Glass Art

Glass Blowing Expertise

I learned hot glass under the instruction of Paul Dresang at SIUE, and by assisting David Wulfman, an experienced glass artist who learned to blow glass at the Blenko factory in West Virginia. David and I were students together at W.U. and were partners in a small design studio from ’89 to ’92. Workshops: Penland School of Crafts, summer of 1992; artist workshops: Dick Huss of St. Paul, Minnesota; Sam Stang of Augusta Glass Studio in Augusta, MO; Tony Cray of Snake Ranch Glass Studio in New Melle, MO; and Brent Young of Cleveland, OH. I am presently working at 3rd Degree Glass Factory in St. Louis. My work in functional wares is focused on the creation of beautiful and useful objects for the home and office, employing a modern aesthetic using classic platonic shapes – the sphere, hemisphere, cylinder, and cone – as the basis of form.

Fresh combinations of transparent and opal colors enliven each piece. My sculptural work with glass is focused on the synthesis of very tightly controlled blowing and cold-working techniques with the fluid quality of the hot material. I contrast geometric form with organic form in an effort to break down conventional expectations about the use, posture, and perception of blown glass objects.

Education in Architecture:
B. Design 1983 @ University of Florida, Gainesville
M. Arch. 1988 @ Washington University, St. Louis

Education in Fine Art:
Graduate Studies in Glassworking 1989-1998, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, School of Fine Arts