Cal Breed lives and works in Fort Payne, AL. He began studying glass making in 1994 with the well-known Southern hot glass artist, Cam Langley. In his work, Breed combines the creative with the mechanical; technical proficiency with unique design. All of his designs pay close attention to proportion, color, purity and form. Each is chosen with specific intention to accentuate details particularly innate to glass.

Breed both builds glass-making equipment and designs all his glass lines, a Studio Series and a Signature Series, in his Orbix Hot Glass studio. The Studio Designs use simple overlapping techniques to create optical distortions, and highlight contrasts of rich and vague color. The Signature Designs, mainly defined by multiple transparent incalmo bands, employ color gradients and optical density.