Cherry Blossoms

In Japan, cherry blossoms represent new beginnings. People celebrate the New Year with parties thrown under their beautiful pink blooms. When I first began sculpting flowers in glass, I was mostly interested in color and form, not really trying to represent any specific flower. But after taking a course with Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen, who encouraged me to make “make it real,” I decided that cherry blossoms would be a good place to start.