ZAPGlass Studio

ZapGlass studio is owned by Jieun & Jon Zapiecki. They currently live in Norwalk, CT. Jieun is a visual artist originally from Seoul, Korea. She explores her artistic journey with a sense of time and place, along with nature. Jon is a glass artist who has been working and developing his own artistic language in glass for over 20 years.

Their collaborative glass practice is rooted in close observation of the natural world. Both draw from patterns found in landscape, light, water, and organic forms, working between figurative and abstract approaches. In their blown work, layered colored glass powders are used to build imagery and surface variation, while hand-cut elements introduce illustrative detail. Kiln-formed, flameworked, and cold-worked techniques are incorporated as needed to support form and function. Every work they create is one of a kind, developed through an intentional and collaborative process. They aim to craft objects that reflect patience, presence, and material transformation.

Jon Zapiecki

        Jon Zapiecki is a glass artist who began his adventure with glass at the Toledo Museum of Art. His craft has taken him to many different locations, for a broad range of opportunities, from doing public demonstrations at amusement parks, teaching, and working production in private studios.

        Jon graduated from Bowling Green State University with a BFA in Glass and 3-dimensional arts.

Jieun Yoon Zapiecki

           JiEun Yoon is an artist originally from Korea. She continues her independent artistic practice while sharing her knowledge of the kiln-formed glass process.

           Yoon received her BFA in Ceramics and Glass at Hong-Ik University in Seoul, South Korea, before earning her MFA in Glass at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. She has taught a variety of glass classes and exhibited in multiple group exhibitions. Along with her artistic practice, she has worked as a curator.