I enjoyed the personal relationships of my career as a manager and accountant, but creativity was not part of the equation. After retirement I pursued artistic endeavors and found glass fusion to be the perfect blend of creative thought and physical activity to bring about form and beauty to my art.
As a tactile person, the pursuit of handling and making glass art satisfies all of my senses. From conception, to color choices and design, the process to bring a piece of glass to completion includes cutting, shaping, fusing and cold working to enhance the beauty of the glass.
I choose a glass design from what I observe in my daily life. Often, seeing something of beauty will trigger a desire to capture the feeling in glass. It can involve color, design or a relationship of images. For example, flying in an airplane over cities I was struck by the similarity of design to printed circuit boards, and sought to capture the idea in my next glass design. Ideas come from everywhere in life!