I had the pleasure of working with my friend Fred Buxton at Raining Sunshine Studios recently. He helped me refine our approach to landscapes with depth, and I taught him how to do fossil vitrea (using plants in glass). It was hard not to be inspired by the amazing view outside the windows of his studio - towering trees, stunning flowers, singing birds, breezes creating whispers in the woods, and gorgeous, sunny skies of Washington. I kept remembering a verse from a song I kn

This month I had the opportunity to take a class from Richard LaLonde, a pioneering fused glass artist who taught at the renowned Pilchuck School in 1985 and who created the Liquid Glass Line technique. It was an amazing experience in part because of his knowledge and skill, and in part because the class included work with steel, aluminum, glass, wood, Liquid Glass Line, and pastels. Essentially, I created every element of this two-sided rattle (when you hold it and shake, it