About

Hi! I am Brandie. I am 25 years old and I have been working with hot glass since January 2006. I had my first hot glass experience when I was 16 years old. I met a local man who was a glassblower and spent alot of time pulling stringers and making cane for him. After that, years went by and always in the back of my mind was the memory of how much I enjoyed working with glass and fire. When I turned 24, my mother bought me a single fuel torch and kit. Within two weeks I bought my first duel fuel torch - a minor. I worked with soft glass for over a year before the pull to borosilicate took over. I upgraded my torch to a GTT Cheetah. With that comes the oxygen demands of a larger torch so now I run on liquid oxygen.

I am passionate about lampworking for many reasons. I love the way that I can take a pencil sized rod of glass and with a lot of heat and some time, I can create any thing I can imagine. I love the amount of concentration and dedication that I have to give to one single piece of work. I love how every single piece I make is different from any other I have made before it. Lampworking has caught my attention and held it unlike any other art I have done.

So enough about glass (I suppose LOL).. In addition to being a full time glass blower and lampworker, I am also a full time mother to a wonderful little girl named Meadow. She is currently 4 years old. She loves to watch me work but is also interested in Astronomy and Ancient Egypt :)

I am also engaged to be married to a wonderful man named Shane. Shane has been so supportive of my interests and without him I would never have the skills I have today.

I am also a full time college student. I am working towards my associates in art and will be transferring to a 4 year school to possibly earn my bachelors in business. My other passion is the environment and I am still undecided as to whether to continue my education with a goal of business management and open a local glass shop or to follow my other passion and be a full fledged environmentalist.. Humm..
Either way I know that glass will always be an important part of my life.

My little Girl (your future beadmaker) , Meadow