Ryan has blown glass all over the country and the world, most recently working for the Corning Museum of Glass, as a hot glass show demonstrator and as the mastermind behind their tourism and outreach programs. She is a wealth of knowledge about the history and science behind glassmaking. Outside of the hot shop, she is most at home in nature and it shines through her work which ranges from whimsical sculptural critters to tableware and vessels that mimic the outdoors through color and form.