I approach glass as a language: its luminescence and transparency, volume and weight, and qualities of light and shadow are elements I use in translating the visual and sensual realities around me.

My work is influenced by abstract art, as well as tile and tapestry work of the Mediterranean. My pieces are born of a half-formed idea, a fragment of narrative, or a particular emotion. The development of each piece from design to execution is a negotiation between the physical hardness of glass and the fluidity of its form and the interplay of color and pattern. My work is always evolving and is constantly exploring new ways to bend and break the limits of the medium.

I create my pieces by first designing elements in the form of glass canvases or swatches of fabric. After fusing I cut those elements and reassemble them according to a design that best creates harmony of color and pattern. I then slump my pieces into molds to create vessels that can be functional as well as decorative.

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