Creative Designs by Judy

Creations in Kiln-Fired Glass

941-637-7014 * judyschnabel@embarqmail.com

After retiring in 1990 from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, I had a burning desire to fulfill two “hobbies” I had wanted to do for years: watercolors and stained glass.  I enrolled in classes for each subject, but much to my dismay I learned I couldn’t draw.  In the meantime the glass bug had bitten me hard.

After watching numerous shows on PBS with Vicki Payne, my nephew’s wife bought me a tiny kiln for the microwave for Christmas.  That’s all it took.  The arthritis in my hands was prohibiting me from continuing to do stained glass, so kiln-fired glass was right down my alley.  After moving to Punta Gorda in 1994, I bought my first large kiln and you might say “the rest is history.”

 

I am a member of the Arts & Humanities Council of Charlotte County, Charlotte County Art Guild and am a member of the Century Club and serve as vice president of the Sculpture Society of SW Florida.  A wide variety of my creations can be seen at the Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association Gift Shop, known as The Gifted Gator.

 

I serve as Director of Volunteers for The Charlotte Harbor

Environmental Center.