Nathan started his glass career in 1998 in Boulder, Colorado. In 1999, Purcell moved to Philadelphia where he started working with Jon Koutsouros in 2001 to 2003. He had his first workshop at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York in 2002. Then from 2002-2003 he took three workshops with Emilio Santini. After this series of workshops, he opened Philadelphia Glass Works with business partner Ian Kerr in West Philadelphia. After one year of having his own studio, he was featured in the Snyderman Works Gallery for the first time. In 2005, Nathan and Ian opened up the new 2100 square foot facility of Philadelphia Glass Works and Gallery 908 in Northern Liberties. The new location is the largest exclusive glass gallery in Philadelphia and a public access lampworking facility. Nathan is one of the resident artists and an instructor for advanced classes.

You can see more of his work at
www.glasspipes.org/j.a.g.

After 5 years as a designer working at various studios in Philly and Boston Brian recently founded BAJ Design. The studio specializes in Branding, Print, Web and Publication design. Brian is also the Creative Director for two.one.five magazine. Check them out online at www.215mag.com