I am a glass artist based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. My focus is individually created art glass beads. These small works of glass art are made with "soft glass" or soda lime glass. Working in my studio, each bead is created by melting glass rods and wrapping the melted glass onto a mandral. My torch uses an oxygen propane mixture. The bead is shaped, decorated and place in a kiln. The kiln then holds the beads at a constant temperature. While being worked in the flame, stress is created in the glass. Holding the beads at a constant temperature and then allowing them to cool slowly allows the molecules in the glass to realign. This relieves the stress which can cause cracking or breaks. The process is known as Annealing. All of the beads I create are properly annealed to prevent stress cracks.
I also create two dimensional Art which I have now added to this website. 
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2026 Show & Gallery Schedule
Chesapeake Bay Artist Association Member Show Tidewater Community College Vistual Arts and Design Center 260 Boush st. Norfolk May 11- June 18th The Gallery is open Monday through Thursday. Friday by appointment. 5th Annual Hampton Holiday Fine Arts Bazaar Chalres H. Taylor Visual Arts Center 4205 Victoria Boulevard Hampton, VA 23669 December ( Date to be Determined ) |