ABOUT ME

Since I was a little girl, I have been attracted by beauty of any kind. Especially transparent and shiny objects catch my attention. I have always been fascinated by glass, but my everyday occupations did not allow me the time and opportunity to learn more about it.

The right moment arrived in 2002, during a glass show in the Washington, D.C. area. During a hot glass demonstration, I discovered the most beautiful glass that I had ever seen, called Dichroic*. I knew right away that I had found the material that I had been always looking for. I decided to take a fusing classes which changed my jewelry making hobby into a real passion in my life.

Since that day, I have been creating all my jewelry exclusively with Dichroic glass. It has been more than 5 years that I have used this amazing glass, but I still love to work with it. My jewelry can be found in shops in Montreal, Budapest and the United States. But as a gift, you can see them all around the world.☺

About the fusing
 
I design and handcraft all my pieces. Using a kiln forming technique, I stack two or more layers of glass in a kiln, and heat them until they melt and join into a single unit. The results are stunning and always different. Due to the nature of fusing, you will never find two pieces that are exactly alike. After the glass layers fuse together, in order to attain a nice form, I shape the piece with a diamond coated bit grinder. The final process is fire polishing, in which I reheat the already fused and shaped glass at a lower temperature to smooth out its edges. For finishing the pieces, I wire-wrap or set them in a beautiful sterling setting. Each of my work is "one of the kind" jewelry.

*Dichroic is a special coating placed on glass by using a highly technical vacuum deposition process, originally produced by NASA for the aerospace industry. The main characteristic of Dichroic glass is that it has a transmitted color and a completely different reflective color. These two colors shift and blend depending on your angle of view. With the play of light, together with its vibrant colors, Dichroic* glass is a prime tool used to add interest to any piece of work.