>> I'M MADI CANO, A GLASS ARTIST HERE IN COLUMBUS.

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS ALL ON MY OWN AND BUILD MY BASEMENT STUDIO.

I'M AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST.

I CAME TO OSU AS A BUSINESS MAJOR: I KNEW I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ART RELATED TOO, ON THE SIDE, JUST TO KEEP MY SANITY A LITTLE BIT SO I ENDED UP DOING A BUSINESS AND ART, BOTH BACHELORS DEGREES AT THE SAME TIME.

HERE WE ARE I GUESS NOW DOING GLASS EIGHT YEARS LATER.

AND, USING MY BUSINESS DEGREE TO DO MY OWN BUSINESS AS MY ART.

THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH A GLASS STORE AND I'M REALLY PHOTO COLOR MATCHING.

I WILL ONLY REALLY LOOK AT ONE PIECE OF IT AND GO OKAY, THAT'S THE ONE I WANT.

THAT'S THE PIECE OF PEACH THAT ACTUALLY MATCHES.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING TO AIM.

I FEEL LIKE MY ADHD WAS ENHANCED WITH GLASS.

YOU HAVE TO THINK SEVEN STEPS AHEAD.

IS THIS COLOR GOING TO WORK WITH THIS COLOR?

THAT IS LIKE THE FIRST THING IN MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE MY ADHD TO AN ADVANTAGE.

ACTUALLY ABLE TO THINK MULTIPLE STEPS AHEAD WITH, YOU KNOW, ONE PIECE.

THINKING, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS ONE HEAT RIGHT NOW GOING TO AFFECT WHEN I SHAPE IT WAY LATER ON?

WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT ESPECIALLY MIKE SNAKE PLANT WITH THE LEAVES THEMSELVES.

HOW IS HEATING THE ENTIRE PIECE BEFORE I STRETCH IT VERSUS HEATING IT AND STRETCHING IT A LITTLE BIT AND HEATING IT A LITTLE BIT.

ALL I HAVE LEARNED IN THE HOT SHOP ARE BASICALLY THE SAME ON THE TORCH.

IT IS USING THAT SAME KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATERIAL, JUST ON A SMALLER SCALE AND HOTTER.

I THINK ONE OF THE SKILLS THAT HELPED ME OUT THE MOST THAT I LEARNED AS A SKILL OF MINE IS BEING MORE AMBIDEXTROS.

I CAN PUT MY MAKE UP ON WITH MY LEFT HAND NOW.

IT IS USEFUL TO HAVE BOTH HANDS KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.

ANY GLASS IN GENERAL IS GOING TO BE A TRIAL AND ERROR.

NEW COLOR COMBINATION YOU ARE DOING.

MY PROCESS AND TECHNIQUE IS FINDING NATURAL PLANTS AND KIND OF JUST NATURAL INSPIRATIONS ESPECIALLY LATELY.

I HAVE BEEN GARDENING A LOT.

AND DOING MY HOUSE PLANTS A LOT.

SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE BEING ABLE TO MAKE GLASS LOOK REAL LIKE PLANTS AND BE ABLE TO STUDY THOSE AND SEE THE COLOR WORK AND SEEING LIKE THE COLOR PATTERNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, MOST OF THE PHOTOS ON MY PHONE ARE CLOSEUPS OF PLANTS NOW.

SO YEAH.

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE, BEING ABLE TO SEE REAL LIFE IN THE GLASS LATER ON.

YES.

IT IS A WEIRD BLEND OF REAL LIFE AND GLASS SOMETIMES.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT IS LIKE WHICH COLOR LOOKS BEST?

AND STUFF AND THINK I SEE THE COLORED GOLD RUBY HERE, FUSCHIA, CHARTREUSE.

BUT IT IS REALLY UNTIL YOU GET THOSE COLORS TOGETHER AND AS YOU ARE WORKING WITH THEM, SOMETIMES, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO WORK TOGETHER.

I JUST HAD MY FIRST SOLO MARKET THE OTHER DAY SO I HAD MY REALLY BIG SNAKE PLANT PIECE THERE.

BUT IT WAS SO FUNNY, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD WALK BY AND JUST THINK I WAS SELLING PLANTS AND THEN THEY WOULD DO THIS LIKE, DOUBLE TAKE AND LIKE STEP BACK AND BE LIKE WAIT, THOSE ARE GLASS!

AS AN ARTIST, YOU CAN'T BE AFRAID TO MAKE PRODUCTION WORK TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING.

WHATEVER SELLS AND PAYS THE BILLS AND DOESN'T KILL ME FIRST IS KIND OF THE GOAL, RIGHT?

SO AS LONG AS I'M NOT MISERABLE DOING IT.

I WOULD RATHER BE DOING THIS THAN BE SITTING AT A DESK JOB.

NOT GOING TO LIE.

I WOULD SAVE MY SHOULDER BUT IT WOULDN'T SAVE MY SANITY.

I HAVE BEEN TELLING MY DAD THAT ALL THE TIME.

I COULDN'T SIT IN A CUBICLE ALL DAY.

THAT'S JUST WHO I AM.