Matt Janke

Matt Janke is a professional glass blower.  He loves the medium, the craft, building the equipment.   He has been on a mission for nearly 20 years, to expose & promote the
art of glassblowing through out the southeast.

In July of 1996, Matt and Kim Janke opened Atlanta’s first glassblowing studio then called M. Janke Studios located in the Artisan Resource Center (Nunn Complex) on Cobb Parkway in Marietta. The first year Matt worked in the shop at night and as a jeweler by day while also being a father of two and teaching part time at Georgia State University. By year two Matt was full time at the studio having moved from one student to a few, having been discovered by a couple of galleries and designers and managing to have the studio pay for itself. Now nearly ten years later, the Janke’s have relocated Janke Studios to the heart of downtown Atlanta in the historic Fourth Ward district where they now have not only a complete glassblowing studio but an art glass gallery as well.