Violet was born and raised in Edmonton and moved to Vancouver to pursue graphic design. She graduated with honours from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 1988 and worked as a professional designer for over 30 years before discovering kiln-formed glass as a new creative direction. She began working with glass in 2008 under the mentorship of Brock Craig at Craig Studios.

Violet has exhibited widely in Canada and the US and was a finalist in E-merge 2010, an international juried kiln-formed glass competition. She received the BC Glass Arts Association Pilchuck Scholarship in 2012 and was a finalist in the 2019 Made in Vancouver Awards and Western Living’s Designers of the Year (Makers) category. Her work appears in galleries across Canada, and she creates from her home studio in Burnaby, BC.

Her kiln-formed glass is clean and contemporary, shaped by her graphic design sensibility. Attention to detail, refined finishes, and a strong use of colour, pattern, and texture define her functional and sculptural pieces—elegant additions to home, office, or body.