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      About the Artist
I am Ellen Kilroy, many of my friends call me Ema. I am the mother of three boys, a lampwork artist and jewelry designer, and the bookkeeper for my husband’s business.

I have been involved in the arts all my life. As a child I grew up in a very artistic family. My family’s projects range from the making of wool rugs, knitting, crocheting, sewing, quilting, drawig, oil painting, tole painting, stained glass and woodworking.

Personally I have worked in ceramics, drawing, painting, tole painting and quilting. I have found my passion in working with glass. The possibilities are never ending. Working glass in a flame is an experience like no other. I find such joy in the combining of metals and glass to see what new creations will emerge each time I sit at my torch. Sometimes I feel like a mad scientist experimenting, never exactly sure what the end product will be once the kiln has cooled.

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    Ema at work in her home studio (left); crystal- accented glass bead earrings