About Mike Wheeler Mike is a second generation (of three generations) scientific glassblower and has been practicing his skills for 44 years. After apprentice training and employment in the Department of Chemistry at UW-Madison, he was the glassblowing facility manager in the Department of Chemistry at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. After 30 years of employment at ASU, he retired and moved “home” to Wisconsin and the Driftless Region. While trained as a scientific glassblower, his skills adapt well to creating glass art and craft pieces. From free-form glass sculptures to creating usable tableware, oil lamps, and vases from recycled wine bottles - his passion for working with glass is endless. Scientific Glassblowing Scientific glassblowing involves collaborating with university and industry researchers to design and fabricate custom glassware for use in chemistry, physics, and engineering laboratories. In many cases, researchers prefer using glass vessels to contain reactions because it is chemically inert, thermally stable, and it is transparent so that chemical reactions can be observed in process. As a rule, we don’t make items that can be bought from a catalog - no test tubes, flasks, or beakers. All glassware is specifically designed and constructed for each individual application. Made with Xara © Driftless Glass  12131 River Road  Soldiers Grove, WI  54655                driftlessglass.com Highlights • Save The Planet - make your own drinking glasses from recycled beer and wine bottles. Click here for a free Do It Yourself video of cutting and fire-polishing bottles. Just click on the “Free Stuff” menu item. (46mb) • Who are the Wheelers? Watch a PBS video of three generations of Wheeler scientific glassblowing. (9.5mb) Member of the American Scientific Glassblowers Society (ASGS) o Web Master for the ASGS.