Flo Perkins discusses learning about colored glass techniques from Richard Marquis. Oral history interview with Flo Perkins by Barb Elam, conducted via telephone, August 20, 2019, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 01:05.

Flo Perkins: And the glass is so difficult to do that it’s about helping each other really. People became more protective of their turf later. And it’s absurd. It’s absurd. Guess what? The Egyptians did it all. Seriously. Now, did they make a spiny cactus? No, but did they pull threads? Yes. You know—I mean in my old age, everything is really nothing that—I was always trying to be original, but there really is—the concept is a little skewed, you know? So I mean, I came up with unique objects for sure, but nothing’s real. I, in my old age I kind of go, ‘Nothing’s really original’. So when people get hung up on that I just—I don’t care for it. Being copied is flattery, you know, I’ve had several things copied or there’s—is it sharing? Is it stealing? Both? You know? Yeah, and one of my things was now the spining wasn’t about that, but a lot of my other work, it has to do with taking a traditional technique and tweaking it and doing something different with it.