood. Can do small production, insulation work as well.
Drew Kail (Camp Copeland) – Email / Website
I am a kilnformed glass artist with expertise in many areas including fusing, slumping casting and stained glass.
SaraBeth Post Eskuche – Email / Website
My glassmaking practice spans across hot glass, flameworking, kilnworking and coldworking. Over the past 10+ years, my creative approach has developed based upon specific projects requiring the correct tools for the process. I have the ability to create controlled, tight designs but highly enjoy the space of listening to my intuition, which is a more soft and abstract approach.
Isaac Beachy – Email / Website
Isaac’s Glass makes custom stained glass for homes, businesses, and whoever else needs it. I work closely with clients. Clients with a specific vision to ones that only know they want… something. I’ve made windows to mimic a style or period, of video game characters, landscape memorial pieces, church restorations, and a lot of other things in between. I’m good at listening, figuring out what people are after, and making it real. I take on commissions, full restorations, and repairs. I’ve taught stained glass to kids and grandparents, and I work in Pittsburgh with attention to detail and durability.
Dan Buchanan – Email / Website
My specialties include custom glassmaking for awards, custom imagery, engraving, lighting, and artwork. My practice often incorporates other materials like hardwood, metals, etc.
Ellie Durham-Britton – Email / Website
Ellie Durham-Britton is a whimsical yet meticulous stained glass and fused glass artist specializing in medium to large window hangings and kilnformed dishware. Their work frequently incorporates unconventional materials such as agates, copper mesh, and fossils, and their favorite subject matter to depict is plants, animals, and figures from folklore. Their love of geometry and quilting also comes into play in many of their “patchworked” designs.
Elizabeth Fortunato – Email / Website
Spring Street Studios is a glass studio and retail shop in Zelienople Pa. Elizabeth owns and operates the studio. We specialize in fused, stained glass and mosaics.
Alex Neal (Cosmik Jest) – Email / Website
Customs, and Historical Stained Glass Restoration & Repair.
Rebecca Smith – Email
Sarah Cohen – Email / Website
PetalVision Glass transforms flora and fauna into beautiful designs that you can wear and gift proudly.
Michael Mangiafico Email / Website
I am well versed in most of the techniques of manipulating glass flameworking being my forte.
SaraBeth Post Eskuche – Email / Website
My glassmaking practice spans across hot glass, flameworking, kilnworking and coldworking. Over the past 10+ years, my creative approach has developed based upon specific projects requiring the correct tools for the process. I have the ability to create controlled, tight designs but highly enjoy the space of listening to my intuition, which is a more soft and abstract approach.
Isaac Beachy – Email / Website
Isaac’s Glass makes custom stained glass for homes, businesses, and whoever else needs it. I work closely with clients. Clients with a specific vision to ones that only know they want… something. I’ve made windows to mimic a style or period, of video game characters, landscape memorial pieces, church restorations, and a lot of other things in between. I’m good at listening, figuring out what people are after, and making it real. I take on commissions, full restorations, and repairs. I’ve taught stained glass to kids and grandparents, and I work in Pittsburgh with attention to detail and durability.
Dan Buchanan – Email / Website
My specialties include custom glassmaking for awards, custom imagery, engraving, lighting, and artwork. My practice often incorporates other materials like hardwood, metals, etc.
Percy Echols II – Email / Website
I specialize in sculptural blown glass, and engraved glass artwork. Extended services and expertise in specialized lightning such as neon.
Leo Fine – Email / Website
I am a glass blower and sculptor who is well versed in a variety of different disciplines. From thin, elegant vessels to large representational sculpture and everything in between, I am a versatile glass blower who is able to take a clients idea or vision and make it reality.
Eric Hernandez – Email / Website
Specializing in glass working, metal, and wood. Can do small production, insulation work as well.
Eve Hoyt aka Evening Neon – Email / Website
I make neon artwork, take requests for custom neon pieces, restore neon signs and repairs.
Michael Mangiafico Email / Website
I am well versed in most of the techniques of manipulating glass flameworking being my forte.
Christopher Ross – Email / Website
I specialize in coldworking and making simple sculptures and vessels of various sizes.
Beyvan Schantz – Email / Website
I’m a blown glass artist specializing in functional vessels, lighting, awards, custom blown and solid pieces and repairs.
Memorial artwork can be created to honor loved ones and pets by placing their ashes in glass objects. At Pittsburgh Glass Center, we are limited in what we can offer. The technical challenges of adding outside material to our glass and the unique emotional significance, mean that we don’t take on commissions with ashes as an organization, nor do we allow students to bring outside materials to add into their workshops. As an art form, glassmaking is a setting where things can break or don’t go as planned. If you wish to pursue having ashes incorporated into a glass piece, please refer to artists below.
