As a youngster growing up in Massachusetts I was first attracted to the arts when I learned to sketch and paint with watercolors. My seventh grade teacher brought us to Plum Island and showed us how to render the shadows and depths of the horizon to our paper. Even more, I learned how to see the captured light deep within the ever changing waves.

While in the US Navy I served aboard USS Independence (CV-62) as a Quarter Master 2nd Class Petty Officer. It was amazing living upon the seas, being able to observe the endless skies and powers of the ocean.

Stained Glass Mobiles

Glass mobile making began after promising my lovely wife a small stained glass window for our front door. The scraps of glass instantly amazed me and before I could even imagine the possibilities I had made the Bicycle in the Rain hanging glass mobile.

Since then , I have turned my hobby into a business, providing the hand crafted items, from the finest materials available, you see on this site today.

Each sterling silver bezel is handcrafted specifically
to fit your sea glass stone. It is soldered closed,
filed, sanded and polished. The sterling silver bezel
is then hammered down around your sea glass stone.

Barrettes are a beautiful way to
accent a hair style. Check out
this one and more barrette
designs on my jewelry page.

Sterling Silver Jewelry

Sea glass jewelry is how my trade as a silversmith began. I was introduced to sea glass by a friend in Saint Martin, FWI. He found amazing pieces of sea glass and suggested I should wrap some silver around these and make pendants. Well, that was the easiest thing I've ever heard. So I thought.

My first formal introduction to sterling silver was by Silversmith Joe Korth at the Clear Creek Academy in Denver, Colorado. I then completed a two month Jewelry Technician Intensive course from Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco, from Master Goldsmith Alan Revere and Master Jeweler Vasken Tanielian.

Now, as bunches of broken sea glass treasures lay wasted, I can now set the glass stones. I set the stones banded in sterling silver bezel so the light can travel through them, illuminating the vibrant colors that came from the sea. This treatment, other hand made accents, make my sea glass jewelry stand apart from any other.

Please email me any comments, requests and questions to me here information at theglasscrafter.com I can set your sea glass as a personalized piece for you. And I look forward to your e-mails and sea glass designs. It will be fantastic creating a keepsake that can always be treasure.

Here are some samples of my jewelry work
in progress. There are many steps involved.
The pieces shown here are waiting to be set.