ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — For nearly three decades, Asheville has been home to glassblower and lampworker Jason Probstein, an artist whose hands have shaped thousands of ornaments, nightlights, vases and delicate glass vessels that end up in homes and galleries across the country.
Probstein has been working with glass for 30 years, perfecting a process that merges technique, intuition and what he calls “dancing with the glass.”
His studio is filled with tubes of Pyrex, a material he mastered during his early training as a chemistry glassblower. Instead of sticking to laboratory work, he transformed those skills into a career creating art — precision meeting imagination…