Becky Marks
Becky Marks’ interest in glass began at a stained glass studio in New Orleans, Louisiana where she taught classes and sold retail glass supplies. Along with her studio work, she designed and built original glass works, commissions and repaired antique pieces in the region.
While working on an art degree at Tulane University, she enjoyed glass blowing for several semesters. Glass blowing took her to the next step of working with glass that she describes as “live glass”. She enjoyed the movement and glow of “live glass” and went on to take flame-working courses at The Corning Museum of Glass Studios.
Kiln work and fusing glass came next. Her studies under Miriam Di Fiore in Mornico Losana, Italy added to her techniques. Miriam’s “Light Painting Technique” classes involved using glass stringers, glass powders and frit to create images onto the glass. Becky enjoys incorporating a number of techniques into her fused glass pieces.
Becky’s work is cut by hand and then fused together in a kiln. The fused pieces are then returned to the kiln and slumped into or draped over a mold to form its shape. Each piece is an original design, no two are exactly the same. Incorporating frit and flame-work add to the depth and excitement of many of the pieces.
