BIOGRAPHY
I grew up in Ohio, spending lots of time camping and hiking through parks. I've always been active and enjoy physical pursuits and work. In 2006 I had the opportunity to study at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, where I first discovered hot glass making, which appealed to me because of the physicality required.
Making glass is kind of like a dance, it keeps going, discipline and order as well as improvisation is required by the maker.
I grew up in Ohio, spending lots of time camping and hiking through parks. I've always been active and enjoy physical pursuits and work. In 2006 I had the opportunity to study at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, where I first discovered hot glass making, which appealed to me because of the physicality required.
Making glass is kind of like a dance, it keeps going, discipline and order as well as improvisation is required by the maker.
From the beginning I have been attracted to controlling the glass and making tight forms and patterns. Working with the disciplined techniques of cane and murrini related to my love of 'observed' drawing. For as long as I can remember I have been drawing. Anything from boats to planes, the covers of Goosebumps books to realistic still lifes and recently charcoal and pen drawings. Over time my drawings have changed along with my glass works and recently I've been inspired to let go of my once found need to control both mediums and let there natural tendencies show themselves to me.
As an artist and maker, I find it important to take the time, when possible, to let the material one is working with show you, the maker, how it naturally behaves. Sometime and more often than not, this process can take years and for some even longer. Perhaps this is the gift of the artist: that he or she possess this ability to see what something naturally wants to do and use that naturalness to their advantage.
ARTIST STATEMENT
As an artist, I look for beauty in nature and in the passage of time. The act of making hot glass is both meditative and beautiful in its own right. I reflect upon what I see in the world around me (and within myself) and am inspired to create these ideas and moments into glass. I find glass to be an interesting medium because it is so malleable, and adaptable to take on the form of one's imagination.
As an artist, I look for beauty in nature and in the passage of time. The act of making hot glass is both meditative and beautiful in its own right. I reflect upon what I see in the world around me (and within myself) and am inspired to create these ideas and moments into glass. I find glass to be an interesting medium because it is so malleable, and adaptable to take on the form of one's imagination.
Much work focuses on highlighting the beauty in nature. I strive to share my love of nature by creating natural objects from glass such as: chestnuts and tree bark vases. I feel that life is magical and i find it important to relate to my daily activities with unbiased observation. I take these inspirations to the studio to create my own reflection on what I have seen, using techniques to create surface texture, pattern and various color applications.
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