About.

My journey began in small artisanal glasshouses, where I had the privilege of apprenticing under some of the finest glass craftsmen in the U.S., reinforcing and refining my technical skills in material manipulation. This foundation led me to pursue formal studies in glass at the university level, where I first began to explore the broader potential and alternative functions of this material. At a crossroads between academia and industry, I chose the latter, stepping into some of the last remaining American glass factories, where I served as Master Craftsman, product developer, and designer. I started on the factory floor, and by the end of my tenure, I was building glass factories from the ground up—designing infrastructure, processes, and pushing the boundaries of handmade glass manufacturing.

Now, after two decades in the mechanized world of mass production and thousands of tons of melted material, I find myself returning to a more intimate practice. With a humble crucible and a focus on precious molten glass, I am free to explore its raw potential, creating objects that stand in stark contrast to my industrial career, embracing the unpredictable and the organic in a way that is both personal and experimental.

Process.

By manipulating the raw glass material with traditional tools and time-honored methods, I allow the material itself to dictate the form, embracing a form of expression where the process is unpredictable and unreplicable. It’s a deliberate rejection of precision and control: "Break some shit, pour molten glass on it, stick that on a bubble, heat the piss out of it, and see what happens." This approach strips away the highly crafted or highly processed techniques that were ever present throughout my career, stepping away from everything I once made in favor of something entirely untamed and raw, a true opposite to my industrial past.

I believe the process is far more significant than the end result; it is through the act of creation, the experimentation, and the unpredictability of each step that true discovery occurs. By embracing variables and establishing systems that allow for unforeseen outcomes, I focus on the journey of making rather than any preconceived notion of perfection, allowing the material to reveal its own truth in unexpected ways.