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About Glass Cathedrals

When we gaze down from a plane at city lights at night, we feel like giants. Then, looking up at the stars, we feel like tiny specks amongst them. That a person can feel like a god and like a speck of stardust at one time, in one body and mind – what marvels us humans are! 

The boxes have been a unique platform for my flow of ideas. Some are based on thoughts I’ve been having since I was a child – thoughts that are no less mysterious and intriguing to me today. “Why is glitter more precious to me than gold? Why do I dive into the VERY COLD water when my body is yelling ‘NO!!!’? How do I savour the preciousness of life while accepting its transience?”

Many people have these moments of inspiration about what it is to be a funny little human traveling around a big planet. What to do with these thoughts? I started putting mine in boxes! So it’s no wonder that these tiny worlds reflect back so much that is good and important about our own – a powerful magic.

I also make art inspired by other people’s ideas of what is most precious. Over the years I have made hundreds  – in fact thousands – of Glass Cathedrals that capture people, events, places, memories, dreams – distilling moments to fit in a box.

I feel your work is like ripping up the bathroom floor of an old home and finding an entire
other floor that belonged to the owners from half a century ago.  It is magical and new and
familiar all at the same time
.” Rani W, Chicago

So much of my motivation and joy in creation, is to manifest something of significance to
another person. Plus, GLITTER.