About Me
My Background
My interest in glass started like most glass workers, it was the fire, the artful dance with the flame.
I remember as a child my parents had several small glass figures of animals they purchased at a shop in Berlin. It was something about their transparency and solid form that fascinated me. Actually watching a lamp worker sculpt free form pieces from glass rods into figurines sparked my desire to one day learn this craft.
In 1974 I took my first lamp working class at Vincennes University. I bought a torch, some glass and set up to make art glass my garage.
Today I have a lamp working studio in St. Philip and display my work in an 1856 log cabin. I teach lamp working on the weekends by appointment. The only thing I find more enjoyable besides creating glass in the flame is seeing the joy in the faces of my students the moment they create their first glass object, and if you look closely, you can see that flame dancing in their eyes.
