I have been blowing glass more and more lately…and loving it so much! It’s a complicated process that takes much time to perfect. Over a Vetro Vero Studio, they are extremely accomplished in glass blowing. They’ve updated their web … Read More ...
Cool Women with Hot Glass – 18 Game Changers
Foster and Malone
One of the talented ladies that’s in this group of 18 Game Changing Female Glass Artists, over at glassation.com, posted the link about these ladies and this definitely has to also be shared here. I know … Read More ...
Wall Street Journal Thinks Glass is the Buzziest Material in the Art World
As seen on Facebook…The Wall Street Journal is saying that glass is the buzziest material in the art world. Well, duh. Artists that don’t normally work in glass want to and those that do are finally being noticed. But we … Read More ...
Today’s Tutorial – Frit Twisties
More lamp work tutorials! I’m totally addicted to Pinterest cause there are so many cool pictures and projects and inspirations! I saw this tutorial about making frit twisties and knew I had to share it. It comes from Art Jewelry … Read More ...
7 Glass Art Sculptures from Dale Chihuly
If you are familiar with any of the professional names in the world of glass art, then you have most likely heard of the beautiful and modern work of artist Dale Chihuly. With each piece of his work having it’s … Read More ...
Happy New Year – Hook’s Tears
Happy New Year to everyone. I saw this little bit of glass trivia and thought it would make a good posting for the new year. It’s about Hook’s Tears, also known as Prince Rupert’s tears. Back in the 17th century … Read More ...
Photographing Glass from cmog.org
Anyone who works in glass knows that photographing it can be rather difficult. Over at Corning Studio they have an article on how to set yourself up to photograph your glass. The set up looks fairly easy to deal with … Read More ...
We’re Living in The Glass Age
I just saw a great video talking about glass with two of my favorite television guys, The Mythbusters. It’s really a commercial for Corning Inc., the glass manufacturer but it’s great information about glass and the technologies of the … Read More ...
Kiln Pointers from Paragon – Your Kiln is Slowing Down
It’s been a while since I’ve written about Kiln Pointers from Paragon Kilns. Sometimes it’s not the most exciting information but it is so very useful. Recently my crucible kiln for glass blowing couldn’t get up to temperature, so … Read More ...
Fabulous Slinky Pendant Lamps
I subscribe to some really cool web site newsletters that focus on architecture, design and the arts. Contemporist is just one of those sites. They were showcasing a line of handblown glass pendant lamps by Sasamat Creative that are so … Read More ...
When Glass Blowing and Recycling Meet
Australian glass artist Ruth Allen makes the coolest light fixtures by Upcycling glass bottles and creating the coolest pendant lamps and drink wear sets. She takes bottles and cuts and cleans and then uses her glass blowing techniques, turns them … Read More ...
The Studio of Glass Artist Seth Parks – Via Apartment Therapy
A friend sent me a write up on glass artist Seth Parks. You see, we have a little hot shop we have to set up at my new studio space…his studio is so inspiring. Won’t look like mine but … Read More ...
News from Bronwen Heilman
I always love hearing from Bronwen and this newsletter is no different. In this issue she shows us some of her new glass goodies. She’s taken her enamel painting techniques over to boro. I love these glasses, especially since I’ve … Read More ...
Glass Bead Making According to Wikipedia
Every once in awhile I like to post a Wikipedia page on a glass making technique. Today is Glass Bead Making. There are a couple of different types of techniques on creating glass beads. There’s torch work which is what … Read More ...
The World Beyond Studio Glass
One of my favorite artists in glass is Tim Tate (can’t wait to meet him!). He’s a multi-media artist whose specialty is glass casting. He also is a partner at the Washington Glass school near Washington, DC. In an interview … Read More ...
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