Bio

Will Stuckenberg

Stuckenberg Studios

Will Stuckenberg smiling in protective glasses beside his torch — Will Stuckenberg at the torch

The artist behind Stuckenberg Studios

A universe in the palm of your hand.

Turn one of Will Stuckenberg’s marbles in the light and the view begins to change. A galaxy opens into depth. A jellyfish hangs above a coral reef. Color winds through glass, drawing the eye toward a detail you missed a moment before.

Over thirteen years at the torch, Will has built an international following for work that rewards that kind of attention. His contemporary art marbles are collected around the world, represented in museums and galleries, and sought by leading collectors. His world-famous Mini Micro Marbles carry that same fascination into an astonishingly small form.

The range is part of the appeal: expansive space scenes, intricate underwater worlds, bold modern designs and tiny marbles collected by the jar. Across them all is a recognizable ambition—to make glass that people want to keep looking into.

An artist’s way of seeing

Curiosity, made visible.

Will began as a self-taught glass artist. He also learned from established makers, including John Kobuki, through classes and time spent studying the craft. Those lessons became a starting point for his own experiments: finding new ways to build color, control depth and make an imagined scene survive the flame.

He developed techniques around the work he wanted to create. His space marbles became a signature, with one appearing in The Flow’s Summer 2016 Marble Gallery. Coral reefs and jellyfish opened another world to explore, while his Mini Micro Marbles pushed him toward ever smaller sizes and finer detail.

Collectors have followed that evolution. Some are drawn to the complexity of a single contemporary marble; others wait for the next micro-marble colors to emerge from the studio. With each piece made by hand, sought-after work can be difficult to catch before it finds a home.

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Will Stuckenberg’s Sea Coral Reef marble — Sea Coral Reef · Will Stuckenberg

“both an artist and a massive advocate for the marble community in general”

Brian Bowden · Glass ORBits

Teal Mini Micro Marbles and a tiny glass bottle in a hand — Mini Micro Marbles, each made individually

Stuckenberg’s world-famous Mini Micro Marbles

Small enough to astonish. Detailed enough to draw you in.

A handful of tiny marbles can look like a scatter of bright color. Look closer and each one has a pattern of its own. Will’s Mini Micro Marbles bring the smallest scale of glassmaking into focus, with the color and detail that have made them collected around the world.

Every marble is individually handmade and rounded at the torch. Will mixes, layers and hand-twists the glass before shaping it, giving each tiny sphere the care of a separate artwork. The size changes; the attention stays.

Over about ten years, he has made nearly 800,000 micro marbles, an extraordinary body of work formed one marble at a time. His record jar of the world’s smallest micro marbles remains unchallenged. Alongside that pursuit of size, he has made intricate detail a defining part of his work, creating the world’s smallest and most detailed Mini Micro Marbles.

The next milestone is one million. Will plans to reach it in late 2027 or mid-2028, while continuing work on an even smaller record jar. Every new batch adds to that story—and gives collectors another tiny world to discover.

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Founder and creator · World’s Biggest Marble Hunt

He made the marbles. Then he sent the world looking.

Will’s influence on glass reaches far beyond the work he makes. As founder and creator of the World’s Biggest Marble Hunt, he turned a love of handmade marbles into an adventure that artists, collectors and families could share.

He developed the idea through local hunts in the Ozarks before inviting the world to join on July 23, 2016. Artists hid their work, shared photographs and clues, and encouraged finders to pass the experience on. A discovery could become a first collection; a collector could become the next hider.

That exchange helped change the marble industry. New audiences discovered contemporary glass, and collectors began buying work to hide for others. Regional groups carried the excitement into their own communities. Ten years later, the anniversary celebration brought together 453 treasure chests and $69,032 in donated art and treasure.

Read the Hunt story

Treasure chests and handmade marbles from the World’s Biggest Marble Hunt archive — Art made to be discovered

Inside the studio

Where the worlds take shape.

Glass rods, a steady hand and a flame. Will’s photographs bring you close to the work, from the first twist of color to the final details.

Will Stuckenberg smiling at his glassworking bench, surrounded by rods, tools and a lit torch — Will at the glassworking bench

Will Stuckenberg in a gray shirt heating glass with orange and green spiral details — A spiral taking shape

Close view of patterned glass with raised circular details glowing orange in the torch flame — Pattern and heat

More photographs from the studio archive

Will Stuckenberg holding a glowing glass piece on a rod in front of his workbench — Glass in progress

Will Stuckenberg at his torch in a red shirt, with a bright blue and violet flame in the foreground — At the torch

Will Stuckenberg shaping a glowing glass sphere between glass rods above the torch — Shaping hot glass

Will Stuckenberg in a checked shirt behind a tall orange torch flame — Working in the flame

Will Stuckenberg turning a glass rod through a blue and orange torch flame — Turning glass at the torch

Will Stuckenberg in a white shirt beside a bright orange flame and glowing glass — Color in the flame

Will Stuckenberg holding glowing glass on a rod at his studio workbench — At the glassworking bench

Will Stuckenberg in a red shirt beside an orange and blue torch flame — Working with fire and glass

A detailed patterned glass piece turning through the blue and orange flame — A closer look at the detail

A hand holding a rod with intricate glowing glass over a blue torch flame — Details taking shape

Glowing glass with crossing internal lines on a clear rod in the flame — Layers inside the glass

A striped glass piece held horizontally in the flame above the workbench — At the workbench

Beyond the studio

Black-and-white portrait of Will Stuckenberg — Will Stuckenberg

Will Stuckenberg smiling from his vehicle on the salt flats at sunset — On the salt flats at sunset.

Beyond the torch

The impulse to make something new.

Will’s curiosity also runs through his professional life. An entrepreneur, inventor and founder of Team357, he has spent more than two decades turning ideas into products and businesses, with work spanning technology, product development and manufacturing. At the torch, that same appetite for experimentation becomes something wonderfully tangible: a piece of glass small enough to hold.

Meet Will at Team357

Marble music

I’ve Lost My Marbles

Master Hits Music

The marble world has a soundtrack, too. Will’s 19-track album brings that playful spirit to time at the workbench, a day with the collection or the drive to the next hunt. Released through Master Hits Music on May 7, 2026.

About the album Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Music Title track on YouTube

Stories from the marble world.

A selection of studio visits, newspaper reporting and features on the art and the hunt.

Summer 2016 · Written by Will

The Flow

“Losing Your Marbles: The World’s Biggest Marble Hunt,” pages 22–23, introduced the worldwide event before its launch. The same issue’s Marble Gallery featured one of Will’s space marbles.

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August 2016 · Studio visit