~ My Story~

In 2013, Deanna and three fellow glass artists came together to form Fireweed Glass Studio LTD.

The studio is open to the public on Fridays and Saturdays from 11am to 4pm. There is a wonderful gallery right in the studio and you can watch the artist of Fireweed blow glass.

Deanna McGillivray graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2007 (now AuArts) in Calgary (AB), with a bachelor of Fine Arts, specializing in glass.

“I never questioned what I was going to do in life. If you had asked a "young" Deanna what she was going to be when she grew up, the answer was always without question was “ I am going to be an artist.” Honestly, I didn’t really know what that was going to look like, but I never doubted it. I wanted to create and I knew I wanted to do it every day.” 

Focusing on both sculptural and functional glasswork, Deanna works with a variety of techniques included hot glass sculpting, blowing, kiln casting and flame working.