Kristi Spillman

I won a few poster contests back in grade school and couldn't help making special cards for family and friends over the years. I always had a knack for art (just like my Mom) so I enrolled in the Art Institute of Pittsburgh where I received an Associates Degree in Graphic Design.

After several years of waiting tables, countless jobs, crazy craft projects and traveling, I signed up for a beginning stained glass class at a local stained glass shop with my bud, Jeff. I had finally found my niche and was HOOKED. I had to set up a stained glass workshop in the laundry room of my house. Jeff and I barely fit in there together without tools and equipment. I kept going back to that local shop and buying up books, glass and tools. Jeff had a real job so glass became a hobby.

That shop finally decided to try out my abilities as a glass artist and I worked my way into a new career. A couple of years of working on projects as an employee got me thinking. I might be able to do this at home! I had been taught by some of the best and was always eager to help out the new students in the shop.

I moved into a bigger studio and several years later I'm creating gorgeous stained glass windows for homes and churches along with some fun stuff and scary experiments.

I teach stained glass classes now and do commission work out of my new studio in downtown Tucson. Come and take a class with me and my friends. You'll see what you can do on the pages of this site. No luck as an artist? Bring me an idea and I'll turn it into a fabulous window for you.

I'm Kristi Spillman and I love stained glass.