Hi, I'm Clare Nykolyszyn, a glass artist since 1993 and a northern Virginia resident. I started in stained and fused glass but now work exclusively at my torch as a lampworker, in my home studio. My greatest inspirations come from the natural world around me - the woods behind my house and my numerous mini-gardens, which include shade, vegetable, hummingbird and butterfly, miniature roses, and a large koi pond. When I get "beadmaker's block", all I have to do is wander outside to become inspired and reinfused with wonder!