About

I am a Monterey California based artist that works primarily in glass: casting, fusing, blowing. My work is largely focused on nature, in particular, the unique and fragile nature of the Central California Coast.I started my art career 20 years ago as a glassblowing student in Philadelphia under glassblower Karl Carter. Later education included study at Wheaton Arts and Pilchuck Glass School where I expanded my love of glass as a medium to include casting and fusing.Today I work and teach out of my studio on the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey Glassworks

Artist Tools

You are welcome to use any of the digital tools below for your own work. They come with no price or guarantee. They are simply my collection of notes and programming scritps I've used over the years to help learning glass artists find some better starting points.

NOTES
(1) Several of these tool use data you upload in their scripts. Know that these tools do not use or save data for any other purpose, nor run any analytics on it's users. Your creative work is yours alone.
(2) Several of these tools are possible simply because Bullseye Glass makes available, publicly, terrific resources for glass artists. I do not receive any money from them for choosing to build tools around their supplies.
(3) My common firing programs include a listing of publicly available sources used where readers can find more info. I started with many of these sources then modified my programs to fit my processes and kiln peculiarities. I do not share any information that I paid to acquire (eg paid courses or PDFs) in these notes.

Common Firing Programs

Bullseye Color Matcher

HOW I USE THIS TOOL
My own work process is to sketch or paint concepts first, before creating them in glass. I use this tool to upload a picture of my sketch to find the closest match for specific colors.I also find it helpful for brainstorming to have the tool examine photos or designs that have great color schemes (analogous, complementary, etc).

FAQWhy Bullseye Glass, can I use this for other manufacturers?
I created this simply enough because I use Bullseye Glass for my fused and Pate de varre work, and they have a wonderful website that shares their 'as fired' colors. I would be happy to extend this to other manufacturers but I'm not familiar with where to find their photographed catalogs.
Can I have a copy of your code to use for myself?
Yes. Feel free to download the HTML and use or modify for yourself.

Pate de Verre Simulator

HOW I USE THIS TOOL
When making a Pate de Verre casting I historically use molds created from ice cube trays to make small sample squares of fused powders. These samples would have varying ratios of color + clear powders/frits to test transparency and color shift gradients.This testing is essential yet entirely too time consuming... It makes my art projects feel more like engineering projects. So, I created this script to help me make better color decisions without the weeks of samples building.

FAQWhy do the blocks have lines and dots in them?
I added 'imperfections' into the scripting to simulate the imperfections to gradients that come from trapped bubbles or induced from grooves in your mold.Do you still run physical tests? Yes I do. But that is limited to (hopefully) one single samples fire before finished casting. These digital samples are simulating 1/2" (12mm) deep squares. Many of my castings are much much thicker. So final physical testing is still valuable and recommended to understand light transmission at depth.Can I have a copy of your code to use for myself?
Yes. Feel free to download the HTML and use or modify for yourself.