Jaimi Parsons

I was born in Antelope Valley, Southern California, during the Summer of Love. My dad moved to Caspar in 1971, and from then on, I bounced between “La-La Land” — the Valley — and the wild beauty of the pygmy forest and redwoods. I tried high school in Mendocino, but the local hippie kids weren’t exactly welcoming to us city outsiders. So, I returned to SoCal for a while, only to find myself drawn north again in my twenties.

It was there I met my husband, and together we fled east to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, before hopscotching back to Mendocino County. We opened a restaurant, bought a house in Fort Bragg, and started a family. Eventually, with a bit more time on my hands, I found an unexpected kind of therapy in breaking and shaping glass.

When I was told I couldn’t do certain things with glass, I took it as a challenge. Over more than twenty years of teaching myself the art of stained glass and the alchemy of melting solder, I finally dove in — middle fingers first. My creations took on a life of their own: bats became collector favorites, and I started making banana slugs instead of overdone hummingbirds. I’ve always believed that bugs and the overlooked deserve love too.

At 58, I discovered that my name, when pronounced in French, means “I love.” It felt like a sign. Everything I make is crafted with love — no cookie cutters, no repetition. Every piece is unique, one of a kind, and a little bit rebellious — just like the journey that brought me here.

  • Raven Panel on Moon

  • Stained glass suncatchers depicting banana slugs

    Banana Slug in Grass

  • Raven Panel on Tree Limb

  • Stained glass with four square panels and three circular shapes embedded on top and within each other.

    Shared Space

  • Stained glass of a black hand upside down with a middle finger pointed up on a background of a white moon and blue sky.

    Elf Finger Witch Lit

  • Raven Panel with Stop Watch on Skull

  • Stained glass of a human heart with a crystal drawn heart mounted on top. Border has directional indicators along all four sides.

    Broken Heart Better Boundaries

  • Stained glass of a raven in clear glass with multicolored rays radiating behind it, perched on a skull.

    Raven Negative Space Explosive Boundaries

  • Stained glass rectangle with patterned clear section in middle and two narrow clear sections with blue and green circles

    184 Park Porch Trio

  • Stained glass of a white hand upside down with middle finger pointed up on a background of a red star against a white moon and black background. Knuckles have the word 'LOVE" written across them.

    Elf Finger Tough Love