Bending Glass
I love making these glass pendants. I'm trying to make something that is fun and has impact but that doesn't take itself too seriously. Colour matching gives me a bit of a thrill, as does coming up with a new way to work the glass. Glass is finicky and technical...there are a lot of rules. I don't like to follow a recipe as it is written, even if it is mine! So, although I've learned how to control the glass, my designs are often born of experiments and discovery.
I make a lot of pendants, but I view each one individually, the way I expect its new owner will. Quality is very important to me. I want my work to be affordable but I also want it to last. I like to save little stones, odd finds and mementos that remind me of friends, travels, and different periods of my life and I assume that others do too. I'd like to think that my pendants might end up as treasured keepsakes that evoke memories long after being worn as a necklace.
