to Fused Glass Gallery to Blown Glass Gallery

Marian has been working with glass for 20 years first in the California foothills and now at her home on the slope of Mauna Loa. Most of her work is formed using borosilicate rods and tubes held over a propane and oxygen fed glass torch. As the glass begins to melt and flow at over 2000 degrees, she manipulates the glowing mass and from the brightness you can see an angel taking form. It almost seems like magic. It looks easy, but you know it is just from years of practice.

She began to educate herself by purchasing a scientific glass blowing kit from a catalog. " That was certainly the hard way" she acknowledges. "Teachers were just not available or willing to take a beginner. It's very difficult to learn on your own." From books and observation of items in gift stores and much trial and error, she made her first saleable piece- a hummingbird. From that beginning, she participated in craft shows and spent several years running her own kiosk at the local mall.

" I really feel I'm just getting started with exploring the world of glass art. I just had a chance to try furnace glassblowing and I have begun experimenting with kiln fused sheet glass as well as making beads. Glass is intriguing and beautiful. I am grateful to have the opportunity to make gifts that others can give with aloha to remember Hawaii."