Sabina Boehm's natural talent has always drawn her to the arts. In 1994, as Seattle's Borosilicate art glass movement was gaining momentum, she secured an apprenticeship. She used those first years gaining knowledge through observation, practice, taking classes and networking. In the late 1990's, Sabina started a cooperative glass studio. She later work with Momka's Glass Company testing color for the glass chemist, gave her an insightful knowledge of glass. The medium has great feminine appeal to her, and the meditative creation process has kept her blowing for the past 15 years. In 2005 and 2006, Sabina was awarded first place in the marble category at the very prestigious Eugene Glass School Flame Off. In 2006 she won second place at the Female Flame Off, also in the Marble category. Marbles have been important in her work for many years, recently she has broadened her horizons to include figurative and sculptural work. She has been invited to share her skills and experience teaching throughout the US and Germany, and doing live demonstrations at venues such as the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. You can find her work published in various magazines and on the web.

"I started blowing glass a little over six years ago in Chicago, Illinois. I've been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to travel all over the U.S., working with other glassblowers. I've been an artist my whole life but glass is my favorite medium. Glass allows me to not only express myself but to make a living as well. There are so many things one can do to glass, and I enjoy learning them all!"

Jacqueline McKinny was born and raised in Niwot, Colorado. She moved into Boulder in 2001 and began blowing glass after graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a BFA in Humanities and Medieval Studies. In 2006, she started Rowan Tree Studios to market her glass work. Her love of hollow form torchwork has morphed into a passion for all forms of glass work including cold working, fusing and furnace work. Jacqueline is a member of the Glass Art Society and has participated in several of the Female Flame-offs. For more information and to view a photo gallery of Jacqueline’s work please visit www.rowan-studios.com and www.rowansboutique.com.

"Hi, I'm Tara, a glassblower working in Oakland, California. You know that state of mind that every artist is trying to reach when they work? The one in which you are completely focused on the task at hand, and the rest of the world, and your worries, just slip away as the glass flows. You could be in a terrible mood, but you make yourself sit down at the torch and soon, you're in that place where you're just working, making art, blowing glass. Suddenly you realize you've been working for hours, and you stop just long enough for the bathroom and some food and then get back on the torch. I was thinking about how addictive flameworking is, how so many people I've known have tried it and gotten hooked right away. It's the ultimate artist's medium: responsive, challenging, limitless. I think that flameworking by its very nature induces that creative consciousness, where part of your mind shuts off and another turns on. Maybe the hypnotic quality of the flame itself triggers a trance state. Once you go glass, you'll never go back."