‘Making mosaics is

like playing in a kaleidoscope’ 

I fell in love with stained-glass mosaics 20 years ago. 

It all started with knitting: I tackled a new generation of sweater patterns shaped by bold color and geometric designs.

Then, as an experiment, I decided to explore similar shapes in glass. I bought scraps at first — by the pound — from a stained-glass window-maker.

Soon abstract designs — and leaves and trees, flowers and night skies — were blooming on inlaid serving trays… boxes …mirrors frames — and I was collecting bright squares of opaque glass from suppliers wherever I traveled. 

The designs I create today still celebrate patterns from nature and vivid colors … with a sense of excitement and discovery … a little like the leaf and insect collections you made in fourth grade. 

And I still love treasure hunts for the vibrant, subtly patterned glass that most inspires me.  My garage workshop is chock-full with sheets and fragments.

The process is playful and improvisational … shaped by memory and experience. Ideas spring from quilts and rug patterns, tapestries and brickwork … even views from airplane windows.

Making mosaics brings me joy.

And I hope the final results bring joy and artistry to functional items in the everyday lives of people who own them.