In May 2016 Lumel Studios opened in Whitehorse, Yukon. The glass blowing studio in downtown Whitehorse with a crew that included four glass blowing artists, a student engineer, a student astrophysicist, an Australian tourist, a hitch hiker from Quebec, a sculpture instructor from Louisiana, a ceramic artist from Alberta, two first nations youths – one from the Yukon and one from Alberta, a retired carpenter/sled dog musher, and a nursing student. This diversity in our building crew resulted in a studio built with substance and a powerful spirit and communal presence.