Leo Tecosky and Simon Klenell

Teaches at UrbanGlass

Leo Tecosky's work is a mashup of art X craft X design. Combining traditional glassblowing techniques, graffiti, stylized typography and Islamic geometric motifs, he creates new objects that do not conform to any one discipline. With a BA in Fine Art from Alfred University and an MFA from The School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, Tecosky teaches at studios and universities both nationally and internationally. Leo lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, blowing glass and maintaining a studio practice.



Simon Klenell is an artist working primarily in blown glass, based in Stockholm, Sweden. His practice is based on investigating themes around making, material culture and other phenomenons connected to the craft of making things.

His body of work usually departs from aesthetic themes or design historical elements. By making and setting them in new situations, contexts or forms he aims to create new viewpoints on our relationship to the material world and its manifestations. Materially as well as culturally and narratively.