Robert Mickelsen creates his pieces using the ancient technique of lampworking, or flameworking. He melts rods of brightly colored rods of glass and forms them into the shapes he needs freehand. No molds or pre-fabricated parts are used. Each piece is created one at a time, from beginning to end and so every piece is unique.

Robert Mickelsen has been a professional flameworker for more than 50 years. He has taught in the finest glass schools in the US including Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Crafts, Corning Studio, and the Pittsburgh Glass Center. His work is included in many permanent collections such as Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute, Carnegie Museum, Corning Museum of Glass, Mint Museum, The Museum of arts and Design, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kentucky Museum of Art, The Henry Ford Museum of Art, and the Lampwork Museum in Kobe, Japan.