Most glass folk I know love dichroic glass. I know I do. It can be over the top or very subtle depending on what you do with it…when it’s done right it sizzles. Well, the largest producer of dichroic glass, … Read More...
Cooking and Glass Blowing…It’s All Part of the Show at Urban Glass
I sure do wish I could have been at Urban Glass to witness the group, Burnt Asphalt Family’s cooking and glass blowing party. For an audience of over 100 people the group demonstrated their glass blowing skills while preparing a … Read More...
Potato in Glass? Help Remove Bubbles…
A very exciting thing is happenng at my studio…we’re getting glass blowing equipment built so that we can offer classes as well as blow glass pretty much whenever we want. Yee ha!! So it’s got me wandering around the interwebs … Read More...
1959 Documentary on Glass Making
I found this documentary on glass making through one of my friends on Facebook. It’s an Academy Award winning short film made in 1959. It’s over at the web site i09.com. All I can say is you must watch … Read More...
Engraving a Klein Bottle – Make…Eggbot vs Klein Bottle
First you need to know what a Klein Bottle is, if you don’t. Over at Wikipedia you can learn more about what a Klein Bottle is. Once you know that you can understand the difficulties in trying to engrave one. … Read More...
Ross Richmond – Glass Artist
Over at Daily Art Muse they’ve profiled another glass artist. Ross Richmond, who combines blown and cast glass to create these figurative pieces that have a flowing feeling about them. People draped in cloth so the figure has a very … Read More...
Karen Buhler’s Glass Figures
I want to thank Daily Art Muse for presenting Karen Buhler’s glass figures. They’re the perfect combination of sophistication and whimsy. She uses borosilicate glass to shape the hollow figures depicting swimmers and divers with a feeling that comes from … Read More...
Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest
The show Link: Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest is opening at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA May 17th, 2013 and will run through January 2014. Twenty six artists are included in this show for approximately 92 pieces. … Read More...
Fabulous Line Up of Classes at Pacific Art Glass
For those of you in the Southern California area check out the current line up of glasses at Pacific Art Glass in Gardena. Roger Thomas and Patty Gray and Michael Dupille and all the way from Italy, Lucio Babucco. And … Read More...
Reichenbach Color on Sale over at Olympic Color Rods
Olympic Color Rods is having a sale! Reichenbach glass is generally COE 96 glass and quite a bit of it is used for glass blowing, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take advantage of a sale…you can lampwork with it, … Read More...
Fresh Glow in the Dark for COE 90
Have you tried Glow Glass? Glow in the dark glass is so cool and now there are fresh colors available in COE 90 glass. It can be used for fusing or bead making and the effects are worth it. … Read More...
Presentation Application Deadline Approaching for GAS Conference 2014
If you want to do a presentation for the GAS Conference 2014 you better get your application in. The deadline is approaching…April 7th. The Glass Art Society is taking 2013 off and the 2014 conference is being held at the … Read More...
A Refresher Course in Compatibility from Bullseye
I was wandering around the Bullseye web site and noticed a Tech Note update about glass compatibility. The article says that the same COE (coefficient of expansion) doesn’t necessarily mean the glass is going to be compatible. It’s good to … Read More...
Call for Proposals for GAS 2014 Conference
I know there are some amazing glass artists out there. People with glass wisdom and experience that should be shared with other glass enthusiasts. Well put your presentation together and send in your proposal for the GAS (Glass Art Society) … Read More...
Bullseye at Friesen
My first love with glass is fine art. The more I see it in traditional galleries the happier I get. Over at the Friesen Gallery they’re doing a show of Bullseye artists…Bullseye at Friesen. It includes Giles Bettison, Dante Marioni, … Read More...
Graham Caldwell…Glass Artist – This is Colossal
One of my new favorite blogs about art is This is Colossal. I profiled an artist from them the other day and I looked and they were…someone else you might be interested in. And that would be Graham Caldwell… Read More...
8th Annual Women in Glass – The Flow Magazine
The Winter issue of The Flow Magazine is the 8th Annual Gallery of Women in Glass and it’s a very good issue if I might say. (Disclosure: I have a couple of beads in this issue.) It’s full of information … Read More...
Glass Craft & Bead Expo
It’s getting close…it’s the Glass Craft & Bead Expo and it’s April 3-7 in sunny Las Vegas. I bring it up now so if you’re interested in any of the classes they offer you can sign up before they fill … Read More...
96 Cane Launches New Online Store
The official launch is actually February 1st but I’m helping Ryan get the word out about the opening of his online store for 96 Cane called glasscandystore.com. If you’re not familiar with 96 Cane it’s made by Ryan Staub, … Read More...
Jason Gamrath – Glass Artist…Daily Art Muse
We can thank Daily Art Muse for todays post. Jason Gamrath is the featured artist and he’s makes the most wonderful glass flowers…but really large glass flowers. Gorgeous glass flowers. He’s a young glass artist and as the Daily Art … Read More...