Thanks for stopping by. My name is Felicia, I am originally from California. While serving in the US Air Force I lived in Mississippi, Missouri, Turkey, then ended up making Oklahoma my home.
I remember being mesmerized watching a PBS special on glassblowing when I was 8 years old. Decades later I found myself at a glassblowing studio watching my son and his cousin make Christmas ornaments, I was absolutely in awe.
I couldn’t stop talking about glassblowing, a couple years later I was given an intro lesson for Christmas. As I walked into the studio for my first lesson, I noticed a sign that explained that cremation ashes were used to make the beautiful orbs that sat on the shelf. Having recently lost my younger sister in a motorcycle accident, it was easy to see how special this was. I told myself I would one day make something like this for our father. After countless hours of gathering 2100 degree molten glass out of a furnace, reheating in a 2400 degree glory hole, blowing, shaping and coaxing glass into vases, birds, seashells, and various other things, I knew it was finally time to make a piece celebrating my sister’s life.
I have made several orbs and vases containing cremains of people’s loved ones and pets. Seeing how these memorial pieces have helped people with their grief has been most humbling.
