Luke Jacomb is the son of one of the founders of Gaffer Glass, an establishment most glass folk know all about. Over at Daily Art Muse Luke’s blown glass paddles are being showcased today. You need to wander over to … Read More...
Glass and Yarn from Contemporist
Over at the web site Contemporist they were showing some vessels designed by Alexandra Denton and Sofia Lazzeri in a collaborative project. By combining the two materials they contrast between the hardness of the glass and the softness of the … Read More...
Cool New Classes at Pacific Art Glass Including Loren Stump
Pacific Art Glass has a very exciting line up of classes coming up including an Advanced Lampworking class with Loren Stump. This is the first time that Loren has come into Southern California to teach so sign up soon. It’s … Read More...
Best Bead Show February 5-9, 2014 in Tucson, AZ
It’s that time of year again! Tucson is inundated with bead people, gem lovers, sellers and buyers, for the Tucson Gem and Bead and Fossil Show. There are at least 50 different shows going on over a two week period … Read More...
It’s a Bronwen Heilman Newsletter!
If you are a regular reader of my blog here you know that I’m a big fan of Bronwen, as well as a friend…so here’s her first newsletter for 2014. She’s a traveling lady with a show coming up … Read More...
New Glass at Double Helix!!
They’re at it again over at Double Helix…the newest color was released today and it’s called Thallo. As usual I want some. It looks beautiful. An emerald green that lusters beautifully. They also have been cooking up there own … Read More...
Warehouse Sale at Coatings by Sandberg – Buy Dichroic Glass!!
Almost all glass lovers are also lovers of dichroic glass. Love the sparkle…love the bling! And Coatings by Sandberg, also known as CBS, is one of the best in teh business. They’re having a warehouse sale. This is good. … Read More...
Amazing Classes at D&L Art Glass
If you find yourself in the Denver area and want to take some pretty awesome classes D&L Art Glass is where you need to go. I’d love to take the Lisa Becker class May 7- 9, on casting glass from … Read More...
Happy New Year to All the Glassy Peeps Out There!!
As another year starts I say, no resolutions!! Those are things that most people break leaving them disappointed in themselves and feeling defeated. These are not good things. What we need are goals. Taking a bead making class when we’ve … Read More...
An Emerging Artist Panel Discussion at SOFA
Lani McGregor, partner at Bullseye Glass in Portland, as well as Gallery Director moderated a panel discussion on the Emerging Artist in the glass world. On her panel were Tina Oldknow, Curator at Corning Museum of Glass, Richard Whiteley, … Read More...
New Dichroic Glass Classes Coming up at Coatings by Sandberg
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...
Fresh News from Helios Kiln Glass Studio
I love to get newsletters from Helios Kiln Glass Studio out in Austin. Sure do wish they were a bit closer. They have a new schedule of classes available and they look very cool. One thing they are profiling is … Read More...
Hot Glass Houston For Sale
As I wandered around Facebook I came across this notice…Hot Glass Houston is having it’s largest sale ever! They’re selling the business. As a well established business in the glass community this could be an amazing opportunity for anyone … Read More...
Transparent House in the Desert
Mirror counts as glass…just sayin’. I love this house. I found this over at the site This is Colossal. It’s a house out in Joshua Tree, CA that’s built with mirror and wood and it reflects the desert making … 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...
Alison Lowry – Glass and Textiles – Daily Art Muse
We can always count on Daily Art Muse to bring interesting art to our attention, and especially glass artists. Here they go again with English artist, Alison Lowry who likes to combine her love of textiles with her love of … Read More...
Stones and Glass and Books and Glass – Ramon Todo
Over at the site This is Colossal they shower the art of Ramon Todo. He combines stones and glass as well as books and glass. This is very cool. He’s based in Dusseldorf, Germany and sometimes uses pieces of the … Read More...
Recycling Old Bottles – The Daily Green
What to do with all of those bottles? This posts link deals with both glass and plastic but the glass stuff is pretty cool. The first is the flattening of bottles which I have been having a blast doing, and … Read More...
New Maple Leaf Mold from Colour de Verre
One of my best sellers in my studio is the leaf plates I make with the Colour de Verre molds so to hear about a new one gives a great reason to write about it’s release. These molds they make … Read More...
