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Oben Albright

Oben Albright

The most recent newsletter is full of information that needs to be passed on to my raders. There’s a bit of show info…video info…and a hot shop in France. Let’s go!! Let’s start with the 8th Annual Ugly Necklace…

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image_8687258As I was trolling around Facebook I noticed a post by my crafty friend Jennifer Perkins,of the Naughty Secretary Club, about a priest in Austin, TX that does gorgeous mosaic work. I thought I should share this with the readers…

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cathi milliganil_430xN.96285390Got a tip from a friend about a really cool glass artist on etsy. You know I love etsy if you visit my blog regularly. It’s the best on line venue to sell handmade goods. So, back to this…

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Carmen Vetter

Carmen Vetter

Just got the new GAS newsletter in the mail so I thought I’d share some of the information they are providing in it in case you haven’t received yours. If you have any important glass information you’d like to share…

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Paul Stankard

Paul Stankard

I know I’ve spoke a bunch about SOFA, it was held this past weekend in Chicago. I’ve spoken about Bullseye Glass and their exhibit there as well as Corning Museum and their Traveling Hot Glass Roadshow. And on a separate…

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This is glass...

This is glass…

Some of the most amazing glass objects were created at the turn of the last century, not this one. Specimens and models of flowers and sea creatures so realistic you can hardly believe they were made of glass.…

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Swarming Honeybee 2006

Swarming Honeybee 2006

Paul Stankard is a glass god. That is a fact. I have been fortunate enough to have met him years ago at the Gathering of the Society of Glass Bead Makers that was in Corning. He was the…

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hot_glassI mentioned the SOFA show in an earlier post about Bullseye Glass and their exhibit. For those who missed that post, SOFA is the Sculptural Objects and Functional Art show that’s held around the country a couple of times a year.…

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process 1.JPGI picked up both of these blog posts through Bullseye’s Facebook posting. They’re from the Washington Glass School. These are pretty cool. The bacon and eggs roll up is hysterical. You do know what a roll up is, yes? For those…

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So you want to fuse glass. But how do you get started? Well, I’ve been looking up different sites trying to find well rounded advice on what to do, how to do it and where to do it. I’m going…

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TheFlowFall09Cover310x401.JPGFor those of you that are lampworkers please visit the web site of The Flow magazine. It’s full of more information than a torch working fool could need. There are articles and tutorials as well as information about the industry. I…

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a cuneiform tablet

I blog about glass related events and places to go but I haven’t written much about glass art history. I’d like to present a posting ocsasionally on an aspect of how we got to this place with glass. Who first…

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beadbazzar_0158The Bead Society of Los Angeles is one of the oldest bead societies in the country. They were founded in 1975 by a group of bead enthusiasts. They collected and made jewelry and were educators that had a robust love of…

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Matthew Cummings

Matthew Cummings

The Glass Art Society Board of Directors is requesting proposals for lectures, demonstrations, and panels, or suggest a topic or presenter, for the Tucson, Arizona conference that incorporate the theme, Viva el Vidrio. Check out their web site to find out…

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I’m embracing mosaic work some much more in my little glass world. I’m preparing for re-doing my bathroom and I plan creating some cool tile work to go with the glass sink I made. So I wander around the web…

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