Genevieve is a glassblower, former animator, community advocate, a curiosity of energy, and a small business owner.

For Genevieve, fire powers her business and drives her passion. She is a trained glass artist and a maker, an illustrator and animator, and an engineer and experimenter. Most of her work is “a combination of traditional stained glass technique mixed with a Lowbrow, Pop Surrealist sensibility.” Think stained glass as a whimsical statement piece. She produces and sells her art under the Le Puppet Regime brand.

Genevieve applied to the Storefront Challenge on sort of a whim after a local community group member suggested the program. She had been running Le Puppet Regime out of her dining room for years and was consistently building her customer base and growing her bottom line. Genevieve saw the Storefront Challenge as an opportunity to give her the muster she needed to take the next step in expanding her business and living out her dreams.

She was named a Storefront awardee, and one year later, she opened Juggernaut Glasshaus in MaKen Studios North in Kensington. The Glasshaus houses her production studio for Le Puppet Regime, a retail shop, and micro-studios for other MaKers.