New Consignments

Here is my two sales made from the Glass Gallery show. A private party from Phoenix, AZ wanted specific colors so I took them to Bullseye Glass and they selected the red streaked glass, then fused it and slumped it. I got a call a week later from a collector in Tampa Bay, FL and they purchased the green and black Geode Bowl.

Glass Gallery

Well, I did the Gathering of the Guilds- Glass Gallery show  at the Portland Convention Center in May. There are some new things on display with pot melts, special glass and some new ideas. The sales were OK but I did get two commissions after the show from people from out of town that purchased things after the show which is really great.

New Glass

What a happy accident, this turned out to be a spectacular piece of glass. I titled it Deep Water, it is a 17 diameter shallow bowl. I wanted to use as much of the sheet of glass as possible so I fused a sheet of clear on top and had the circle cut with a water jet. I then polished the edge and slumped it. There are very small air bubbles trapped between the layers of glass, so when either the sun shines on the edge or you shine a light on the edge these bubbles pop out as little golden "stars" in the glass. This piece is at Freed Gallery -Lincoln City, OR for $280..

New Glass

A new piece of glass made from "pattern bars". a technique where you stack glass and heat it up to about 1700F and allow the glass to "flow".

All of the squares started as 2" X 2" on top of a piece of clear glass, inside a stainless steel ring to contain the glass. The piece is about 16" in diameter and 1/2" thick.

This piece is at the at the Freed Gallery in Lincoln City Oregon.

Freed Gallery

This week we delivered fresh work to our favorite gallery. Freed Gallery is in Lincoln City Oregon , which is a very up scale gallery on the Oregon coast it has a wide variety of paintings, sculpture and glass. Lee Freed the owner found me at our first art show in Portland and asked me to bring work to her gallery. I have been in this gallery now for about five years. They have a good web-site where you can view work by an artists name in any category. If you have a chance go to the gallery web-site: www.freedgallery.com

NICHE Entry

This is the piece I entered into the NICHE magazine Annual Artist competition. It is selected as a finalist in the glass category with the potential of being selected as a class winner. The announcement of the class winners will be made February 18th at the Buyers Market of American Craft in Philadelphia on February 18th. The bowl will be on display during the Craft Show.

NICHE Finalist

I entered a competition in the NICHE magazine which is a magazine to promote artists to galleries and art shows. They have an annual competition for different artistic mediums. Of the 2000 entries in the different classes I was one of the finalists in the glass category. The piece picked will be on display at the Buyers Market of American Craft in Philadelphia, February 18th- 20th. Announcement of the top show winners will be made at the show on February 18th.

New Geode Bowl

This is my latest Geode bowl it is roughly 6" in height and 9" in diameter. The glass is spring green and black, these have become two of my favorite colors working with the Geode Bowls and the geometric designs.

The latest in the" Little Women" series, titled the" Women of Fukushima" after the horrific earthquake. The piece is 16" in diameter and approximately 6" total in height with the women being 2" tall.

Portland Open Studios

The weekend of October 15th and 16th I will be participating in Portland Open Studios. There will be 100 artists in the Portland area showing and demonstrating the work in their studio. My studio is in the Aquila Glass School at 1628 N Columbia Blvd. and I will be in the studio between 10:AM and 5:PM both days. All of the glass shown in the photo is my work.

Little Women II: What Planet Are You From

Here is the second of the Little Women series: What Planet Are You From

There are 16 women total, three or four are inside of the bowl and not shown in this view. The piece measures 22" diameter and is 6.5" high, the little women are 2" tall.

This piece was commissioned by a collector who saw the original Little Women on display in a glass show. Like the original Little Women this is a collaborative work with a fellow teacher and studio partner Leah Pellegrini. I make the "Saturn" bowl and Leah made the women.

Little Women

I have been working with a friend and studio partner Leah Pellegrini on this piece. Leah made the "Little Women", I fused and slumped the black "Saturn" bowl. I have had the idea for this for over a year but had to make the mold for slumping it and working out the bugs to get the final shape. the piece is 22" in diameter and 6" high. The "Little Women" are 2" tall.

Saturn Bowl

One of my latest pieces; Saturn Bowl. It is 22" in diameter and about 10" high. It started as an experiment to see if I could "drop" a bowl through a + 22" circle, it worked ! After it was completed I thought it look great with a top or cover on it so I slumped a bowl, made a marble and attached it to the under side of the bowl and made a lid for the lower bowl. For an experiment I think it turned out pretty cool.

Plate and Bowl

My latest large plate and bowl, the plate is 1" high X 22" X 22". The bowl is 6" high and 9" diameter. they are both in Black with Spring Green.

New Geode Bowl

This is the latest of the "Geode Bowl" series. It is three layers thick, black, white and red with at grid design.

The bowl is 9" in diameter and 7" high.

Latest Glass

My latest glass is a two piece combination of a deep bowl and a large platter. The bowl is 7" high X 9" diameter, the platter is 22" square and 1" deep. The glass is a "Curious" glass, only five sheets of this glass were made and I was able to get four of the sheets. The two colors are French Vanilla and Khaki. The neat thing about "Curious " glass is that it will most likely never be made again because it is left over glass from standard production runs.

Studio Exhibit

I am participating in Portland Open Studios this year. There are about 100 artists in the Portland area that will open their studios for the weekends of Oct. 9&10, and the 16th and 17th. You can visit their studios and talk to them about their art and see their recent work.
This is my work at the studio I work and teach at, Aquila Glass in Portland Oregon.

New Glass

This is my latest in the Geode Bowl series. It is a variation of my ABRACADABRA Series. This time using spring green and black for the mosaic effect. The bowl is 9 3/8" in diameter and 6 1/2" in height at the tip. It has a high gloss interior with a satin finish on the outside. The top edge has been cold worked and polished.

Several pieces of my glass at the Caswell Gallery in Troutdale Oregon.

A very nice gallery, the owner is Rip Caswell whose specialty is large bronze castings of wildlife.

This is the most recent Dinnerware set we had as a commission project. It was comprised of [8] eight, [3] three piece place settings and a serving tray. The large plates are 10.5" X 10.5", the salad plates are 8" X 8", the square bowl is 8" X 8" and the serving tray was 11" X 17".

Sharon has named it Hammerhead Dinnerware because she had to hand hammer sheet glass into frit [pieces of glass].