Art glass by Schlanser Design Studio is designed and created by Stephen Schlanser from California. Mr. Schlanser opened his own glass studio after having worked as an apprentice for the renowned German glass artisan Paul Von Domarus. In 1990 he presented his first collection of kiln-fired glass; the process by which plate glass is carefully shaped by heating it to near melting temperature, then gravitating from its solid state to form the shapes as seen in the Schlanser line.