In the beginning it was the physical process that attracted me, but increasingly I realize the potential of glass to help me better understand myself, and the world around me. I am amazed that I can plan and make a piece based on my aesthetic needs, and while making it, learn new things about myself.
I make work for myself.
When other people gain from it a sense of the issues that move me, I am happy. If they get a sense that there are bigger things going on, even better. I ask from the future the opportunity to keep making work that is relevant to me.
Artistic parents helped him to discover the joys of creative expression, and he quickly began to explore the arts - drawing on walls and eating markers. In high school he excelled in both visual and digital arts, as well as in film, receiving the award for Highest Achievement in Computer and Visual Arts upon graduation. However both these media lacked the intense hands-on quality that he sought, and finally found, one Saturday morning in 2002, when he took a six-hour personal lesson with Jennifer Tarrant, cofounder of Glen Williams Glass Studio.
Encountering glass for the first time, David felt that he was remembering the movements rather than learning them. Upon the advice of his teacher, he entered Sheridan College where his energy, attention to detail, and love of helping others was nurtured. He earned the Gaffers Club Award for Outstanding Achievement in his second year of study.
Now recently graduated, David continues to explore both technical skill and unfolding creativity, refining the expression of the passion that first led him to journey into glass. He plans to apprentice established glassmakers in Europe, and complete his BFA and MA in glass.