I have worked with glass since I was 8 years old when I learned how to bead from teenagers at Mi'kmaq summer camp. Who knew it would turn into a life-long love of glass? That was also the year I fell in love with stories - check out my storytelling page for more info. Today I am a glass artist and Mi'kmaq storyteller based in Central Maine. Where my practice began with beadwork it also developed through ash basketry, porcupine quillwork, stained glass, restoration, lampworking, and coldworking sculpture. I often combine several techniques within an art piece. Rather than replicate traditional materials in glass, I carry forward what the materials taught me - structural integrity, form, repetition, balance, and the way knowledge can move from one form to another. To get these forms ​I cut, grind, engrave, laminate, and polish glass to explore cultural memory, lived experience, survival, and transformation.

 

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