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This article gives insight into my process and the tradition of making that I aim to evolve with new and exciting works. Bouquets in Glass

“Eve”  is an 8.5″ tall sculpture with an exterior form resembling a woman’s dress or gown. The exterior bodice of the glass dress has small polished, scallop like cuts at the scoop line and also around the waist, punctuating the gown. Inside the bodice, two open pods release their seeds back to earth, toward the bottom flowers, as if to connect seed to plant. I’m imagining the process by which a plant spreads throughout a... Read More

This piece has been on my mind for quite awhile. As with the other “Hallucination” sculptures, the design exists only in the center and refracts along the inside of the glass. The ring of golden Buddha’s creates a mandala- each Buddha on the outside appears like a ray of light striking from the center– the only true Buddha.  In that sense, the “hallucination” form was a perfect choice for such a powerful metaphor. Needless to... Read More

An elegant wedding like bouquet of white lilies, tea roses, lilacs and lime green leaves and tendrils,  deepened by an intense black background.  My focus was on using contrasting colors to showcase the detail of the floral arrangement.

Our latest adventure- Functional Bud Vases. This Lady Slipper Bud Vase stands  8″ tall with a base sculpted on a fully encased and flameworked flower. Truly a nouvel form. We’re excited by the breakthrough in technique and how elegant they look with an actual flower inside the stem! More stone like, organic vases to follow.  This piece can be found at Pismo Glass Gallery in Vail, Co.