Revised Artist Statement (ver. 2026, org. 2015)

The work typically becomes an allegorical representation or artifact of different mind-states or perceptions. This involves a distinct awareness of what is occurring in the process. An intimate attention is focused on the not only what is happening with the materials in front of me but on what is occurring in my mentality during making. The medium of Glass with all its unique attributes becomes the lens one focuses the spectacle; this lens is my perception or expression. The spectacle of contemporary society culture and philosophy, are really  thoughtforms I attempt to create. Thoughtforms seem specific in imagery or concept but can envisage larger jungian archetypes such as joy, violence, fear and liberation.  My focus with this lens can be as narrow or as wide as I determine for each instance because each thoughtform complies with my own mental aesthetic. The work can be engaged with the eyes and the space it inhabits; how the object(s) are displayed is important in the way it is viewed. The viewer by looking through my aesthetic lens can inspect my contemplations, concerns and feelings of the spectacle. There is much chance and chaos in glass, the wavy, fluid and flow-like forms that can be created become an expression of not my hand but of gravity and my intention. Glass can reflect or abstract light which becomes the lens to view the allegory. As with other abstract-expressionism, many of the different aspects such as color, texture and imagery seem only vaguely related until unionized by some symbology. Symbology that is in the form of allegory and language, some only in the title. Symbology is important because it accesses the collective unconscious; archaic archetypes contain resources of apprehension. Numerology also allows this, which I attempt to access with the geometry, scale and dimensions of each object. In the great spectacle of life, all individuals initialize all thoughts and feelings with lenses of their chosen. I attempt to manifest my own allegorical lenses in the physical to share with the viewer. 

On Functional Craft…

My functional glassware is made to be used every day. Each piece is hand-blown, shaped by heat, breath, and movement, resulting in subtle variations that make every glass unique.

I focus on balance, comfort, and durability, while letting color and light remain central to the experience. These pieces are designed to bring beauty and intention into daily rituals