ABOUT MYSELF
ORIGINALLY FROM CALIFORNIA WHERE I WAS INTRODUCED TO WORKING WITH GLASS IN SAN JOSE IN LATE 2006. I HAD THE LUXURY OF HAVING THREE OFFICIAL TEACHERS AND MULTIPLE GOOD FRIENDS IN THE HOT SHOP WHO SO KINDLY TOOK ME UNDER THEIR WINGS TO HELP ME LEARN. SHAUN G, JON MEOW, KRISTOFF, MIKE M AND THE OFFICIAL LIST OF JEFFERY SARMIENTO, AMY RUFFERT, AND CASSANDRA STRAUBBING. I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO THOSE PEOPLE FOR THEIR HELP IN MY EARLY STAGES. AFTER I GRADUATED, I TAUGHT GLASS BLOWING IN SAN JOSE FOR A YEAR AND THEN ATTENDED THE MASTERS PROGRAM IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE. THERE I FOUND A WHOLE NEW GROUP OF FRIENDS TO LEARN WITH WHILE JIYONG LEE HEADED THE DEPARTMENT THERE. IT WAS A SWEET PLACE WITH A LOT OF GOOD WORK HAPPENING IN A GREAT STUDIO. 2014 TO BEGINNING 2016 I FOUND MYSELF STUDYING CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY IN IDAR OBERSTEIN, GERMANY. NOW I HAVE A WHOLE NEW CREW OF PEOPLE TO LEARN WITH FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IN 2105 I BEGAN WORKING AT BERLIN GLAS AND SPLIT TIME BETWEEN PROJECTS AT THE GLASS STUDIO AND STUFF I HAVE IN MY HOME STUDIO. KIND OF EXCITING TIMES AS I LEARN, MAKE, GROW, AND LIVE! FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME USING THE LITTLE TECHNOLOGY BLOCK THINGY BELOW...OR JUST WRITE ME AN EMAIL.
