Our Story
About The Glass Station Studio and Gallery
Voted "Best Art Gallery in South County" in 2019, 2023, and 2024.
Thank you to everyone for your kind support!
The Glass Station Gallery features a wide variety of art and functional objects created by the 40+ artists and studios we represent. Alongside fine art glass vessels and sculpture, visitors can find small art objects and gifts, platters and blown glass drinkware, all made with the same level of care and skill.
The artists and glass studios represented by our gallery come from throughout the United States and Canada. Each artist is chosen based on mastery of their unique styles, as we seek to share with all visitors the diverse beauty of glass.
Our goal is to become an arts destination in Southern New England, where visitors can learn about the history of American Studio Glass and find work by the top glass artists in the country.
Founded in 2000
Eben Horton opened the Glass Station Studio in a 1920's gas station, converting the garage into his own hot shop. In 2011, he met fellow glass blower Jennifer Nauck at a trade show. Soon after, the two artists became partners in business and life.
For 18 years Eben (and later Jen, too) worked out of this production studio and sold art in the small storefront.
A New Space
In 2018, The Glass Station Studio and Gallery grew out of its original location. Jen and Eben moved the entire studio and all their equipment down the road to our current space on Main Street in Wakefield, RI.
The move was an enormous change. The new space, an old auto showroom, needed to be updated and converted into a studio and gallery. Jen and Eben did it all themselves, creating an 1800+ square foot gallery space flooded with natural light, with a new hot shop located in the back of the building.
The Studio
The Studio at the Glass Station is the beating heart of our business. Attached to the gallery through large double doors, visitors have the opportunity to see the artists at work and even to try blowing glass for themselves in a class setting.
Jen and Eben work here all week, diligently maintaining their skills as they craft production pieces, like drinkware and our glass bees, for sale in the gallery and for wholesale.
Jen and Eben are fine artists themselves, and the studio is where their art is born. It's a place for invention, experimentation, and hard work.
The Gallery
The success of The Glass Station at our original location allowed Jen and Eben to create a space to support their friends and peers. With windows all around, the art on display can't be missed. Jen makes most curatorial decisions for the gallery, carefully choosing specific pieces for their value as examples of the craft. No two artists in our gallery work exactly the same way - we aim to showcase all the diversity American Studio Glass has to offer.
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Artists and Gallery Owners
Eben and Jen
Owners Eben Horton and Jennifer Nauck have been blowing glass for a combined 49 years.
Eben and Jen met in 2011 at a trade show in Philadelphia, and began working and living together full time in 2014. They were married in 2019.
Eben Horton first blew glass in high school in Newport, RI. He then went on to study classical methods of glass blowing at the School for American Crafts at RIT in Rochester, NY, as well as at the Penland School of Crafts, the Corning Museum of Glass, and Urban Glass. He is the creator of the enormously popular Glass Float Project on Block Island. He opened the Glass Station in 2000.
Jennifer Nauck began blowing glass in the mountains of Estes Park, Colorado. Mostly self-taught, she was often turned loose in the studio after hours with a project that she would figure out how to make. Having worked with very few glass artists and never taken a formal class, her designs spring purely from imagination and serendipity, nearly uninfluenced by other artists.
Together, Jen and Eben bring a combination of technical skill and unfettered creativity to the hot shop that informs their unique designs. When they’re not blowing glass, they’re likely sailing, snorkeling, fishing, hiking, biking and growing food.