Donna Gordon is a Colorado Native and has a true appreciation of the ability to see beauty and turn it into a tangible form. She graduated from Metropolitan State College in December of 1994 with a degree in Psychology. Donna has always been interested in various mediums of art and has always enjoyed working with her hands. In the fall of 1998 Donna decided it was time to let her creative juices flow. A lampworking studio was set up in the basement of her home and the work and ideas have not stopped since. Lampworking is a form of glassblowing in which the glass is worked at a table or a bench with a torch.
October of 1999 brought about a huge change for Donna when she took her first lesson in offhand glassblowing. The art of offhand glasswork is done by gathering molten glass from a furnace on a punty or blowpipe then using various tools to work and shape the glass. The artist literally uses their breath to bring this molten glass to life. An extraordinary relationship between the artist and the glass begins, new with each piece. It is a personal relationship with such intensity, that it is much like an intimate sensual dance between the artist and the glass.