Eventually I moved from the joint studio to working solo in my own studio in Alexandria, Virginia. It was a successful move for me, but there came a point when I felt Taos calling out to me, just as it had for my Dad. However, instead of jumping right back into setting up my own studio once I came back I took several years off to think about what I most wanted to do with my future glass work. I did a few commissions as old clients tracked me down, but for the most part I worked on my own projects and thought about what kind of work I would like to do. How would I go about pulling all of the elements of my artistic career into new works? How could I begin to bring them together into the sculptural work I had always intended to pursue?
This, then, is the fourth step in my exploration of glass. I have rebuilt my studio in two bays of an former auto repair shop. I have the tools and space to do just about anything that comes to mind, from glass to metal casting and now I am looking forward to seeing where all of these many new possibilities will take me.