About Lynda
Lynda grew up in Salem, Oregon and married her high school sweetheart. They have been married for over 30 years. They live on a small acreage outside of Salem in what was once the town of Eola. It was in this location that they raised their son and daughter.
A native Oregonian, Lynda grew up exploring the state that she lives in. Her family went camping and fishing all over the state. It was probably this early experience that has given her a love of the outdoors and of nature.
Today Lynda loves to spend time with her granddaughter and with her husband, touring the western United States on their 1800 Goldwing motorcycle. Many of these trips are the inspiration for her kilnformed art pieces.
About working with Glass
I really love the challenge of working with glass, it seems I'm always trying to get it to do something that it really doesn't want to do. I have always loved to build things and glass is a very hands-on construction process. With the addition of kilnformed glass there is also the science of glass and understanding how it reacts to the heating and cooling processes that take place in a kiln. Glass always amazes me, no matter how long you have worked with it you never seem to have it completely under your control. That makes it continually exciting to work with.
Then there are the colors. Glass, because it has both its reflected and transmitted color it is always changing, alive! It has a richness that isn't possible with paint.
Education
1975 First Stained Glass Class, Chemeketa Community College1977 to 1981 Sandblasting, Etching, and Lamp making classes, Heritage Glassworks
1978 Sold first commissioned stained glass window.
1981 to 1992 Explored basic glass applications.
1993 to Present Registered Business name, Lynda's Glass Quilts and began selling custom stained glass.
1994 to Present Began teaching basic stained glass techniques, glass etching, mosaic stepping stones.
1995 Began exploring kiln formed glass and flameworking.
1997 Flameworking workshop with Wil Stokes.
1997 Began teaching basic kiln forming and bead making.
1999 to 2004 Teaching stained glass at Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oregon.
2002 Panel member, Oregon Glass Guild, "Ask the Experts"
2003 Attended BeCon, Bullseye's Educators Conference.
2004 to Present Wrote Curriculm and began teaching Glass Fusing and Slumping, Chemeketa Community college.
2004 Workshop:Glass Sketch, Bullseye Education Center
2005 Attended BeCon,Bullseye's Kilnworkers Conference.
2006 Attened week long invatational teachers workshop at Bullseye Glass Factory.
2006 Workshop with Patty Gray.