I love the way that light plays with glass. 

I love the way the colours become intensified at different times of day by the changes in light and the effect of the reflection of glass on a wall or in a lighted piece of art.

When I was a kid in East Vancouver, it was common to see jars of water, coloured by food dye, on window sills. The sunshine through the coloured water was as beautiful to me as the glass in the church down the street.

Who doesn’t stop to look at stained glass windows?

In the early 1980s, my husband and I moved to Penticton, B.C. Moving from the city to a very small town was a huge adjustment, and I found the pace of small-town living slower than I’d expected.

About a year after we started living there, we found a stained glass shop and, looking for something to fill my time, I signed up for a beginner’s class. The owner/instructor was endlessly patient and I found an art form that has managed to change with me over the years.

I’ve made window hangers, music boxes, light boxes, the odd lamp and larger pieces requiring structural integrity.

Nearly 20 years ago I discovered that fused glass was becoming popular, so I went down to Seattle and took a course in fusing glass and dragged home a perilously unsafe glass kiln to play with.

I started making usable bowls and plates in the kiln, but thought that I could do more. I took several more courses from different artists and learned more and more interesting things to do.

After a few years, and a few more courses in Seattle, I took up lamp work and started making beads and jewelry.

I’m now using a giant production kiln and selling my pieces, which include glass butterflies, art jewelry and original glass designs. Please email me directly to commission custom work.