I am a home based stained glass and fusing artist living in Tucson. My love for glass started when I was young while living with my parents in Europe and seeing those wonderful cathedral windows in stained glass made by the masters.
My passions are taking care of dogs and my glass work. As an artist, many of my glass pieces are directly influenced by the dogs I care for, my travels and where I live. At this time it is southwest nature and any nature and animals. While sketching, I normally have at least one if not 2 dogs on my lap. :-)
I work with stained glass using lead and solder. I cold work which is using the grinder and water and I work with a kiln for my fused glass which is warm glass that can get up to 1500 degrees F. and become a liquid state.
I also enjoy re-purposing empty wine bottles, syrup bottles or most any glass bottle into platters and spoon rests and bowls so that they can, once again, be the center of attention at any gathering or home and NOT the dump.
I've always been fascinated by stained glass since I was little. When I was 30 I was able to take a stained glass class, and yes, as you probably guessed, it was in a church. I have been hooked ever since!
(My very first piece is the little frog prince pictured opposite this text.)
I work in glass, sheet glass, powder glass, rods and frit (sand like pieces of glass). I also use stringers and noodles and glass paint. I hand cut each piece, then use lead, solder and copper for stained glass pieces and use the kiln to heat the glass pieces together for fused pieces.
Each creation manifests from the world around me. No two creations are identical due to the nature of the glass, hand cutting or the kiln process.
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