CONNECTICUT, COLORADO AND MAINE WERE ALL HOME TO SUZANNE BEFORE SHE SETTLED IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND IN 1998. AFTER WORKING IN JOBS AS DIVERSE AS BARTENDING AND ADVENTURE PROGRAM FACILITATOR, AND HOBBIES THAT INCLUDED EXTREME SKIING AND ROCK CLIMBING, SUZANNE EMBARKED ON A CAREER AS A GLASSBLOWER. SUZANNE WAS INTRODUCED TO GLASSBLOWING IN 1993 WHILE EARNING HER BFA IN ART HISTORY FROM HARTWICK COLLEGE IN ONEONTA, NY. KNOWING THAT SHE WANTED TO PURSUE GLASS AFTER GRADUATING, SHE ALLOWED HERSELF TO GET "TEMPORARILY" SIDETRACKED BY THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN COLORADO. FOUR YEARS LATER, LED BY A DESIRE TO RETURN TO GLASSBLOWING (WHILE STILL SATISFYING HER LOVE OF CHALLENGE AND ADVENTURE), SHE RETURNED TO THE EAST COAST AND COMPLETED A TWO MONTH LONG GLASSBLOWING CLASS IN PENLAND, NORTH CAROLINA. DURING THAT TIME, SHE LEARNED THAT GLASS WAS CHALLENGING, ADVENTUROUS, EXHILARATING, AND MORE.....IT CHALLENGED HER SKILLS AS A DESIGNER AND ARTIST SO STRONGLY, THAT SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO PURSUE THIS NEW PASSION. IT HAS BEEN OVER SIX YEARS SINCE SHE STARTED TANNER GLASS, AND SHE STILL LOVES THE CHALLENGE OF CREATING AND DESIGNING PRODUCTS THAT ARE FUN TO MAKE AND PRACTICAL TO OWN. SHE REFERS TO THEM AS FUN.CTIONAL. AND AS EXPECTED, SHE RARELY MISSES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SKI.