My first experience of hot glass was, as a child, watching utterly amazed, as a glassblower created animals in front of my eyes at the Royal Melbourne Show. I immediately wanted to do this  but it seemed way beyond the realm of childhood possibilities.

I have always been fascinated by colour and form which led me to embroidery and cross stitch. As much as I love this medium it did not fulfil my creative urges and I soon began designing my own cross stitch samplers.

Next, I started making jewellery and came across "The History of Glass Beads" and my love of glass was re-ignited. Finally working with glass seemed possible. If glass beads could be made 3000 years ago, I could certainly do it, I thought!!

So, I took an introductory class with the wonderful Cathy Charles at chockadoo.  I was off and running. I bought my lampworking kit that same day. I have since been fortunate to take classes with some of Australia's foremost glass workers including, Mr Peter Minson and Jan Cahill.