MADISON, Wis. — Kaaren Neuendorf is used to doing analysis and finance sheets on a daily basis as a manager in CUNA Mutual Group's finance division.

But her passion for flame working or glass blowing, as it is often called, has become an outlet "to use the other half of [her] brain." Neuendorf became interested in flame working two years ago when taking ceramic and bead-making classes at a local university. On a hunch, she took a glass blowing class and "absolutely fell in love with it."

"There's some degree of planning but there's also some fun in being random about it," Neuendorf said on making her intricate pieces. "It's less about creating a perfect piece and more about the creation process itself."

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