christine ortbals

christine ortbals



About The Artist


I am a self taught St. Louis, MO local artist. I work with sheets of clear, and opaque glass. Cut, Grind, melt, using learned skills and imagination to create at once original and striking abstract to simple appearing execution of warm/fused glass. Fused glass unlike blown glass is fired in a kiln multiple times, cold worked by machine and hand to smooth the finished piece and complete the design. After a career in Marketing and Advertising I now work in a home studio.