Alice Henry has been creating in some way or another nearly all her life, exploring many media to satisfy her desire to express something greater than herself. For more than 10 years, she worked in traditional leaded and foiled glass, but began to feel limited by the lack of dimension and interested in manipulating the glass more. She started experimenting with fusing and slumping glass and immediately found satisfaction. At the same time, she was introduced to Precious Metal Clay (PMC), a material that when fired in a kiln, becomes solid metal, .999 silver. By combining her glass work with the fascinating technique of PMC, she has been able to create unique and beautiful pieces, often incorporating other metals, beads, stones, crystals, and glass as well.

Many of Alice's pieces are two-sided, giving the wearer options to fit her mood. In addition to making wearable art, she uses a kiln to fuse glass into plates, bowls, vases, and decorative wall art. She uses many types of glass, but is particularly drawn to the stunning visual effects that arise from dichroic glass. Always striving to learn new ways to shape and manipulate glass, she is hoping to introduce a new dimension to her current line in the form of "woven glass."

Alice finds inspiration in nature in the forms of leaves, sticks, and animals (particularly ocean life) as well as in her faith. In addition to practicing her art, she is a certified PMC artisan and teacher and a trained pediatric and neonatal respiratory therapist!

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