the OGT story
Oceanside Glass™ was built with intention, persistence, and a deep respect for the art of working with glass. Long before we became an art glass manufacturer, our understanding of glass as a material was already decades deep. Our path has not been straightforward or easy, but it has always been guided by a commitment to doing the work well and honoring a legacy much larger than ourselves.
Founders Boyce Lundstrom, Sean Gildea, Don Pettey, and Jon Stokesbary.
Before Oceanside Glass existed as an art glass manufacturer, we were a tile company. Oceanside Glasstile was founded on a deep understanding of glass, where color, chemistry, and consistency must work in harmony. That foundation was shaped by the backgrounds of our founders, whose early work and training traced back to a well-known art glass company, and to techniques and processes that still exist today. Art and glassblowing were part of our creative DNA long before art glass became our primary focus.
When the art glass world reached a moment of uncertainty, we recognized it immediately. Long-standing manufacturers were struggling, and artists faced the possibility of losing materials they trusted and relied on. We stepped forward not to reinvent the craft, but to care for it and keep it alive. We did not acquire Spectrum Glass and Uroboros to absorb them, but to stand in service of the history, knowledge, and communities they represented, ensuring their glass continued to reach studios around the world.
What followed was both delicate and demanding. Entire operations were carefully dismantled and relocated across the country, more than 80 truckloads in all, and rebuilt piece by piece. There was no pause in the work. Nearly two million square feet of art glass continued to flow each year, even as we learned legacy processes, trained alongside original glassmakers, and brought together systems that had never worked as one before. Progress came through patience, trust, and deep respect for the material.
We inherited remarkable technology, including the continuous ribbon process, and treated it as a living craft rather than a fixed achievement. We preserved what had been proven, refined what could be improved, and moved forward with care, knowing that glass reveals itself slowly and rewards those willing to stay with it. Those experiences shaped who we are.
Glass demands presence. Each run becomes a continuous ribbon of material, sometimes stretching nearly 8,000 square feet, moving forward without pause. Once it begins, it cannot be rushed, paused, or corrected. There is little room for error, yet the work still depends on intuition and human touch. When everything aligns, the glass feels alive, balancing accuracy and expression, shaped by the quiet focus of the people who made it.
We believe the most meaningful things are imperfect in the right ways. You should be able to feel the care and effort held within them. Our glass carries the marks of hands that return each day with patience, curiosity, and pride.
We stay with the work, not because it is hard, but because it is worth the attention it demands. We bring intention to every run, every decision, and every refinement. The pursuit of better glass, richer color, greater access, and deeper connection continues, asking something of us every day.
Oceanside Glass™ exists because the work is worth the effort. Because progress is earned slowly. And because artists deserve materials that meet them where they work, day after day, with the same care, persistence, and respect they bring to their own practice.