Danica Curtright, born in Ashland,Oregon, moved to Kodiak,Alaska, in 1976 where she spent most of her childhood.  After graduating from Kodiak High School, she moved to Juneau and spent the next few years working in the summers and traveling throughout Central America in the winters.  Danica attended Alaska Pacific University and the University of Alaska on volleyball scholarships, studied abroad in India for one year, and graduated from UAA with a BA in Psychology. 

Since childhood and throughout her travels, glass beads and marbles always attracted Danica's interest.  On one trip she witnessed a "lamp work" artist and knew that she had to learn this art.  With the help and support of her family, she began to experiment melting glass under the stove vent in 1995.  Her children and their requests inspired many of her whimsical designs.  Danica uses "Moretti" Italian glass and a "Minor Bench Burner" for a torch.  All her beads are kiln fired to anneal them for durability.  Each creation is a one of a kind.