Julie Bergen began blowing glass after a five-year career as a professional flute maker in Boston. She has a degree in information technology from the University of Massachusetts and is currently a graphic designer and glassblower. She has studied glassblowing at Pilchuck Glass School, Pratt Fine Arts Center, and Pittsburgh Glass Center and has had the fortune to learn from many great glassblowers in Seattle. Julie teaches at Seattle Glassblowing Studio and at Pratt Fine Arts Center and her work can be seen at Seattle Glassblowing Studio, Vetri International Glass and Kittrett-Riffkind Art Glass.