Q:  How long have you worked in glass (or have your graduated from another medium and fallen in love with glass)

A:  I have been working in glass for about 14 years. In our 20’s, Rick and were self-employed airbrush artist, designing and producing a line of hand painted children’s wear (Rick) ladies cruise wear (me). My background was in graphic design and I grew up with 2 parents who are artists. Rick got dragged along for the ride!

Q:  Inspiration What or who inspires you
A:  Colour inspires me. Bright, vibrant colours draw me in and make me itch to create with them.

Q:  Visual Voice: Express why you create your designs
A:  Hmmmm…. I guess just because it makes me happy to be creating. I get visions in my head and burning desire to create them. Having any type of creative project on the go energizes me.

Q:  Upcoming shows or sales if you want to share
A:  If shows are able to go ahead this year, I will be doing the Lunenburg Craft and Food Festival in July and Bling in November.

Q:  What is in your artistic future
A:  That one is easy! I am working on setting up a new studio in our house in Lunenburg, NS. It will be a working studio where passer’s by can watch me at the flame and shop in a small gallery area.

Q:  What are your goals moving forward.
A:  After being self-employed starving artists through our 20’s, I have always taken the approach that my glass is just for fun, I didn’t make much of an effort to sell it. Now the pressure will be on, and I will have to change that approach. My goals are to create a presence in Lunenburg and Nova Scotia in general, and (yikes) probably move to some sort of online selling to help support my new adventures. I also plan to have 3 torch stations so that I can teach on a small scale.

I will be keeping my home base on the West Coast too, especially in the Winter months. I will look forward to joining the Pyros in person as much as I can because my heart with you all!

• interview by Leslie Israelson