Like many small businesses, ours started out sorta by "accident"!
Randy has always been a woodworker and I have been his helper.
I am the designer/dreamer/planner of our family.
Having always been into a craft of some sort, (macrame' when it was the "in" thing, crochet, quilting, sewing,
painting, etc), I got into stained glass at the urging of a very dear friend. (Thank you Judi :-) I had always
had a fascination and love with the art of stained glass. I finally just applied my years of drawing, designing and
painting to a new medium.
Randy on the other hand started woodturning as a "stress reliever"
from a hectic job. He has a real eye for the beauty of a piece of wood and uses this talent to bring out the best
in the raw materials. He has crafted everything from pen and pencil sets to custom cabinets and of course
he frames all of my glasswork when it is required.
The business came to life after we gave a gift of
a piece of stained glass that we framed to some friends who own a shop in the craft community of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
They asked us to start supplying them with some of our pieces
of work. Well, they sold!!
And with the unwavering faith of such friendships and belief
in our God given talents, AutumnView Studio came to be.
