“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.” JW Goethe
In January 2002 we lit our Correll Glass invested pot furnace. This was the first furnace in our new studio in Carbondale, CO. This hot glass furnace ran and produced beautiful glass through the birth of our two sons, a fire that burned the studio down in 2006, and many more years of lifetime events. But that furnace’s life had come to its end and decisions and commitments had to be made.
At the onset, it was the financial investment that kept us from taking this leap. Dylan and I have always felt so lucky to be doing what we love. But a glass studio is not an inexpensive business to run. And with children heading towards college, was reinvesting in the studio the right financial decision to make? We had been ruminating this question for years. “Ineffectiveness” to say the least.
In January 2020, we pledged to build a new furnace. Using designs by John Chiles of Hub Consolidated, brick by brick we would set out to construct our new glass melting pot.
“Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.”
And so we begin.
Our 18 year old furnace on its way to recycling pastures.
Vacant space to fill with our new furnace.