Hemlock Stained Glass

04/11/2025

01/04/2025

Cliffs of Crimson, 22.5” x 22.5"

11/04/2024

This was the first in the series that I completed. I kinda like the texture on the skin, I might use that in different applications in the future.

09/04/2024

I am so happy that I got to use these colors together on a project. They please me, very much.
-fi

03/04/2024

This is a memorial piece I made for a close friend who lost her beautiful boy at 40 weeks. There's really nothing you can say or do to ease that pain though I hope this helped just a little. There was only one black and photo to work with, I tried my best.

01/04/2024

This week I'll be sharing some pieces that I've done that aren't connected to my current work; like this telephone booth with faux stained glass I made while living in Korea in 2012.

While I was abroad that I decided that I would love to settle somewhere and return to glass one day and really make a good go at it. Korea (and the places that followed) were the cradle for my current aspirations. I still feel like my goal of having "made it" and in the distance but meh, It's a journey and I'm proud to be taking the long, scenic route.

This piece was made out of colored acetate and construction paper and was inspired by the crafts that the children were making in the elementary school that I taught at. I had always wanted to attack a phone booth with this type of planned out street art so I toiled away after my classes and made these panels. It took 4 months
#2012

31/03/2024

An experiment in color and opacity, I wanted to see what mixing flesh tones into this series would look like. I'm pretty happy with the results but I'd like to take it in a different direction next time. I've attached images of the process.
9.5" x 9.5"

30/03/2024

9.5" x 9.5". This piece will be in the American Glass Now exhibition this summer, something I'm very proud to say. The exhibition is being put on by the Grand Rapids Art Museum in collaboration with thr American Glass Guild. It will be on display to the public for 14 weeks and I just found out they're going to use it in their promo for the show!

29/03/2024

Sneak peek at the jewel of this piece.

23/03/2024

This series has been a fun study in color and portraiture and I look forward to upscaling them one day. I'm learning what works and what doesn't so in that sense these have been useful exercises.