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Maria Hooper uses borosilicate glass to create each piece by melting and manipulating specially formulated colored glass rods over a gas oxygen flame. Hooper studied chemistry and biochemistry at the California Polytechnic State University and the University of Santa Clara.  Born into a family of glass artists, Maria began lamp-working glass in 1974. She established her own studio in Atascadero, California in 1993 where she creates a very limited quantity of extraordinary mermaids, fairies and various other figures. Maria’s fascination with mythical creatures is her inspiration.