Bob holds an MBA Degree and is President of Deshazo Crane Company, a Birmingham, Alabama overhead crane manufacturing company.  He was born and lived in Cleveland, Ohio before moving to Birmingham.  “I have had a number of artistic avocations, over the years, including photography and wood working but none has been as satisfying for my artistic expression as glass.  I love glass as a material and started working with it about 12 years ago.  There is a certain magic to creating objects out of glass that cannot be duplicated in any other material.” Bob is self taught and has read almost every book available on the subjects of fusing and casting glass.  When Bob got interested in working with optical crystal he was fortunate to be able to spend a few days of training with Christopher Reis who is world famous for his optical glass sculptures. One of Bob’s optical glass pieces is in the permanent collection of the Maltz Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.