I have dabbled in all sorts of art media but glass beads are by far my favorite. The danger of the torch provides an edge while the precision and control needed for making beads, provides a calming center. Combine those elements with the chemistry and properties of glass and you have an art form that is always challenging and thrilling. What more could anyone ask for!

Over the last 10 years, I have experimented with many media; including forged iron, turned wood, pottery, baskets, and watercolor painting. I have recently decided to focus on glass.

I’m an artist and an art educator. I work in mixed media – fibers, glass, paper-making, and printmaking. My latest work has been creating models using a 3D printer and large color prints of altered digital images. I keep trying to find a way to merge my fascination of technology & computer generated imagery with my love of tactile, physical artwork. 

Myra is an original member and one of the CGC kiln technicians and instructors. She has been experimenting with fused glass for 12 years, both in Chicago and New Jersey. She incorporates airbrushing techniques, screen - printing, kilncasting and welding into her fused glass art and multi-media projects. 

Glass has always intrigued me. At the age of 3 my mother and I would comb the beach of Lake Michigan looking for beach glass. I have been making art with beach glass for decades.  What really made me fall in love with glass was visiting the island of Murano at  the age of 9.