Flame Off 2019 Competitor: Kim Edwards

Bio

Kim Edwards has been a glass artist since 2003. While she has always loved art in all its forms, at the first moment she worked with molten glass she knew she was hooked.

Kim finds her greatest inspiration in the medium of glass itself. She loves the challenges inherent in glass and that every time she turns on a torch she learns something new. This provides an endless variety that she finds fascinating, and she enjoys that many days this very variety will lead her down a new path to a color or shape she had never thought to try before.

Since 2009 Kim has been creating chainmaille jewelry using borosilicate glass. Each link is hand formed in the flame and is attached to the larger piece. The entire piece is then kiln annealed for strength and durability.