Ever since I could remember, I've always been a 'maker.' I hauled my crayons and markers everywhere as a child and I was always drawn to beautiful colorful art. In high school the art wing was my safe haven and I spent hours and hours there. I then went to college where I got a BFA in Graphic Design with a minor in Painting but I never fully dove into that degree as life called for a 'desk job' to pay the bills. So art took a back seat for some years and then started to bubble up again in the last 10 years.
Since then I've been evolving through various mediums; I spent the first four years heavily involved in ceramincs where my love for hand sculpting and wheel throwing was all I could think about. I had a blast learning and expressing myself through this malleable medium. The next six years took my attention towards metal, specifically Wire Wrapping. My romance with wire wrapping began for my love of crystals, I wanted to find a way to be able to wear them in an aestherically pleasing way, so I dove into this expression with the help of tutorials, YouTube, and books.
Enter July 2021 and once again my artistic Self wanted to explore yet another medium to dive into, another passion--STAINED GLASS! I took a 6-day stained glass class and my love for this new craft has taken off like a rocket! And so that's how StudioGlass31 was born and is continuing to grow and develop as I find my voice through glass just as I have found it through the other mediums I've explored.
I am now only creating stained glass artwork and sell my work online and also through various local art fairs and shops in the Kansas City, Missouri area.