Isaac Beachy – Email / Website
Isaac’s Glass makes custom stained glass for homes, businesses, and whoever else needs it. I work closely with clients. Clients with a specific vision to ones that only know they want… something. I’ve made windows to mimic a style or period, of video game characters, landscape memorial pieces, church restorations, and a lot of other things in between. I’m good at listening, figuring out what people are after, and making it real. I take on commissions, full restorations, and repairs. I’ve taught stained glass to kids and grandparents, and I work in Pittsburgh with attention to detail and durability.
Dan Buchanan – Email / Website
My specialties include custom glassmaking for awards, custom imagery, engraving, lighting, and artwork. My practice often incorporates other materials like hardwood, metals, etc.
Sarah Cohen – Email / Website
PetalVision Glass transforms flora and fauna into beautiful designs that you can wear and gift proudly.
Ellie Durham-Britton – Email / Website
Ellie Durham-Britton is a whimsical yet meticulous stained glass and fused glass artist specializing in medium to large window hangings and kilnformed dishware. Their work frequently incorporates unconventional materials such as agates, copper mesh, and fossils, and their favorite subject matter to depict is plants, animals, and figures from folklore. Their love of geometry and quilting also comes into play in many of their “patchworked” designs.
Leo Fine – Email / Website
I am a glass blower and sculptor who is well versed in a variety of different disciplines. From thin, elegant vessels to large representational sculpture and everything in between, I am a versatile glass blower who is able to take a clients idea or vision and make it reality.
Elizabeth Fortunato – Email / Website
Spring Street Studios is a glass studio and retail shop in Zelienople Pa. Elizabeth owns and operates the studio. We specialize in fused, stained glass and mosaics.
Eric Hernandez – Email / Website
Specializing in glass working, metal, and wood. Can do small production, insulation work as well.
Michael Mangiafico Email / Website
I am well versed in most of the techniques of manipulating glass flameworking being my forte.
Ashley McFarland – Email
Cold working, repairs, award commissions. I repair broken or shipped glass.
Alex Neal (Cosmik Jest) – Email / Website
Customs, and Historical Stained Glass Restoration & Repair.
SaraBeth Post Eskuche – Email / Website
My glassmaking practice spans across hot glass, flameworking, kilnworking and coldworking. Over the past 10+ years, my creative approach has developed based upon specific projects requiring the correct tools for the process. I have the ability to create controlled, tight designs but highly enjoy the space of listening to my intuition, which is a more soft and abstract approach.
Beyvan Schantz – Email / Website
I’m a blown glass artist specializing in functional vessels, lighting, awards, custom blown and solid pieces and repairs.
Isaac Beachy – Email / Website
Isaac’s Glass makes custom stained glass for homes, businesses, and whoever else needs it. I work closely with clients. Clients with a specific vision to ones that only know they want… something. I’ve made windows to mimic a style or period, of video game characters, landscape memorial pieces, church restorations, and a lot of other things in between. I’m good at listening, figuring out what people are after, and making it real. I take on commissions, full restorations, and repairs. I’ve taught stained glass to kids and grandparents, and I work in Pittsburgh with attention to detail and durability.
Sarah Cohen Email / Website
Sarah Cohen uses glass mosaic to express vibrant color blends and joyous movement. Sarah is also a teaching artist with experience in public art and community engagement, while also offering custom gifts and commissions.
Ellie Durham-Britton – Email / Website
Ellie Durham-Britton is a whimsical yet meticulous stained glass and fused glass artist specializing in medium to large window hangings and kilnformed dishware. Their work frequently incorporates unconventional materials such as agates, copper mesh, and fossils, and their favorite subject matter to depict is plants, animals, and figures from folklore. Their love of geometry and quilting also comes into play in many of their “patchworked” designs.
Isaac Beachy – Email / Website
Isaac’s Glass makes custom stained glass for homes, businesses, and whoever else needs it. I work closely with clients. Clients with a specific vision to ones that only know they want… something. I’ve made windows to mimic a style or period, of video game characters, landscape memorial pieces, church restorations, and a lot of other things in between. I’m good at listening, figuring out what people are after, and making it real. I take on commissions, full restorations, and repairs. I’ve taught stained glass to kids and grandparents, and I work in Pittsburgh with attention to detail and durability.
Ellie Durham-Britton – Email / Website
Ellie Durham-Britton is a whimsical yet meticulous stained glass and fused glass artist specializing in medium to large window hangings and kilnformed dishware. Their work frequently incorporates unconventional materials such as agates, copper mesh, and fossils, and their favorite subject matter to depict is plants, animals, and figures from folklore. Their love of geometry and quilting also comes into play in many of their “patchworked” designs.
Drew Kail (Camp Copeland) – Email / Website
I am a kilnformed glass artist with expertise in many areas including fusing, slumping casting and stained glass.
Rocky Kindelberger – Email
Alex Neal (Cosmik Jest) – Email / Website
Customs, and Historical Stained Glass Restoration & Repair.
