A native of Chicago, William Zweifel now works out of his studio in rural Southern Wisconsin. Before devoting full time to his hot glass work, he was an entrepreneur, building a successful company that was sold in 1999. After its sale he opened Midland Studio and began to explore his artistic endeavors. Largely self taught, William has been fortunate enough to recently work with many successful artists in their studios and attend Pilchuck glass school to further develop his glass skills.

After seeing a piece of glass that was labeled as "woven glass" he became fascinated with the idea of actually being able to weave glass as a weaver would weave fiber. He sought out a friend who was a weaver to learn how fabric is created on a loom. This principle of manipulating the "warp" and the "weft" could be applied to his media of glass. Years of experimentation and a lot of broken glass later he finally created a true glass weave. Since that time he has been experimenting with creating form, texture, and color to further develop the final work.