Hi, my name is Debbie Thomas, and I have a problem. I’m addicted to junk. I can’t pass up an estate sale, rummage sale, overfilled dumpster, or a friend with a bag of cast-offs! Got any good junk? I bet I can make something out of it!  I am obsessed with Fauxbots. My goal is to make each ‘bot’ have a charming and whimsical personality. This isn’t always easy when working with nuts, bolts, odd bits of machinery and kitchen tools, but it works when the shape of the object brings to mind a similar shape in nature. Many people assume the ‘bots’ are welded together, but in fact, I use lots of cold connections—rivets, screws, wire, plumbing connectors, and a bit of epoxy. It’s fun for me to introduce my little ‘friends’ and watch people try to analyze what the parts used to be. I really love taking things that might have ended up in a landfill and giving them a new life. Some call it recycling, I call it fun

Dale Thomas is a retired mechanical engineer living in Prescott, AZ. He first started working with stained glass about 50 years ago and continued for several years until spare time became too much of a luxury. Work included stints in New Jersey, the Middle East and California. Hobbies after retirement included building Shelby Cobra Roadster kit cars, jewelry, lapidary, and exotic fishing trips. Two years ago he rediscovered stained glass, encouraged by advances made in the artform. With today’s glass saws, grinders and glue backed copper foil, he finds projects are a pleasure to work on. He hopes you enjoy the results as much as he enjoys making them.