Karuna’s love for kiln-formed glass reflects her fascination with the different properties of the medium: fragility and strength, vibrant color and translucency, along with its unforgiving, somewhat unpredictable nature.
In addition, she studied color interaction with Dick Nelson which led her to say: “Once I took a class with Dick, I never looked at colors the same way again! Magic started to happen when I started to get an inkling of how colors interact to create luminosity. His lessons are a continuous inspiration in my work with glass.”
With her unique glass work, she has been exhibiting and selected in numerous prestigious shows, and in 2012 received a Recognition Award by Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
