time to support local artists

It's time to get out in the slush and snow and head down to your local artist market. Here in Juneau, Alaska we have a great 3 days market. The Alaska Public Market. It's open Friday, saturday and sunday this weekend. Basement Studios can be found in the main lobby.

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.

Basement Show info

We will be at the Autumn Festival at the JAHC this Saturday 12-6.
http://www.jahc.org/

The Fall is Here

Lincoln is home from blowing glass at Pilchuck glass School . The tourist season is slowing down.
We are getting ready for our fall line up.
Craft show this weekend- Sept 12& 13- Nugget Mall.

ALSO- I am teaching a glass and pottery class at the Canvas- starts this Thursday 6:30-8:30- Jewelry Fusion- should be fun.

The last 2 days!!!

We are down to our last 2 days of class! It was so amazing to spend time with my mentor and to really focus on work in the cold shop! We are all drained and tired.
Above is an engraving I did.

Below work I did with Martin Rosol.

The Studio provides a professional photographer at the end of the session. It's been a good day.

Now time to pack and get ready to head across the country.

At the count down

There are only four working days left here at the Studio (Corning Glass Museum). It's been a productive trip and my brain is full.

Above is my starter block of optical glass laminated together with colored Hextal. The glass is all clear so the light transfers the color of the pigmented adhesive through the shape of the block.

Above is my teacher working on a piece. We are using diamond and stone wheels to remove glass and shape our objects.

Above is my piece after I took it to the saw! I need to get a picture of the final piece!

Above is the engraving lathe I have been using- I loved the saline drip bag for a water source! Very Funny!

Above is the first piece I worked on last week.......I need so much more paractice on the engraving lathe! Yikes!

Corning, New York

Well my friends, I am saturated! I am at the Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG) Rakow Research Library today. There are no words for how amazing this places is....
I am on day 3 of an engraving and coldworking class with Jiri Harcuba and Martin Rosol.
http://holstengallery.com/artists/show/rosol-23

The Studio at the Corning Glass Museum is very impressive. We are getting a lot of work done. I hope to post some photos tomorrow.

a few days off

Pilchuck ended on Friday and I have been up on the farm hanging out with my mother -in-law.

The session went well and I feel like I got a lot done and learned hoards of new information.

Here are some pictures from the last week or so of the class.

Before class began-

After....

Here are my cast glass carrots right out of the molds .

the installation of the carrots..

we hung all the cast clothes on a line for our final walk through to see all the work on campus.

Tomorrow I head to Corning, New York for the Glass Art Society "GAS" Conference and a class at the Corning Glass Museum on Monday!

http://www.cmog.org/

I will be studying engraving again with Jiri Harcuba

http://www.gallery.cz/gallery/en/Vystava/1999_11/Ramec_V.html

Off to the east....

Yikes- so much to do

Hey gang! well it's been super busy here- the past week we have cast several molds, pulled a few pieces out of the kilns and made several mistakes. Our teacher says that mistakes are a gift......well it must be my birthday because I keep getting a lot of gifts.
The weather has been fab so we have been working outside the studio everyday. This really is the good life. I even got a sunburn.Can't get that in Juneau.
This is my first cast piece- we all cast our hands. There is copper wire embedded in the palm.

This is a group shot. Hands before and after. Such great colors!


Here is one of the TA's hand building a mold. Supper cool and messy!This is the studio building- we all have space to plot our next ideas and disasters! I mean gifts.

OK I am off to get ready for the student auction tonight. Which is really a dance party. The theme is "Pilchuck: Where the wild things are." I should have some great photos from that!

On the Farm

Our Family has a farm in Washington. Over the past few years it has grown and many animals have taken up residency here. Some smell more than others but they are all neat to look at.


Lately I have been enjoying getting a good photo. I'm not too concerned with the composition of the photo but more about capturing the personality of the subject or subjects.

Turkeys are good models. They can work with the camera....


Chickens..well...





Chickens are always hiding something....they seem like they need to relax.
These ladies can work it. Bovine beauties. Work it girls.

Della Rose is super pregnant. She is going to have a cow baby any day now. I asked if I could drees the girls up a bit. A pink bow, earrings, a tasteful straw hat.... we shall see.

OK so tonight I am off to Pilchuck. The agenda for the night: Check in, classes meet, cocktails at the gallery, dinner in the lodge, school introductions & to top it off a "show" of sorts in the hot shop. Last year someone made a large clear vessel and popped some popcorn inside it! Very fun.

what an Alaskan winter

Well our group show opened this Friday with a nice reception. We had 300 people show up on a super slippy slimy night in Juneau. The ladies at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center (JACC) were so helpful and kind. Nothing like the last few pushes to get the baby out!
The show has 4 different glass studios from Juneau and Little Port Walter. I think people will enjoy stopping by. Lincoln and I have a cool collaborative encaustic and recycled glass piece and my new glass carvings are up.
We are going to try to have the room open during the Wearable Arts show on the 14-15th and maybe for the Ktoo disco party on Friday the 13th. We shall see.
Now....lets see taxes, prepping for summer and our next show in May at the Ruby Room!