Ashley Baltz always knew she wanted to create art; she just didn't know which creative medium would call to her most. After navigating big changes in her life, like switching from nursing school to a science degree and being diagnosed with depression, she felt lost.

“During that time, I kind of just went through a phase of trying to find myself and not really knowing where I stood with life in general,” Baltz says. “If you told me five years ago I was going to own a business in the future, I’d be like, ‘There's no way.’”

A trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico , was where Baltz realized she could turn her love for art into a career. She witnessed artisans in the streets selling paintings, hand-blown glass and metal works. When she met a glasssmith whose journey paralleled hers, she had an epi

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