Leaded glass windows of koi and water plants grace not only the front door but appear in overhead skylights. Peters engineering skills are demonstrated here once again with the special design of the lead glass panels to prevent them from collapsing downward while hanging flat inside the skylights. Outside the home Peter has built two koi ponds that are supported by filtration systems that he has designed and built himself.

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Over the years Peter has made himself available to helping koi hobbyist build ponds. With his passion for koi and engineering skills he would evaluate filters and pump capacities. Peter has applied his knowledge in the development of filters, ozonators, skimmers and anything that us passionate koi keepers can dream up. Peter has always been known for following through on questions and providing an answer.  As I mentioned earlier in this article about Peter and the lead glass windows that adorn his home, Peter is an artist as well as a mechanical engineer. Once Peter perfected the art of lead glass windows, his passion as an artist and koi hobbyist surfaced to an all-new level that made him internationally known for the beautiful koi slates that he makes. Peter has developed a technique that allows him to take the photo of a specific koi, scale it to the size of the slate to be used. Then working the slate with tools to create the outer frame for the fused glass koi that will emerge from the center of the slate. There are many steps that Peter’s hands perform as an artist that provide the final beautiful slate artwork that are sought after internationally.  Peter does not sell these one of a kind pieces of art.  Peter has donated these beautiful slates to koi associations and clubs to honor special dignitaries and to be used as fundraisers at auctions of clubs. Peter’s most recent donation and gift was to provide slates to the Associated Koi Clubs of America (AKCA) – KHV Project. This is Peter’s way of providing funding for the research and eradication of KHV to the koi hobby.

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