Martin Janecký (born February 29, 1980) began working with glass at the age of thirteen at his father's factory in the Czech Republic. After graduating from the Glass School in Nový Bor, he gained experiences in South Africa, Sweden, the Netherlands, and mainly in the US, where he studied at the Pilchuck Glass School under Richard Royal and William Morris. Janecky is considered to be one of the best glass sculptors working today and his work exhibited all over the world.