http://glassart.craftgossip.com Glass Beads, Arts and Crafts Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:36:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1192" align="aligncenter" width="254" caption="Oben Albright"][/caption] 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 Contest put on by Land of ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/19/more-info-from-gas-resources-from-their-newsletter/ If you're in the Corning, NY area tomorrow (I know it's short notice) go by the Museum to check out a couple of events. There's the lecture on Tiffany glass, during An Evening for Educators, from 4-5:30. And then hang out for 2300º: Glittering Traditions, where you can watch Kurt ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/18/events-at-corning-some-soon-some-not-so-soon/ As 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 of this blog. Check out the original post to find ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/17/marble-falls-priest-makes-mosaic/ cathi milliganGot 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 artist...or should I say, these artists. Their names are Craig ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/16/check-out-this-glass-artist-on-etsy-west-coast-glass/ [caption id="attachment_1176" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Carmen Vetter"][/caption] 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 with the newsletter people you ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/14/updates-from-the-gas-newsletter-info-you-should-know/ [caption id="attachment_1172" align="aligncenter" width="131" caption="Amy Caswell"][/caption] 'Tis the season for bead shows and craft fairs and trunk shows and backyard crafty gatherings. Everyone needs gifts. Crafty types need to sell people those gifts. So here's a trunk show being held in the Ventura County area of Southern California. Newberry Park to ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/13/handmade-glass-bead-trunk-show-and-the-whole-bead-show/ I'm not a stained glass person. I have nothing against it...I just don't do it. My thing is melting glass. But there are really cool stained glass projects out there that should be shared. Today's post is a tutorial for such a project. It's simple and could be your gateway ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/11/stained-glass-pendant-tutorial/ [caption id="attachment_1166" align="aligncenter" width="288" caption="Paul Stankard"][/caption] 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 post I wrote about Paul ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/10/sofa-update-a-little-corning-a-little-paul-stankard/ [caption id="attachment_1160" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Glasscapes by Mingo and Asho"][/caption] Glasscapes by Mingo and Asho is one of the many exhibitors at Babe - Bay Area Bead Extravaganza. They make blown beads among other glass goodies but this is what they're most known for. And on a side note, I love these ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/07/if-you-need-more-glass-beads-babe-in-oakland-ca/ [caption id="attachment_1155" align="aligncenter" width="215" caption="This is glass..."][/caption] 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. These pieces were made by Leopold ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/05/blaschka-glass-a-history-of-glass-models/ [caption id="attachment_1151" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Swarming Honeybee 2006"][/caption] 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 keynote speaker. His glass work is ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/04/craft-in-america-paul-stankard/ [caption id="attachment_1147" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Klaus Moje from the Bullseye Gallery at SOFA"][/caption] I've mentioned SOFA, the International Expositions of Sculptural Objects and Functional Art Show because of the appearances of Bullseye and the Corning Museum of Glass' Hot Glass RoadShow. This post is about GAS, the Glass Art Society being at ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/03/gas-at-sofa/ My passion is glass. I melt it and form it into cute beads...pretty beads...sometimes beads that blow my mind. I also fuse glass into objects...functional art. A sink...a lamp...plates and bowls. Then there's mosaic. Bits of glass and tiles adhered to objects and walls and surfaces. It's all about color ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/11/02/what-do-you-do-with-glass/ I 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. The next show is in Chicago and will be ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/10/31/hot-glass-show-at-sofa-chicago/ I 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 who don't, it's when you take a sheet of ... http://glassart.craftgossip.com/2009/10/29/roll-ups-glass-blowing-at-washington-glass-school/