Complementary skills and know how is what makes the partnership of David & Danna Cuin work in producing art glass of many kinds. The route to those skills, however, has not been predictable or direct.

A degree in science, early training as an architect, and a wide range of experience in the construction industry powered David Cuin's career to a leading position in the technology and development of surfaces for sport in both Britain and the U.S. The arts held no place until mid-life, when, acting on a longtime love of watercolor, Cuin took up the medium in 1982. Nearing retirement, he became interested in glass as the result of Danna Cuin's involvement with stained glass. He has settled on the etching, carving and fusing of glass as his chosen means of expression.

Danna Cuin's career in technical training with a major corporation culminated in her heading a countrywide training organization tasked with keeping the huge switches which route the nation's telecommunications staffed by responsible and knowledgeable people. A long history of craft hobbies of all kinds led her to stained glass as an artistic medium before she retired.

The skills of handling, cutting and patterning glass; color and texture selection; the technology of materials; a bent for experimentation and development; and the design and composition talents of a watercolorist combine well in David & Danna's paternership. Their glass work is original and innovative, frequently crossing the boundaries of the divisions in glass art.