General Info:
I started making stained glass windows in 1984 and since then have made hundreds of doors, windows and church artglass. Glass is a very rewarding art form and I do enjoy it every day. I have learned numerous glass techniques along the way from many very talented artists and craftsmen. I have built windows and shipped them around the world, however most of my work has been created for Oklahomans. I have worked with other glass artists here and in other states to create stained glass for the Oklahoma State Capitol dome, Oklahoma Judicial Center, 25 Hard Rock Cafes, churches, government and private offices, as well as restorations of Italian, French, Greman and American antique artglass. I have worked on windows and other art pieces from Waterford crystal to 18th century Venetian blown glass and a Tiffiany window. I have sculptures, artglass, paintings, ceramic, wood and mixed media in collections acros the country. Through the years I have had the oportunity to study glass and art across the US and England, France and Italy. It has been my pleasure to teach glass from my studio and for Hot Glass Horizons in Corning NY and Portland OR in the 1990's. My work is custom made to clients' specific need and to fit their lifestyle. It can be challenging at times but at the completion, its always worth the time and effort to create unique pieces with the highest cratsmanship to stand the test of time. Glass is like no other material on earth, both a solid and liquid at virtually the same time. Vitreous and fluid, it can be blown and shaped, cut and fused, crushed and ground, etched and polished, painted and cast. Literaly for thousands of years people have made glass a part of thier lives to make their surroundings more beautiful or used it to make their lives easier. Gone ar the days of the milkman bringing fresh milk in a washed glass bottle and picking up the empties to recylcle. Glass is green, not only in color but in our planets life. It can and is recycled over and over every day, endlessly. It is impervious to most chemicals, hard as steel and fragile as a rose. Glass is used in every car, television, cell phone and home everyday. Let me make your world a little better with some custom glass made especially for you.