Canvas show Opening May 7th

Basement Studios is getting ready for a month long exhibit at the Canvas Community Studio and Gallery. The opening is May 7th (First Friday) It's a glass collective show. Five local S.E. Alaskan glass artists are featured. Lincoln has some new blown work, I will have some glass castings, cameo engraved panels and some blown work. It is turing out to be a "Must See" show. (I love it when people say that). Catch us at the opening 4:30- 7:ish or check out the work anytime throughout the month of May.

Diving in at Pilchuck

Hello Folks- well we got off to a fast start- I am here a Pilchuck glass school in Washington State taking a class on glass casting with Silvia Levenson.
http://www.silvialevenson.com/?a=works


The first night was fun and hopping but I was ready to get to work.


We started by casting our hands.then use the the wax hand for a open face mold


Here we are steaming the wax out of the final mold. Tomorrow we get it all ready to go in the kiln. I'm not sure if this all makes sense. I think I need to go to bed. Sorry.

working away

I've been busy baby! Let me tell you. We have a show coming up May 1st and I am heading to Pilchuck Glass School and Corning Glass Museum for part of May and June! It will be a busy summer start!
I received a scholarship to study with Jiri Harcuba at the Corning Glass Museum (Corning, New York) and that means I will be able to attend the Glass Art Society Conference the weekend before. I learned so much from Jiri last summer, but I still have so many questions. Maybe even more now that I have been spending more time engraving glass. I guess that's life.

And Hello to Anji- please forgive me it's been a month or two since my last blog.

My green Friend

This is my Covington glass engraving/cutting lathe. I love it.

When Lincoln and I were in California this past December, we had an opportunity to visit the Covington Shop. They were so nice! We had a tour and I did some shopping- which is a big deal to us Alaskan people who buy everything on line. It is nice to see and touch things before you buy them.
I use diamond wheels of varying sizes and grits. This is how one carves in glass. The glass and wheels are water cooled, this keeps the glass from cracking.
The carving is of the pump house on Sandy Beach,which is a beach near our home. One of my favorite places in the world. My dogs and I go there almost everyday.
This piece sold to a friend. I am happy it will have a home.