Isaac Beachy – Email / Website
Isaac’s Glass makes custom stained glass for homes, businesses, and whoever else needs it. I work closely with clients. Clients with a specific vision to ones that only know they want… something. I’ve made windows to mimic a style or period, of video game characters, landscape memorial pieces, church restorations, and a lot of other things in between. I’m good at listening, figuring out what people are after, and making it real. I take on commissions, full restorations, and repairs. I’ve taught stained glass to kids and grandparents, and I work in Pittsburgh with attention to detail and durability.
Anna Boothe – Email / Website
With technical inspiration taken from a 19th C French glass-casting technique known as pate de verre, Anna Boothe’s elegant glass assemblages are created in a kiln by fusing sugary particles of lead crystal. Individual elements, initially hand-carved in wax or cast directly from botanicals, once transformed into glass, are combined to create multicolored jewel-like objects that include a variety of one-of-a-kind vessels, goblets, flacons and small decorative pieces that appear to glow from within. Imbued in each object is a reference to historical artifact, a sense of preciousness and the intangibility, yet familiarity that is associated with collaged memory.
Dan Buchanan – Email / Website
My specialties include custom glassmaking for awards, custom imagery, engraving, lighting, and artwork. My practice often incorporates other materials like hardwood, metals, etc.
Sarah Cohen – Email / Website
Sarah Cohen uses glass mosaic to express vibrant color blends and joyous movement. Sarah is also a teaching artist with experience in public art and community engagement, while also offering custom gifts and commissions.
Ellie Durham-Britton – Email / Website
Ellie Durham-Britton is a whimsical yet meticulous stained glass and fused glass artist specializing in medium to large window hangings and kilnformed dishware. Their work frequently incorporates unconventional materials such as agates, copper mesh, and fossils, and their favorite subject matter to depict is plants, animals, and figures from folklore. Their love of geometry and quilting also comes into play in many of their “patchworked” designs.
Percy Echols II – Email / Website
I specialize in sculptural blown glass, and engraved glass artwork. Extended services and expertise in specialized lightning such as neon.
Leo Fine – Email / Website
I am a glass blower and sculptor who is well versed in a variety of different disciplines. From thin, elegant vessels to large representational sculpture and everything in between, I am a versatile glass blower who is able to take a clients idea or vision and make it reality.
Elizabeth Fortunato – Email / Website
Spring Street Studios is a glass studio and retail shop in Zelienople Pa. Elizabeth owns and operates the studio. We specialize in fused, stained glass and mosaics.
Eric Hernandez – Email / Website
Specializing in glass working, metal, and wood. Can do small production, insulation work as well.
Michael Mangiafico Email / Website
I am well versed in most of the techniques of manipulating glass flameworking being my forte.
Alex Neal (Cosmik Jest) – Email / Website
Customs, and Historical Stained Glass Restoration & Repair.
SaraBeth Post Eskuche – Email / Website
My glassmaking practice spans across hot glass, flameworking, kilnworking and coldworking. Over the past 10+ years, my creative approach has developed based upon specific projects requiring the correct tools for the process. I have the ability to create controlled, tight designs but highly enjoy the space of listening to my intuition, which is a more soft and abstract approach.
Christopher Ross – Email / Website
I specialize in coldworking and making simple sculptures and vessels of various sizes.
Beyvan Schantz – Email / Website
I’m a blown glass artist specializing in functional vessels, lighting, awards, custom blown and solid pieces and repairs.
Suggestions For Repairs And Commissioning A Piece Of Glass Artwork
Repairing broken glass is tricky. It may seem straightforward, but it can be complicated based on the size of the object, the type and color of the glass, and the complexity of the break. Repairs start at $100 and many cost more to repair than the value of the item.
Pittsburgh Glass Center is not responsible for the work produced by these artists. All contact, payment, and pickup will be coordinated by you with the artist.
Things to Consider Before Requesting a Repair
Knowing how much you are willing to spend for a custom or altered piece of glass artwork is one of the first steps. Bear in mind that each artist has a different system for pricing their work. Many artists will consider the cost of materials, cost of studio rental or time, time drafting or rendering an object, and the addition of a working wage. The resources needed to make items from glass, or even to repair objects, often exceeds expectations. Starting the conversation with a ballpark budget in mind allows artists to share the possibilities within your price range.
Repairing or commissioning a work of art takes time. Please plan accordingly when working with an artist. Due to the nature of most processes in glass, the artist needs ample time to properly create your item. Begin consultation early and have a good line of communication with the artist during the process. Tight deadlines may incur “rush” fees.
Take photos of the item that needs to be repaired. If you are commissioning a new work, have photos similar to your expectations, dimensions, and colors that will allow the artist to give you an approximate quote. Depending on the complexity of the commission or repair, an artist will set up a time with you for a consultation. Come prepared to the consultation with the broken item or photos and be flexible to other options the artist may present.
