In 1985 after years of working primarily with clay, her interests in the arts widened. She started taking classes at the Stained Glass Studio, studying under Cathy Gamble. Within three months she was teaching and creating a lot of Cathy’s custom work. Two years later she opened her own studio and began designing and creating custom work for contractors, private homes, businesses, churches, and schools. Cathy has been creating custom stained glass and sculpted mosaic tiles for Wine Cellar Innovations since 2000.