Fire It Forward

05/09/2026

After such a wonderful response from everyone after Allen found one of our Fire it Forward father's day medallions, we decided to go and hide some for another special say, Mother's Day! So we hid a bunch of hearts and freeze fused flowers at Wapato Park while we were at a company picnic and taking the pup to the dog park! We met a few special people along rhe way and gave some out and wished them happy mother's day as we walked and hid the rest.
Happy mother's day and enjoy this special day!

12/12/2025

Happy holidays and greeting! 2025 has been a wild year. After spending the year focusing in personal projects and endeavors I met some really amazing artists and community advocates with Grit City Made! We are hosting a hands on walk in workshop at their store location on Sunday. We will be doing fusion glass workshops, a food drive and giveaway raffle with lots of cool prizes and even some snacks and holiday cheer! So if you're out on Sunday come check it out, do a fun craft, bring a food item and ebter our raffle giveaway, and come see some of the amazing art showcased by local artists at Grit City Made!

02/01/2025

We had the wonderful honor of helping one of our community partners with their Monkeyshines 2025 project and made a bunch of medallions for the Year of the Snake 2025!
Tacoma is a community of endless possibilities and connections I am so grateful to be a part of!
Remember when you're out hunting, be safe, considerate, and in the tradition of our past glass art scavenger hunts, grab a trash bag and clean up as you go and if you're lucky enough to find more than one rehide!

11/29/2024

As Fire it Forward glass art program winds down our public program and involvement in the community, the impact we made was significant and the experiences and people we met were a priceless compensation!

Over 160 individual participants in hands-on workshops and classes with countless others just partipating in our many public events, clean-ups, and scavenger hunts.
-9 organizations and community partnerships
-185 events and dozens of hot shop sessions in my studio free for all guests!
-1200+ glass art pieces hidden, donated and given away to the public! This is a great impact for a free program of this magnitude!
I want to thank all the people who were part of this effort and all of the folks in the community that supported this program. I will always cherish the connections and memories we've made :)

As a final farewell, come out and join Fire it Forward for our last scavenger hunt this week! *See event post....

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11/08/2024

I spend alot of my time volunteering at the MOG with their science of arts program and the fusion glass workshops and started years ago with Hot shop heroes. Still, painting is something I have enjoyed for many years long before I got hooked on glass! I
am so excited to have been able to assist Phil with this latest project and mural and paint the shorter walls where all the specimen bugs hang. I have done several mural projects in the past, but since I spend so much time helping out in this great creative space, it is pretty cool to get to see it in action! This includes all the colors and jungle theme, the big bug specimens, and the connection to the MOG's upcoming nature exhibits. I am excited to see it all come together with the exhibits related to this project and Field Notes which is set to debut later this month. Come check it out if you get a chance
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09/07/2024

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A trip to OCR is a great way to spend the day and money!
Got some cool new color mixes for our hot air balloon project.

08/27/2024

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Thank you Jen and the ArtsWA grant program for the opportunity to help with this project and bring some of the glass art part of it to the experiment!

08/11/2024

Had a great time at MOG for the northwest glass festival while volunteering with their fusion glass workshops yesterday. There was so much to see with all the talented artists showing off their art for sale, demos on lampworking and the hot shop was standing room only!

06/30/2024

Here's recap of Tacoma Ocean Fest. We had a great time celebrating, hiding glass, doing crafts, dancing, and paddling! Hope everyone had a great time and thank you to everyone who helped with the glass blowing team building workshops, designing the stamp tool, and making this twist to the event so much fun! I do worry I will be distracted from glass blowing by the calll to kayak! Haha

06/26/2024

These are so cool!!
I had to post a few photos of the salmon school art projects hanging in the educational studio at the MOG. The museum will also be having special activities and projects related to the salmon school project they are involved with in partnership with foss waterway Seaport amd Tacoma Ocean Fest!