What the heck is DASKEN?
Because I work in several different mediums, I wanted a name, other than mine, to represent the craftier side of things coming out of my studio. So 'dasken' popped into my head one day in 2000 and it just stuck.  It's a combination of the names Dassie and Ken, my folks, who I wanted to honor because they are simply awesome.
 
Where and what do you create?
My studio is south of Boston in Abington, MA and on a typical day, you'll find me there until late at night.  I split my time between painting and creating jewelry and stained glass... mostly portraits and cityscapes for the painting and the art glass is created using the copperfoil technique with handcut glass and lead-free silver solder.  Stained glass requires lots of time and patience so it's been my primary focus in the last few years.  But I throw in a painting here and there to mix things up and keep it fresh.     

That's not enough... what else do you do?
I maintain this site, a facebook page and a blog and I enjoy meeting new people and traveling to different places to sell my art.