North Carolina Glass Center - Asheville, NC - Asheville, North Carolina

Maura T.

All the folks there are so warm and welcoming! Max was an awesome instructor! The instructions he gave were clear and easy to understand! And to end up with a beautiful piece of art (glassware) was the icing on the cake! Do yourseld a favor and book a class, it is worth every penny!

Barbara Y.

I had so much fun making my custom paperweight at the glass blowing class. My instructor was Matt, and he was excellent. He was very patient and helpful. I highly recommend anyone interested in signing up and making their own piece do so. You truly appreciate the expertise involved in creating these beautiful pieces that they sell.

Court A.

My husband and I took a class for our anniversary and it was so much fun!! Max and John were amazing teachers. We learned so much and came out with a whole new appreciation for not just glass art but also glass that we encounter in our everyday lives! When we were done we shopped around and bought a couple beautiful things. I wish I could remember the names of the two that helped us check in and out, but they were extremely kind. We will definitely be coming back!!

Thank you NC Glass Center for an unforgettable experience!!

Delaney M.

We selected an hour-long class to make picture frames. The NC Glass Center was fun to visit and had a beautiful gallery. It was an enjoyable experience, but I would probably recommend choosing a class that actually involves glass blowing as it would be worth the money spent. When we did our picture frame class, a lot of the glass options seemed picked over and already cut down to tiny little pieces, making the selection not what we had hoped for. And our instructor started to teach us as if we had already taken a class before and not as if we were beginners. Our instructor was not that helpful, and also told us to please be sure to finish on time because “I don’t get paid past my time”, which was off-putting to hear. We had fun with the experience, but it was not as fun as we were expecting it to be. When we received our picture frames in the mail, they also did not include one of our picture frames. They did refund us for the missing frame and said they would still look for where it could be, but it was still very disappointing to be missing one of the picture frames we made. Some more organization and safe keeping would have been beneficial for guests and their pieces. Overall, I would recommend a trip here, but not for a glass fusing class. Actually experiencing blowing the glass would have been worth the money.

EL

Best glass art school in North Carolina. We made glass tumblers and glass pendants for necklace.(Only one in the whole wide world) Great teaching skills with best teachers with very good facility. Thank you so much for let us have this awesome glass making art exprience. Thank you teachers.(Max, Ariel, Tomy, Tony)
Also they have a beautiful many glass art collections too.

Melody F.

Great experience making my own glass with KC!! He was super informative, helpful, and patient. I would highly recommend this class!

Edit 3/31/25: We went to the new location in Black Mountain and did a hotshop class with Dahlia. The new building is gorgeous! Staff are so friendly and welcoming. Dahlia was an amazing instructor. She walked us through the whole process in great detail and really made us feel like pros by the time we were done! We can't wait to go back and take another class!

Louise M.

We really enjoyed our glass blowing class with Max. He is an excellent teacher and helped us along the way so our ornament and paperweight turned out beautifully. Very fun experience. Definitely recommend!

Nicholas L.

We (3 of us) booked the 3 hour experience at NC glass center and it was wonderful! The three of us worked 1-on-1 with our instructor and were able to make 7 pieces total. Max did an amazing job walking us through each step, teaching us the history of the techniques, and answering our questions. He went above and beyond by being flexible with our requests and engaging the crowds that walked in from the gallery to see the demonstration. The whole experience was very fun, and we're all incredibly excited about our finished pieces!