I built what I wished existed.
Like most glass artists, I was tracking my projects across notebooks, scraps of paper, and memory. Firing schedules lived in my head or on post-it notes scattered throughout the studio. When a piece came out beautifully, I'd scramble to reconstruct exactly what I'd done. When something went wrong, I had no record to troubleshoot from.
One of the first things I knew had to be built into KilnTrack was flexibility around firing schedules. Every kiln is different. A schedule that works beautifully in my studio might need real adjustments in yours, and that's not a flaw in your process, it's just the nature of glass. KilnTrack lets you save and customize firing schedules by kiln, so your records reflect your actual studio reality, not some idealized universal standard.
Designing KilnTrack drew on my background in UX design. I approached it the way I approach any design problem: by listening first. Early versions were tested with real glass and ceramic artists, and their feedback shaped everything from the project tracking workflow to how firing schedules are organized. That process is ongoing. KilnTrack continues to evolve based on the needs of the artists who use it.
Your firing history, your adjustments, your hard-won studio knowledge and it's all stored in a reliable database with daily backups, waiting for you every time you log in, from any device. Because your studio knowledge is worth keeping.
I'm formally trained at the Rhode Island School of Design, where I earned a BFA in Illustration. I've demonstrated fused glass techniques on HGTV, and KilnTrack has been featured in Fused Glass Magazine. But more than any credential is that I'm a working glass artist who built this app because I needed it myself.
