I first saw and tried glassblowing in Monterrey, Mexico when I was about 9 years old. I was enthralled. It was not unitl much later when I studied at Newcomb College with Gene Koss that I began to understand the magical complexities and the depth of possibilities that glass in its many forms, made possible. Studying at Pilchuck furthered my resolve to know more and I was encouraged to apply to RISD by Hardu Keck, then RISD Provost, who saw some of my "Gravity Works Installation" pieces. I was the only student accepted to the graduate glass program at RISD my first year, studying with Bruce Chao, whose work I had long admired for pushing the limits of the material, as well as Michael Schiener, whose work I also admire as a scuptor. I also studied with Pino Singnoretto both in the US and Japan. Click here to see images from my 10 years of working with glass as a sculptural medium.