Pfeifer fell in love with glass during a family vacation to Bermuda where he spent hours observing and asking questions at an open air, ocean front, hot shop, at the Royal Navy Dock Yard. He is a 2010 graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, School of American Crafts – Glass Program, and has completed a 2-year Artist in Residence at Flame Run in Louisville. Glass training includes working in studios at Penland (NC), Urban Glass (NY), Glassworks (KY), Flame Run (KY), Corning (NY), Goggle Works (PA), and in New Jersey, at Belle Meade Hot Glass and Vandermark Merritt Studio. Pfeifer has also had the honor to study with three of the Venetian Glass Masters, Lino Tagliapietra, Davide Salvadore, and Vittorio Constantini. Jake currently owns and operates Hot Glass Alley in Charlotte, NC.