Janke Studios

Janke Studios is a glassblowing center. It is also the first in Atlanta, Georgia. Janke Studios is in the Studioplex in the historic Martin Luther King Jr. District. At Janke Studios experimentation, energy, and creativity are what drive the artists to create their works. The vision of the studio is to help promote, expose, and educate those in the southeast about glassmaking. Janke Studios does offer classes, as well as exhibits in how glassblowing works.

Janke Studios has a 300 pound furnace. They also have three glory holes of three different sizes. There is a color furnace and classes for all levels of glassmaking abilities. Sand is what is used to form glass. When sand is frozen it is called glass. So for glassblowing the sand is frozen into crystals, which can be melted at high temperatures to be conformed into a pretty glass structure like glass windows.

Glassblowing has been a popular form of art because colors can be manipulated into designs. It is also a rather old art considering the stain glass windows many cathedrals were built with. The history of glassblowing, along with tutorials, is available at Janke Studios. Fees are commiserate with the tours or classes one takes.