Early Efforts

Marvin earned his BFA in Industrial Design, 1957-1962 at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, followed by an MS and MFA in Sculpture, 1962-1964, University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he was one of the first graduate students in Harvey Littleton's initial glass course.

Following his introduction to glass blowing, he began his professional teaching career at the invitation of Charles E. Rossbach of the University of California at Berkeley. Marvin was accepted to the position for the Fall of 1964. He was given space in Wurster Hall, a brand new structure on campus, to establish the studio and coursework from the ground up. He and his 6 female students built the furnaces and annealing ovens and step by step the program grew. Below are some of his early sculptural works and subsequent pieces blown in Wisconsin (1964) and then at UC Berkeley.