Payton Glass Activity Center — Attraction in Louisville

If you are looking for a fun and informative time, you need to come here! We had a reservation for a "Flame Your Own" session on a Sunday and it was by far one of the best experiences we have had. We were greeted by Mark, who showed us what our project options were.

Something quite unique about this place is that you could come here 20 times and make something different every time. There are many projects listed for a Flame Your Own (with standard pricing), but Mark explained that you can tweak certain base projects to make them more complex. I love the idea that you can really choose exactly what you're creating that day since Mark gives you so much choice. We ultimately chose a crazy-eyed penguin and Mark's famous creation: a cootiebug.

As you get the process started, you are given glasses to protect your eyes while looking at the flame. Mark makes sure you have the right size glasses before getting started showing you the basics of what you'll be doing when the flame is turned on. You get hands on, one on one instruction throughout the project and Mark is SO good at describing what and why you're doing what you're doing as you go along. He gives you a ton of control, which I never would have expected in an environment like this. There is a lot of trust involved and I really respect and admire his teaching skills and glass knowledge. We learned so much and we had a total blast making our precious and silly creations. We were celebrating a birthday during our Flame Your Own session and Mark made sure to make the occasion so awesome with fun picture opportunities and ensuring the finished products were perfect upon pick up. I am so over the moon about this business and I'll be telling everyone I know that they should come here to do a project. We will be back flame another project and we definitely want to try the other instructional class (fusing glass) at this location.

Thank you for making this day so amazing and a wonderful memory that we will cherish forever! We are so happy with our little...

While visiting my best friend in town we decided to do something touristy that we hadn’t done before. It was an awesome and fun experience. We made ring holders and he was a great teacher. Mark knew exactly how to make our experience fun and exciting. While talking with Mark I learned he allows people to make their own “Spirit Pieces” and infuse the ashes of a loved one yourself in your glass piece. This is where my experience got really special. I decided to conspire to get some of my aunts ashes and surprise my Memaw (she lost her first born child to cancer 2yrs ago) for the experience. What an amazing and special experience I had with her there. It was so special to watch her make it with her own hands. There was a very special spirit in the air as she made hers and I made one for my mom. Mark was respectful with the ashes and empathetic to the situation. When my 78yr old grandmother was done she said she loved it and had always wanted to work with some glass. She also loved the process of making this comfort stone. She said she liked being able to know it was her daughter’s ashes, that she made with her hands, that you could look at it, hold it in her hand or keep it in her pocket. She said it gave her a sense of completeness, there will never be closure on Jetta because our love for her will never end, but it made her feel more complete. We got the pieces in the mail today and I surprised my mom with hers (she loves it) and took my Memaw’s hers. I got a little choked up watching my Memaw open it. She held it to the light, then rubbed her fingers over it, then wrapped it in her whole hand and held it tight. Then she showed my uncle Doug and said “look that’s Jetta in there”. The fact that she said those words and not ‘there’s some of Jetta’s ashes in there’ let me know how special it was to her. She even put it on her high power flashlight to look at every fleck. I HIGHLY recommend...

Went on a tour with my son's school which was fine, and the kids all paid to make magnets at the end of the tour. I paid for my two children, and was asked to write my name and number down so they could let me know when to pick them up. They said it would take a few days.

Fast forward a week and no calls came, so I called them and they said they were ready but had to be bagged. I told them I was traveling out of town but if I possibly I would snag them that day, and if not then the following Tuesday.

Tuesday, I come down to pick them up. Shop is listed as opening at 10, but I guess not consistently. I wait with my kids for an hour and still no sign of the owner or his assistant. The shop next door, Flame Run, was helpful and tried to call and allowed us to sit and wait near their workshop to entertain the kids. Unfortunately the owner of Payton's Glass still didn't show and at this point I suggested to the school to ask for a refund.

Not a great experience overall. I'd skip this place and have told the school to not schedule again for next summers activities. Would not...