Paul DeSomma talks about working at Pilchuck. Oral history interview with Paul DeSomma by Barb Elam, conducted via telephone, October 29, 2020, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 01:07.

Paul DeSomma: I was there from ‘86—and ‘86 to ‘91 and then sporadically after that but I was responsible for running the hot glass shop. The hot shop coordinator was my title and I was also a gaffer sometimes. Ben Moore was the educational coordinator when I got there, and, as I said, I was invited by Bill [Morris] to join his team, but he also got me a job working at Pilchuck during the summers. Now, right off the bat I was not the Hot Shop Coordinator, I was Gaffer’s Assistant, and then I was on hot shop staff, and then over the next year or so I ended up being the Hot Shop Coordinator. So Benny was there—Ben [Benjamin] Moore was there as the—I guess that was his title, Educational Coordinator, so we’re the first couple years and then he resigned from that position and I think it was Pike Powers who stepped in right after him. No, wait, Norman Courtney was in there in that position for a summer, I think Norman was there one summer before they hired Pike Powers.