I make art for the joy of discovery and to share light with the world. Every time I enter my studio I feel a shift in consciousness and my motto is “I wonder what would happen if…” It is the most fun I know how to have and I am never happier than when I […]
Glass
Janet Place
I have always loved glass and have been fascinated, especially, by blown glass. I don’t know when I learned that glass could be fused in a kiln. During the pandemic I decided to try it, starting small with a microwave kiln. It wasn’t long until I was bored and want to be able to expand […]
Anna Julian
In this ever-changing world, art is my method to find contentment and find peace. I love to create and continuously learn. It grounds me. I am passionate about color AND texture. This affinity compels me to combine pottery with glass and wood for diverse presentation. I crave and enjoy the challenge of engineering and employing […]
Gretchen Niver
Though I’d been involved with other crafts and artistic endeavors — batik, silk-screening, graphic design — once I started working with stained glass in 1980, I never turned back. Though self-taught, I learned a lot while working at a stained glass business in Cary, designing and building various glass projects. While building our dream home […]
Louise Hobbs
My interest in sculptural glass has expanded my exploration from painting onto glass with enamels, fusing and slumping glass, to pate de verre, casting glass paste into molds of my own creation that fire in the kiln. This is a continuation of mold making for ceramics. These molds include subjects such as mermaids, Adam and […]