Here are the rest of the beads from the weekend. There is one snowman missing as my son, Derek, claimed it since he picked the colors I should use to make the scarf, and the snowman is off having cool adventures….somewhere. So far the weather is looking great for this weekend. The weekend after I [...]
Portland Open Studios – Day 1
I thought I would post a picture of the beads I made on Saturday, so that anyone visiting the blog who was there and saw them being made can see the final result. Often beads look very different coming out of the kiln 9+ hours later…colors change, intensify, shift…all sorts of heat and glass magic. [...]
Museum Time.
Practically the smallest thing in the exhibit, actually, it probably IS the smallest thing. My giant bead is on display at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon during the Portland Open Studios tour that is happening Oct 9 and 10 and 16 and 17. I will also be doing a flameworking demo there [...]
Crammed
Oh, I am busy. Busy busy. I am doing torch demos at the show at the Oregon Convention Center next weekend. Hooray! I love torching for an audience, and teaching them about working with glass. It is such a passion of mine and I love talking about it! I will be on the torch on [...]