A skilled glass artist since 1987, Ed Kozlowski, Jr. brings more than 15 years of experience to his glass creations.  He brings a sense of adventure and a joy of discovery into the mysteries of his glass artistry. His fascination with the medium began in his 30’s when he first learned the art of stained glass, which he mastered yet outgrew.  His dream was to work with glass in its powerful, unpredictable, molten state.  He fulfilled his true calling under the mentorship of nationally recognized hot glass artist Chuck Boux.  Ed is currently working with a Romanian master glassblower with 33 years experience.

Today, Ed Kozlowski’s Budda Belly Glass Studio produces works of art that range from solid to hand-blown, and which have found a following of collectors from across the country to around the globe.  His work is exhibited and sold at the Charles Hosmer Morse Tiffany Gallery (Winter Park, FL), The  Bergstrom/Mahler Museum (Neenah, WI), Walt Disney World (Orlando, FL) and also with L.H. Selman, LTD. (California) among many other prestigious locales.  Galleries throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, the Far East to South Africa carry glass art created by Ed Kozlowski, Jr.  Ed is also an award winner at a number of fine Art Festivals.

Ed Kozlowski, Jr. was born in 1947 in Carlisle, PA and grew up as a small child in Gilbert, PA, a farming village in the Pocono Mountains.  After traveling around the world twice as a crewmember (baker) onboard the U.S.S. Belknap DLG-26 a Guided Missile Cruiser while in the U.S. Navy in the mid 1960’s, he moved to Florida in 1984.  He is a member of Florida Craftsman, The Glass Art Society and the Paperweight Collectors Association.  Ed and his wife Bonnie work and live in Pinellas Park, Florida