Richard Satava was introduced to glassblowing in 1969 while attending high school in Pacific, Ca. After attending San Mateo College, he opened Satava Art Glass in 1977. In the 90's he began focusing his attention on ocean life and thus the Moon Jellyfish and Nautilus Series were then born. Satava's efforts to make realistic jellyfish have also been very much enhanced by many trips to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium.