"Corona glass is the most fascinating and unpredictable material I have ever worked with. I’ve been trying to understand it for more than thirty years, but I still don’t know for sure how any given piece will turn out. Sometimes the results can be downright awful. But when everything goes well, the glass can look just gorgeous, like a splash of fire or an exploding galaxy. ”

"Some people speculate that I was inspired to invent this glass after seeing photos of nebulae, planets, stars and distant galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. However, the truth is a bit more complex; sort of like my own life, it's a story of blind luck, stupid persistence, partially managed chaos, incremental discovery, and intermittent, occasionally astonishing success."