Christina was born in Chicago and spent her formative years in Skokie, Illinois. She attributes her early interest in art and nature to visits to the Museum of Natural History, the Lincoln Park Zoo, and yearly family road-trip vacations all over the USA.

There was a small mountain of glass growing off I-5 near Portland and it needed to go somewhere, it was destined for the land fill. St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County took note, and from that the Aurora Glass Foundry was born. Since then Aurora Glass has become an innovative resource for the community, recycling old windows and other waste glass previously without a recycling avenue.

Glass Engine is High Energy, Mostly 80s, Hard Rock! Five people that enjoy the same styles of hard rock and heavy metal that shaped and represented a generation of people that liked to see a quality entertaining show and Rock Out! We are on the heavy side.

Joshua studied fine art photography, digital arts, and photojournalism at the University of Oregon, receiving his degree in 2006.
His family is made up of himself, his wife Rachel, who is also a photographer, and his hilarious dog Portia.

Since retiring as a primary and art teacher in Oregon’s McKenzie School District, Jean’s focus has been creative fabric art. Nature, wildlife, culture, politics and whimsical humor find expression in her work.