Functional and Decorative Glass Art

We make each piece by hand with you in mind.

Muffinjaw Designs is the first publicly accessible glassblowing studio in Mobile, AL. Our team creates functional and decorative glass for the home and garden out of our hot shop and provides educational arts outreach for our local community.

We specialize in both in-studio and on-site glassblowing demonstrations, Blow Your Own events, and private glassblowing parties. Hit the Events tab to learn more!

Meet the Team

  • Freddie Blache

    Owner

  • Caroline Gratton

    Event Coordinator & Operations Manager

  • Gage Nobles

    Stemware Specialist

  • Tres Johns

    Sculpting Guru

From left to right: Tres Johns, Gage Nobles, Caroline Gratton, Freddie Blache

From left to right: Tres Johns, Gage Nobles, Caroline Gratton, Freddie Blache at the 2018 “Circle the Dragons” glassblowing and beer festival in Americus, Georgia.

Our Story

Muffinjaw Designs started as a means for us to share our work while studying glassblowing at the University of South Alabama. We began setting up during our local Art Walk and forming relationships with fellow artists and glass lovers. After we initially threw ourselves out into the world, we discovered that most of our friends and customers had never seen glass being blown in person. At the end of 2016, we purchased a Baby Dragon furnace from Mobile Glassblowing Studios based out of Americus, Georgia. This piece of equipment transformed how we were able to do business and has allowed us to showcase our craft in public.

Once we acquired our Dragon (nicknamed Smaug), and while still in school, we began doing live glassblowing demonstrations along Mobile Bay in Mobile and Baldwin counties. Through these events we are able to engage with people who had never experienced hot glass before and show what it takes to make our work.

In 2018, Muffinjaw owner, Freddie, and his now wife, Caroline, moved to Missouri for Freddie to complete a two-year apprenticeship at the Augusta Glass Studio under glass masters Sam Stang and Kaeko Maehata. After COVID-19 abruptly ended this apprenticeship in 2020, Freddie and Caroline moved back to Mobile where we were able to expand our old home studio and continue making glass pieces locally.

During the Fall of 2023 our team moved into our first publicly accessible space, surpassing our wildest dreams of becoming Mobile, Alabama’s first and only public hot glass studio. After even more growth, we now occupy our current studio in downtown Mobile on St. Anthony Street, where we are able to offer single-day glassblowing experiences, multi-week courses, host parties, and more.

We are incredibly passionate about sharing glass with our community and want to be able to teach others about this wonderful medium and help them create their own works of art. Our craft continues to lead us places we never thought possible. It is one of our greatest joys to see the spark that 2000˚ glass creates in the eyes of all ages and we hope to share these special moments with you!