Nikolaj Christensen
Jon Goldberg
Carmichael Jonez

In his senior year of studying architecture at Washington University, Nikolaj Christensen discovered glassblowing and life took a new course.

Eight years as an artist and instructor have just barely scratched the surface of what there is to learn and create from molten glass - "Many years it's taken to master the basics of pipe turning and arrive at a place where blown glass is only limited by what one can imagine. I know that my abilities are not yet what they will be if I can keep blowing glass and that excites me most of all - the better I become at relating to the material, the more possibilities there are. Glass is nothing if not exciting."

2007 American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship
Five month grant for independent study of glassblowing techniques and methodology in Denmark. This involved research and apprenticeships with three internationally recognized Danish glassworkers from August through December.

1998 to 2002 Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri
B.S. Architecture, Deans List, Cum Laude
Murphy Architectural Scholarship
National Merit Scholar

August 2009 Teaching Assistant, Penland school of crafts
Hot shop assistant to Kaeko Maehata.

2008 to present East Falls Glassworks, Philadelphia
Studio director, in-house designer and glassblowing instructor for public-access glassblowing studio.

2002 to 2007 Third Degree Glass Factory, St. Louis
Founding member of 10,000 sqf glassblowing studio with duties including equipment fabrication, teaching glass working classes, gallery sales, public demonstrations, and studio design work.

August 2006 Tobias Mohl master Class, corning museum of glass

July 2006 “Next in Glass: Emerging Artists,” Missouri Arts Council
Chosen as one of five promising artists to exhibit during the 2006 Glass Arts Society Conference held in St. Louis at the Third Degree Glass Factory.

2004 to 2008 Glassblowing Assistant,
Assistant to renowned glass artists Sam Stang and Kaeko Maehata.

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