Beginnings of Orient and Flume

Shari Maxson Hopper is going to share her experience of meeting with the

eventual founders, Doug Hopper and Doug Boyd, of Orient and Flume Art

Glass. They were getting their degrees in Art at San Jose State University

in the late 1960’s. They began making art glass together and selling it at

Art Fairs,

Shari and Dave Hopper moved to Chico and lived between Orient and

Flume Streets. It was Carol Boyd, the wife of Doug Boyd, who suggested

the name for the new company.