Rinee Merritt

GLASS

As a horticulturist, master gardener and graphic designer, I spend a lot of time thinking about and being inspired by the colors, shapes, and textures of nature in the Pacific Northwest. Having spent the last eight years as a graphic designer for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and as a big fan of our neighboring state to the west, I am also very interested in sea life. 

It’s not all I try to visualize in glass but as a kiln-formed glass artist, even when I am making shiny glass hearts and tiny glass angels, I enjoy how the color, texture and light work with the alchemy of heat and glass to create magic. For me, there is no medium more mesmerizing or compelling. It has captured my attention for more than 15 years.