FREEBIRD GLASS INC

Arts Entertainment and Leisure > Hobbies

First and foremost, Scott Eaton is a businessman. Second, he's a craftsman, and third, he's a sophomore at Moffat County High School.
While it's not unusual for a young man Scott's age to have a hobby, his is rather unique. And, he's been doing it for some time now. Scott started making and restoring stained glass windows 10 years ago. He learned it from his dad, who is a stained glass artist and who also has a warehouse in Houston, Tex., to supply glass to other artists.
The young artist does more than dabble in his field. He worked to earn enough money to set up a workshop behind his home and has plans for expanding that shop to accommodate his newest hobby, sand blasting and glass etching.
Scott has turned his passions into a money-making project. He's been teaching his craft at a local hobby shop for the past year and he makes sales and takes commissions from local residents and tourists in Steamboat Springs.
But, like almost everyone else in business here, the lack of snow has hurt his business.
I was planning to sell some in the shops in Steamboat this year, but with no snow, there just aren't many buyers," he explained.
Scott has used mostly old-fashioned methods for his stained glass art. The only really modern things he uses is a glass grinder and an electric soldering iron.
Scott isn't sure exactly what he's going to do when he finishes high school here, but he's got two years to decide.

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