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Once upon a time, there was a
little girl who loved to.....
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Siren's Song
Some interesting- or not- tidbits about me.
Warning *
This is true stuff and not for the faint of heart
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...draw pictures and make up stories, take
pictures and read books up in the cradle
of the catalpa tree branches.
Then, one day, that girl grew up. She
went to college, she got married, she got
a job and a house and children. She
didn't have time anymore for reading
books in trees and for wandering
through the woods looking for fairies
hiding on the banks of hidden streams.
In time, the girl - who was a woman now,
forgot about those things that she used
to love.
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But don't worry, this isn't a sad story. Because one day, the woman remembered! And when she remembered, she decided to
find something that she could do that would make her as happy as she had been when she was a little girl. First she tried painting,
but that wasn't it. Then, she tried writing, and though it was close, that wasn't quite it, either. She traveled and took many
pictures. She loved that best, but she couldn't do it everyday.
So she kept looking. Then, one day, she found a picture of her grandma's house. In that house, there was a stained glass
window. She knew that window from when she was a girl - she had spent hours staring at it's luminous beauty, sitting beneath it
as the sun washed through, bathing her in it's shimmering colors, wondering to herself 'How? How do they make it so
beautiful?'
And then she knew what she would do.
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And so did I! The challenge of learning this intricate craft didn't concern me. I'm one of those people who looks at something and
thinks, 'If they can do it, then I can, too.' But out of all the skills I've taught myself over the years, I have to say that glass craft is
the most challenging and the most consistently rewarding. There is a hypnotic quality in working with molten glass and an
immediate reward- instant gratification in the form of one tiny work of art.
I started with stained glass, moved on to fused glass and then discovered lampwork completely by accident. I stumbled across a
single, intricate lampwork bead at the glass shop - a leftover from a class held the night before. I picked it up, studied it, awed by
it's incredible detail. And I found myself wondering,
'How? How do they make it so beautiful....?'
So, after many hours of training and building up my studio here I am, still learning, still growing, still creating. I'm lucky enough to be
able to spend all my days with my two children who patiently allow me some "Mommy Time" to do my thing, my amazing husband,
Robert, without whom none of my glass dreams would have been possible and my fabulous friends who support me always.
Thank you.
And thanks to all of you whose interest and support helps keep those dreams alive.
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