BCM Glass: Mini Vase

Small blown glass vases Artist Statement When I first saw someone melting glass at age 7 I knew I wanted to do that. I finally got my first chance in college when I realized that there was a glass program at the University of Miami, where I was studying audio engineering. I started with soft glass in the hot shop in 2008, melting in front of a 2400˚ glory hole in the 97˚ heat of summer in Miami. After graduating from college in 2009 I moved to San Francisco. I couldn’t find a hot shop to work in, but I found a place in Berkeley that taught flameworking with borosilicate. It wasn’t as exciting and fast paced as soft glass but I soon fell in love with the amount of detail and intricacies that were possible with this more durable medium. After a year in the bay I moved to Santa Fe, NM and found a studio gallery to work soft glass and was able to set up a torch in my house so I could keep practicing with borosilicate. I stayed in Santa Fe for two years before I started to feel like I’d hi