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Lisa Tate starting a piece, incorporating bits of colored glass into her design. Photo courtesy of Lisa Tate.

collectors nationwide and in the Middle Sentinel Mountain, a hang gliding launch more than 30 years. I no longer fly but miss
East. Her colorful bowls, platters, and vases site, southeast of Missoula. it and loved seeing the world from the air.”
are designed with ginkgo leaves, wildflow- “People turned their horses out to graze Until she was old enough to take hang
ers, birds in flight, frogs, fish, and horses. on open range, and I loved horses, so I’d glider lessons, she taught herself to etch and
“I’ve always been fascinated with and grab a bridle and see which one would let engrave glass with her dad’s Dremel tool.
inspired by the ways we transform our- me ride,” she says. “I always found one. We “I became proficient and earned money
selves throughout our lives,” she wrote in would ride all over the mountain. Wildlife doing it,” she said. “I formally studied glass
her artist’s statement. “Glass has trans- seems to accept horse and rider, so I’d see and became fascinated with Roman cameo
formed me in ways that are difficult to all kinds of things I might not have seen if glass. It’s an ancient art of blowing multiple
describe with words. Some of my work is I were hiking. layers of color in glass, then cutting through
drawn from aspects of my past experiences One day while riding, she sensed some- the layers to reveal a design.”
and some is drawn from dream-state surre- thing overhead, although she heard nothing. The technique became popular in the
alism. Through my work, I try to faithfully A hang glider pilot waved to her while flying Roman Empire about 50 BC. Cameo glass
express my life’s passions, my growth, and 50 feet above her. was also heavily used by Islamic engravers
my voice.” “At age 12, it was the coolest thing and in the 10th century.
Tate’s love of nature was launched blew my mind,” she said. “I knew I’d fly
during childhood when she explored one day. Hang gliding became my life for CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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