Lighting specialist by day, stained glass artist whenever time and life permit.

For most of my life I tried (unsuccessfully) to identify or quantify my creative pursuits. In the process I worked my way through just about every medium you can think of — paint, textiles, miniatures, clay, beads, and plenty of unfinished experiments along the way.

 

Making things has never felt like a grand artistic identity to me; it’s simply a constant.

I have always immensely admired stained glass, but it never felt accessible. Too big, too expensive, no real route to trying it. Luckily, I was proven wrong when someone who knows me very well unexpectedly gifted me a beginners suncatcher making course. From that very first day, I have been hooked, and my focus as an artist (or craft enthusiast) has finally become clear.

 

Stained glass naturally pairs well with my existing glassware collections and my day job as a lighting specialist. I love lighting because it's the perfect intersection of science (objective, measurable, mathematical) and artistry (subjective, emotional, aesthetic). Light is what makes stained glass come alive, so my experience working with light is an invaluable asset when selecting glass for my projects.

 

Time in the studio is limited and the pieces I finish are few, but each one is a small, ongoing investment in a craft that sits perfectly at the intersection of light, glass, and patience — a LOT of patience.

Pieces

  • Every finished piece, usually achieved somewhere between procrastination and perfectionism

  • The literal pieces and shards of glass that make up each project

  • The many pieces of other craft mediums I’ve experimented with (and occasionally abandoned) over the years

  • A reminder that creativity, for me, has always come in pieces

Whimsy

  • A lifetime of being described as quirky, strange, unusual, eccentric, or “a bit odd”

  • The playful curiosity that leads me to try new mediums in the first place

  • The little spark of delight when a piece finally hangs in the window and does exactly what stained glass is supposed to do in the light