Artist

I am a furnace glass blower of original glass artwork inspired by Venetian and American styles. I also occasionally dabble in glass flame (borosilicate and soft) and kiln work. I design custom non-functional art, limited functional glassware, and am increasingly passionate about complex interior and exterior lighting installations.

Uniquely, I have developed my own techniques and specialized equipment  for pulling cane and making Murrini using a vitigraph kiln. I incorporate these materials into furnace blown art.

I have received formal glass training from the Bay Area Glass Institute (San Jose, CA, USA), Abate Zanetti (Murano, Italy, EU), and Bullseye (Emeryville, CA, USA). 

I have trained/worked with 

• Treg Silkwood (Furnace glassblowing), 

• Devin Burgess (Furnace glassblowing), 

• Maestro Nicola Giovanni  (Furnace glassblowing Ventian chandeliers and millefiori forms, apprentice to Archimede Seguso),

• Penelope Rakov (Furnace glass cane and Murrini)

• Kevin Leopold (Borosilicate Flamework),

• Elise Ordorica (Fusing/Slumping), 

• Ilene Conde (Vitrigraph Cane), and

• Alessia Fuga (Effetre Beads)