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I have been involved in many, many different types of arts and crafts for my entire life. Both of my parents are talented artisans as well. Sewing, painting, stamping, it seemed like I just kept doing everything until I found glass, or perhaps I should say it found me? I was looking for something totally new and I only took the stained glass class because nothing else in the College descriptions sounded good. The rest is truly history.
I have been working with stained glass and lamp working for seven years now and with fused and slumped glass for the last five years. I have a number of classes in each medium to learn more and enhance my skills. I started to make and sell about six years ago and have done many commissions during that time as well.
Many of my pieces are influenced by my love of the medieval time period. I belong to a medieval group known as the Society for Creative Anachronisom (SCA)which is an educational not for profit organization that teaches about medieval culture by re-enacting it.
I am always excited to share my love of glass by teaching classes, in all the forms of glass that I work in. I also feel that to teach effectivly one must keep their skills current. Please see below for a list of the classes I have taken over the years.
Classes taken:
Waukesha County Technical College, 2003 Stained Glass
Stained Glass Studio, Milwaukee, 2004 Stained Glass
Bead and Button Show: Milwaukee, 2003 Teacher: Kim Hickcox Beginning Glass Beadmaking
Bead and Button Show: Milwaukee, 2004 Teacher: Jerry Wharhaftag Tips and Tricks in Beadmaking
Bead and Button Show: Milwaukee, 2004 Teacher: Leah Fairbanks Intermediate Beadmaking
Glass Craft Expo: Las Vegas, 2005 Teacher: Leah Fairbanks Advance Lampwork and Glass Beads
Glass Craft Expo: Las Vegas, 2005 Teacher: Tony Glander Fusing with Free Glass
Art Street Studio: Grafton WI, 2006 Teacher: Janelle Stensby Glass Fusing and Slumping
Ed Hoys: Chicago, IL, 2006 - Hot Glass on the Prarie - Various teachers - beveling cabochons, wire wrapping, using UV glue, etching diachric glass and fusing it into cabochons.
Glass Craft and Bead Expo: Las Vegas, 2007 - Teacher: Josh Mazet - Marble Making
Glass Craft and Bead Expo: Las Vegas, 2007- Teacher: Josh Mazet - Glass Pendants
Glass Craft and Bead Expo: Las Vegas, 2007 - Teacher: Linda Abbott - Wire wrapping
Glass Craft and Bead Expo: Las Vegas, 2008 - Teacher: Karen Carney - Victorian Hand Mirror - made with stained glass techniques
Glass Craft and Bead Expo: Las Vegas, 2008 - Teacher: Karen Carney - Soldering Techniques
Glass Craft and Bead Expo: Las Vegas, 2009 - Hot Glass Sculpture with glass tubing
Ed Hoy's - Chicago, IL - 2009 - Teacher: Kent Lauer - Faceted Dichroic Glass Pendants |
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