Jakob Speich is a glass artist living in Duluth, working at Lake Superior Art Glass as the studio manager. He started blowing glass in 2007 at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and since then has developed a great overall understanding and appreciation of glass through FOCI - The Minnesota Center for Glass Art. His work often explores a playful attitude toward color and design, while maintaining an advanced technical skills. Paying homage to those before him, he strives to share the advancement of soft glass.