Growing up; I always found it hard for myself to sit still and really focus on anything unless it really grabbed my attention or I truly just enjoyed doing it. That's when the love for art started for me at such a young age. I remember getting some notebooks, and colored pencils for christmas one year would find myself drawing whenever I had the chance. Whenever I got home from school you could catch me watching bob ross on tv. I remember watching it one day and my dad was around and I told him "I'm gonna be an artist someday" even at that time I was kinda joking, yet wanted to believe it was possible. We fast forward to me graduating and I'm now 18 years old sitting there wondering what I'm going to do with my life. In that moment I felt so lost. It felt like everyone around me had their career paths chosen or at least a sense of direction on what's next in their life. Me, I had no clue at all. I couldn't really see myself going to college and couldnt think of any routes to take at that time that felt right in the heart. Then I remember being at my cousins a couple weeks later talking to him about this situation. At that time he had around 10 years of experience behind the torch. He mentioned to me about maybe taking glassblowing up as a career path. My first thought was like oookayy... i guess we could see how i like it? I was always at his place watching him glassblow, so I kinda saw how it went down, but never really pictured myself doing it. Until... I got beyond the torch myself. I remember the exact day setting up my first torch back in 2017 and just falling in love with anything & everything I created. It was like christmas every morning opening up that kiln to see what I had made from the day before. Even today, it still feels like it did the first time. I'm beyond blessed to have something like this to really give me a purpose in all types of avenues in my life. Without you guys, there would be no Justdewitglass. You guys made this all possible for me and I'll forever be greatful for that. Just remember this is only the beginning though, as I have so much in store for you all:) As of for now, enjoy the journey with me as I grow as an artist & continue to bringing my ideas to reality for the whole world to see<3