Maple Street Glass Works

 Handcrafted wearable art glass!

I'm a busy mom of 2 who has always loved art. Hot Glass Art sort of fell into my lap.  I'd met a woman - now a good friend - at a tag sale and she had some beads for sale.  I thought they were gorgeous and she told me that she'd made them.  She invited me in to see her studio and that was that!  I had to give it a whirl.

 

It's not a cheap hobby, so I started by getting some books, which I read over and over again.  Saved up some money and bought my first very simple torch - a hot head.  After a short time I knew this was something I needed to continue with.  So I saved some more and bought a Nortel Minor Burner torch.  To operate it however I also needed an oxygen concentrator and a variety of other tools.

 

So here I am roughly 5 years later, still loving to torch and buidling a new studio in my home!