Formerly known as Blue frog art and beads. Angi's original career had little to do with art she worked for 22 years in hospitals as a Respiratory Therapist. When the air force transferred her husband to Korea for a year, she stayed behind in Atwell, California with their teenage daughter. Looking for something to fill the time, she decided to take some art courses, and in short order her love of art led her to become a full time art student at Cal State University. In 1985, when the air force tr
ansferred the family back to Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas, Angi pursued her art education at the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of North Texas in Denton TX. Before she could finish her undergraduate degree, air force life stepped in again, and the Graham's found themselves back in California. It was in the early 90's in Sacramento, California that her interest in glass began. Just after moving to California, her dog broke a piece of antique glass. When she discovered a replacement piece would cost 1500, she decided to take some classes and make her own. After taking sandblasting and fusing classes at a local glass store, the owners were impressed enough with her talents to hire her where she went on to design stained glass windows and do paintings on glass for church windows. Before moving to Alaska, she was forced to sell her pet hedgehogs. Her friend and ex employer, Craig Milliron of Arrow Springs wanted them, but only had beadmaking equipment to trade for them. Even though at that time she never expected to make use of the equipment, she agreed to the trade. Just in case her friend Loren Stump ever taught a class in Alaska, she would be ready. Less than a year later, she found herself vice president of the Alaska Glass Beadmakers group, even though she was still not a bead maker. It wasn't long after that when Loren did came to Anchorage and taught a class. It was at that point she became a full time beadmaker. And befor
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