Rick and Janet have worked together as a successful team for 30 years in 2009. Rick first studied glass with Don Hartman at the University of Southern California and was a TA for Dale Chihuly and Fritz Dreisbach at the Pilchuck Glass School in 1981. He has continued to study with such notables as Therman Statom, Richard Marquis, Dino Rosin, Lucartha Kohler and Karen Willenbrink-Johnson.

Following his university education, Rick operated a pottery studio full time in southern California from 1974 to 1981. Janet left her photography position at the University of California in 1979 to freelance and create designs on Rick's forms.They were married the same year and their artistic collaboration began. By 1982, they settled on nine acres in Auburn, California where they set up their glass studio and raised two daughters.

Their works involve figurative sculpture, sculptural lighting, and multiple piece wall and ceiling installations. Select recent projects include two wall installations for the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Shenzhen, China; a 21-piece wall installation for the lobby of Weil, Gotschal & Manges International Law Firm in Dallas, Texas;a 17-piece wall installation for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Building in Roseville, California;a wall installation for a penthouse in time for the Presidential Inaguration and multiple wall installations and oversize glass and metal sculptures for the M Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. While Rick does the hand blown work, Janet is the color and design part of their successful collaboration. They are assisted by Matt Eaton.

We will be exhibiting in the ACGA Palo Alto Clay and Glass Festival July 11 and 12 for the first time since 2005. Our booth will be inside and we hope to see you.