Charles G. Lotton began his full time, professional glass making creer in 1973. After melting scrap glass and experimenting with many different formulas, Charles developed his own secret formula for creating magnificent colors of glass. His passion for glass still remains today as he creates his beautiful pieces in his studio, in Crete, Illinois, where many admirers come to visit. Charles has his own distinctive style and line of art glass. He is known by his multi-flora design.

Charles Lotton is included among the early pioneers of the post-Toledo Museum workshop studio glass movement catalogued in the seminal publication Contemporary Art Glass by Ray & Lee Grover, published in 1975.