Ridgway Rendezvous - "Best in Glass"

I attended the Ridgway Rendezvous again this year and was completely surprised and delighted to have been awarded "Best in Glass" this year!  I displayed my series of bowls that are to be part of my Featured Artist event at the Gallery 809 in September and they brought that first place ribbon home!  The show was great as always.  I love the relaxed and casual environment--wish I could move my studio there.....

Fused Glass Realism

I am beginning to make some real progress in fused glass realism.  This is a 9" x 17" panel using vitrigraph glass stinger for the tree branches and cut glass for the wisteria leaves and flowers.  The water was done in blue aventurine and aqua blue irid with the pink crystal opal moon in shadow in white wispy. It was completed in 5 firings at different temps. It is currently on exhibit at the CCAH, Carbondale Third Street Center for the Arts, for the month of June. 

Celtic Pique Assiette Birdbath

 I completed the commissioned pique assiette concrete birdbath today.  The client had requested that the birdbath be in concrete because of the local deer and that it be in warm autumn colors with a celtic theme.  This posed a bit of a challenge since celtic is often in cool colors but I was able to make it work.  The base has three celtic trinity symbols in glass, while the bowl's focal is the celtic cross with four porcelain cross tiles about the center.

Pique Assiette Antique Washstand

After nearly 2 months of work, I have finally finished the antique washstand.  I completed the fused bowl first and then worked the glass and ceramic design around the basin theme.  It is all that I first imagined when I saw it tucked away in the dusty corner of the antique store.  It does amaze me sometime how our mind's eye can see what can become with a little creativity, hard work and love.

Organic Slump Mold from Creative Paradise

My organic slump mold from Creative Paradise finally arrived and the results are just--WOW!  I knew I had to have it when I saw it in Vegas.  I used bejeweled frit mix, vitigraph stringers, millefiori and iridized frit for the flowers.  This is a donated piece for the local CEC chapter for their spring fundraiser.

Japanese Style Sushi Plate Set

This week I completed a 4 piece place setting of Japanese Sushi dinner plates and rice bowls with matching chopsticks. Each plate is banded in differing warm colors and all included a cyan/red dichroic swirl.  These were done using Sys96 glass and Slumpy's Jumping Jill splash molds.

Geometric Roll Up Vessels

The roll ups arrived from Washington last week.  This is my favorite.  The piece is a heart-shaped vase consisting of four layer-glass in plum, ivory, yellow and orange opals in various patterns topped with a fluted neck.  Thank you Ryan Staub Glass (http://www.ryanstaub.com) for producing the wonderful and graceful shape.

Memories of Briarcliff

 

I always try and keep the good memories about a place with me when I go.  I miss my three deer who would bed down in the zoysia grass under the oak grove, the majestic Texas oak tree with the swing in the front yard and my prolific clematis vines forever weaving through the horse fence along the drive.  I did this triptych to try and capture those images in glass. 

The piece was done through multiple firings, building layers of glass to create depth and dimension.  I assembled over 150 pieces for each of the three panels.  The base layer was create at a full fuse, including the tree, swing, fence and millefiori ground.  I then fired the vines to a tack fuse using stringers made from vitrigraph.  Finally, the flowers, made from cut glass, powder and stringers, were added to the vines and re-fused to a contour fuse to create the soft rounded edges. Here's to the celebration of spring!

This piece has been entered into the Glass Art Festival at Delphi Glass at http://www.delphiglass.com/gallery/store_viewItem?gid=11720.  It also hangs in the Gallery 809 in Glenwood Springs, CO.

PieceMaker's Winter Mosaic Challenge--Get Out the Vote!

Palisade Stained Glass Art's Interpretation of "Feathers"

If you enjoy stunning mosaic art, please visit the PieceMaker's website and vote for your favorite mosaic piece.  The theme for the challenge was "feathers" interpretation.  Click on the link and go vote! http://piecemakersmosaics.blogspot.com/

My Gallery Wall

Still working on filling my gallery wall and floor space but at least it looks like something now.  I can tell how much I am going to enjoy working at the gallery.  All of the artists are such lovely people and talent galore!