About Me
My Background
My Background
My Background
When I was a kid on vacation in Wildwood, NJ I saw a glassblower making a sailing ship. I was fascinated! As a science major, I learned about glass and the fascination grew. I learned the craft of cutting and piecing glass for leaded windows, lamps, and decorative pieces while living in the San Francisco Bay area. After many years, relo
When I was a kid on vacation in Wildwood, NJ I saw a glassblower making a sailing ship. I was fascinated! As a science major, I learned about glass and the fascination grew. I learned the craft of cutting and piecing glass for leaded windows, lamps, and decorative pieces while living in the San Francisco Bay area. After many years, relocations, and career changes, I landed in Arizona where I seriously considered glass blowing as an avocation. But during a chance encounter with Phoenix Center of the Arts, I fell in love with glass fusing.
My Medium
My Background
My Background
Glass is a humbling medium. When heated, it behaves like water, when cooled it behaves like ice. Since beginning my kiln-forming work, my goal has been to coax the materials into unusual combinations, but it often seems to have a mind of its own. Slight variations in kiln time and temperature can produce dramatic variations in the result
Glass is a humbling medium. When heated, it behaves like water, when cooled it behaves like ice. Since beginning my kiln-forming work, my goal has been to coax the materials into unusual combinations, but it often seems to have a mind of its own. Slight variations in kiln time and temperature can produce dramatic variations in the results. Each finished piece highlights the inherent beauty of the material. I work exclusively in glass hand-made in the Pacific Northwest.
My Process
My Background
My Process
I begin with a design, then select sheet glass, and achieve a specific shape by cutting, sawing, grinding, and drilling. For texture, I add glass that has been ground, flaked, or extruded into long thin pieces. I assemble it, heat it to 1250 degrees or more, and then slowly cool. The whole process takes about 24 hours. For vessels, thi
I begin with a design, then select sheet glass, and achieve a specific shape by cutting, sawing, grinding, and drilling. For texture, I add glass that has been ground, flaked, or extruded into long thin pieces. I assemble it, heat it to 1250 degrees or more, and then slowly cool. The whole process takes about 24 hours. For vessels, this heating and cooling cycle may be repeated several times to achieve the desired shape. Glass jewels are created the same way, and are cold fused to create bracelets and pendants.