Tova and Rich built a business based on their separate approaches to learning the craft of glass work. They bring both of their perspectives together at a dynamic and culturally diverse glass factory-studio in the heart of the South End of Burlington VT. They met at the Sweden’s National School of Glass, Orrefors, in 1994 and in 1998, they started their first glass blowing studio in the Oslo area of Norway. Drawn to Burlington, they moved to Vermont in 2007 and started AO Glass.

Their two glass traditions and aesthetics - Swedish versus Italian-American - come together in a complementary way.