William Ackers

Born May 17th, 1964 in Seattle, WA, and was raised in Berkeley, CA. He died Jan. 8, 2006, on Vashon Island, WA, at 41.

After studying the arts at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz in the early 1980s, he became a stone carver and traveled around Europe studying various traditional styles. In Italy he was introduced to blown glass and returned to California to study glass with renewed interest at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He moved back to Seattle in 1994 to set up his own art glass shop.

He’s best known for his creation of whimsical goblets and candlesticks, but he also made aquatic-like chandeliers, botanical fountains, garden art and table ware.

Akers’ work is displayed at Terrance McBride Designs on Vashon, Vetri in Seattle and Tacoma, Glass House Studio in Seattle, and was included in numerous glass exhibits nationwide.

In his spare time, he was a production designer for the Glass Eye Studios in Seattle.