- When I first scored a piece of glass, I ran the score, and realized, (glass clinks) I just cut glass.

There's something about it.

Glass is energy, okay?

'Cause it's made out of sand, (water ripples) the energy from the earth.

There's so much energy in here 'cause it's here.

It's almost, (chuckles) it's almost alive with energy.

(gentle music) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) Good morning, everyone.

- Good morning.

- It's a beautiful day.

- I go Saturday night, and I'm like, where's she (faintly speaks) - Come to told (faintly speaks) - Because I have big boots on.

(laughs) - Right.

- Did you bring three projects to do?

- Camera.

- Three?

- Yeah, yeah.

- Oh, I got two.

- You have two.

- So, it's Saturday.

We are in Chepachet, Rhode Island at my studio, Holidaze Stained Glass-My Free Spirit.

(upbeat music) The music's on.

We're vibing, we're jamming.

I feel everyone's positive energy.

And if you didn't feel that today, you gotta be dead.

Are you still gonna do the nose ring?

- Oh yeah.

- Yeah.

- I didn't- - We are a big glass family.

We really are.

So, we're gonna black patina your lead lines.

We're gonna make this baby pop.

- We all become friends and family, even the instructors, everybody.

She may need a little piece of glass, I think I have some of that pink at home.

Somebody gave me some of their orange.

(tool whirring) - In my heart, that makes me fall, because I have created a space for people to come and enjoy each other's company to create.

(students chattering) - You got it.

I know you do.

There you go.

Good job.

- I think Karyn is a free spirit.

She's very thoughtful, she's very caring.

You know that she truly loves her work and she truly loves us as people.

And we just have a lot of support for one another, a lot of friendships.

- You asked if your braided wire would take that copper patina, - Yeah.

- and it sure is.

- Looks great.

- Everybody's working on something different.

Everybody's creativity comes out and you learn a lot about your creativity.

(glass clinks) - [Student] 'Cause Beyonce is from Australia- - It's running there.

See?

So, I teach, I do, (glass clinks) we do, you do.

It works.

(dramatic music) They are in eureka moments because people are, "We're cutting glass," it's a big deal.

(glass clinks) We are puzzle makers, I tell people.

We are makers, so we are going to put the puzzle together, and then we're gonna pull it apart and we're gonna put it back together again.

(students chattering) (glass scraping) - What are your colors going to be?

Where do you want them?

They're gonna solder.

That's like the glory.

- Yeah.

- I call it the glory because you've done all of these steps, and weeks have gone by now and you're coming to the point where your piece is gonna come together as a whole.

And it's just been pieces.

So, here comes the puzzle again.

So, the puzzle's gonna be put together.

- [Student 2] And I would be- - [Student 3] That's why we're breaking it up.

- Black patina is going to turn your zinc and your lead lines black, and it's gonna highlight all of those beautiful colors you have.

(lively music) (students chattering) - Here you go.

Pretty generous?

- Oh, very generous.

(lively music) And then, we polish.

Polish is vital.

- And the polish will help make it so that it doesn't oxidize anymore.

So, that way, the finish will stay really like pretty.

(lively music) - People don't polish things, and it looks like it's been sitting under the sea for 500 years.

Mm-hmm.

Oh.

- This is for my younger one.

- Aw.

- He said, "I want a blue, nana," so.

- You're always making things for other people, Barbara.

- Huh?

Oh, I'm making this for my granddaughter.

I made one for one, and then the other one said, "Well, I'd like to have a blue one."

I said, well, I'll give you the one I made.

"No, I want you to make me one."

So, that's what I'm doing.

- Yeah, Barbara, she's a love.

She and Nancy, her daughter, come together every Saturday since I have owned Holidaze Stained Glass, and that's been 11 and a half years.

- We never got to sit at the same table.

They separated us for whatever reasons.

So, I don't always, I'm not working with her per se, but we choose colors together.

- She picks me up early and we come here, we talk a little bit, not much, but we're separate.

I'm at one table, she's in another.

I have all these people there.

I just love everyone.

- Get up on it.

Even amount of pressure all the way through.

I try really hard to set the table in here, (soft upbeat music) to remain in a very sacred space.

And when people walk into my studio, this is my second home.

- I'm relaxed when I come here.

I'm happy when I come here.

This is my happy place.

It's about so much more than just the glass, 'cause it's about the friendships, the relationships, and everything good that you feel when you come here.

I can tune out a lot of whatever's going on that's not good when I'm here.

- Sometimes I'm exhausted because it's such a high level of energy.

And that's okay though, 'cause it's a good exhausted.

It is.

Because I did what I set out to.

It was purposeful.

You have to set your mind space, your third eye, like just, you know what?

This is gonna be a great day.

I get up in the morning, this is gonna be a great day.

(soft upbeat music) So, I'm creating this energy within this space.

I believe in the law of attraction.

So, the energy that you put out will come back to you threefold.

And you know what?

It's working.

(gentle music) (static crackling) (high-spirited music)