Zachary Jorgenson, who has experienced working with furnace glass, discovered the intricacies of teamwork, and helped to start up Sonoran Glass Art Academy, was named as the Glasscraft Emerging Artist Award winner for 2011. While enjoying success with his lampworked sculpture, he learned more about murrine from Loren Stump and has refined his focus to creating lampworked murrine, marbles, and paperweights.