Another summer is coming to a close and we are in the midst of a heatwave here in northern California. These 100 degree days make working in the studio very uncomfortable, the best time to be out there is early in the morning—and what a great way that is to start the day!

Recently I’ve been experimenting on a series of monochrome botanical pieces, using deep marine blue glass to form intricate flowers and stems. Trying to tell the story of the garden with just the texture of the lamp-worked glass. This week I’m working on the Night Garden series: hemlock, belladonna, oleander, wolfsbane… will post pictures when they’re out of the kiln. In the meantime, here is a piece I completed for Judy last week—definitely not monochromatic!

And if you happen to be in Novato, stop by the WestAmerica bank on the corner of Grant Avenue and First Street—they have several of my pieces on display.

Welcome to the first blog post on the Two Dog Glass site, thanks for finding us. I have been messing around with glass for many years. I have two kilns, two dogs, and too-much-although-never-enough glass. Sometimes I like to pile up shards of my favorite colors of glass, throw in a few strips of dichro and heat it in the kiln until those separate pieces become one beautiful slab of color, reflecting and refracting the light, mesmerizing, drawing you closer. What happens to those slabs? That’s a blog post for another day, perhaps a dreary winter day when we need that extra light reflected and magnified deep within the glass. I hope to post updates of the projects I am creating; tips on what to do—and what not to do; words and pictures and ruminations of the inspirations for my work. This summer sees a couple of firsts for the Two Dog Glass Studio: in July my piece “Wildflowers” won First Place at the Marin County Fair and in August I launched Twodogglass.com. Today there are no glass tips, just a thank you to Robyn and Cindy for making this site a reality.