At a very young age I became fascinated with glass. Its multitude of special properties touched my heart. I was fascinated from the first moment I watched a glassblower at work. Glass is shiny, glass is clear and transparent. But glass can also be opaque and cloudy. Glass is perfectly smooth at one time while at another time it takes on extremely whimsical forms. Glass is glowing hot. Or just ice cold. Sometimes glass is liquid but it can also be hard like a diamond. The viscosity and the moment of processing. The moment that the material slowly changes into a solid form. That is fascinating and still fascinates me. Glass is fascinating to me in all its forms. Glass is a very diverse material. It is powerful but at the same time fragile. Glass is enchanting and magical. Or sometimes just functional. However you approach glass, it is a raw material that is technically and artistically very challenging.