I was back in my old stomping ground of Asia last week and stumbled on to some pretty detailed sand blasted glass in the Richard Mille watch shop.
Three sheets of glass a few inches apart with sand blasting on each face of all the sheets of glass.
Richard Mille Wynn Macau
Richard Mille Wynn Macau
Richard Mille Wynn Macau
Stumbled across these beautiful butterfly dichroic glass (or film?) pieces. Anyway nice to see some one using dichroic effects to mimic nature. It looked like dichroic glass but happy to be corrected ?
I was passing through Hong Kong at stayed at it’s airport and was surprised to find this lovely glass screen behind the check-in reception desk.
Love the strength, vibrancy and use of colours.
Quite interesting that Chihuly has developed a huge name for himself making (or his helpers making) huge chandeliers, but a wonder around Macau reveals some very good interior designed and factory made glass. No real recognition for whom ever has been the brain child of this work (PS – spot the Chihuly)
Dale Chihuly glass panel at MGM Reception
City of Dreams is another casino and hotel complex on the Cotai Strip in Macau, and just like all the other casinos and hotels it has a huge array of art. Again, wondering through complex I stumbled upon these glass art screens. I was in bit of a hurry so I did not have a proper look at them so not sure if the design has been achieved with screen printing, sandblasting or a mixture of the two. Any way I found them quite striking, the graphic design work is fun and makes the negative (clear glass) space as much of the piece as the design itself – I am sure some one like Christopher Whall once said ‘make your clear glass interesting’.
There seems to be quite a bit of stacked glass knocking around the hotels of Macau. In the last post I put up a photo of some stacked glass but I have found some more and really quite large examples of layered and stacked glass.
Firstly this example of stacked glass is again at the Mandarin Oriental, this time in its ground floor entrance foyer. As can be seen from the people standing in front on it, this is a substantial stack of glass and to provide stability it has been supprted/enclosed vertivall at either end.
Another example of stacked glass can be found at one of the rear entrances to the ‘original’ Lisboa Hotel/Casino. This glass is externally located and looks to have been around for a while; its edges have been abraded – maybe by natural aging and weather – but either way the abrading means that the edges of the glass have lost any polished qulality of the glass and likewise the ability to interact with the light has been altered. This glass stick picks up the bright ambient ‘Macau’ night light !
I was having a walk around Macau on the first weekend of my arrival here, completely dehydrated and disoriented trying to struggle through the sea of humanity that is Macau, the most densely populated country on the planet ! I took refuge in a bar/cafe in the Mandarin Oriental and was greeted at its entrance by a stacked glass water feature, and then when I was seated (and ordered the most expensive club sandwich and coke I have ever had the pleasure to pay for) I noticed some hot glass wall decoration.
This glass is at the Vida Rica http://www.mandarinoriental.com/macau/fine-dining/vida–rica-restaurant/
A few months ago I said farewell to my much loved glass studio and friends at Llys Glas in Swansea. Sadly life as an artist is good for the soul but bad for the bank balance so I have gone back to my previous work profession … well I never actually said good bye to it, just worked hard at work and hard at playing with glass.
So, I have undertaken a new adventure working in Macau (China) as part of a team supervising the design and construction of a huge hotel, retail, leisure and casino project.
This does not mean the end of glass though, because as I have been walking around the buildings and streets of Macau I have been noticing a huge amount of architectural glass in all sorts of locations, from the glitzy five star hotels to the back street restaurants.
I may not be working with glass but I still love and appreciate its qualities and will share what ever I uncover out here in Macau, so keep an eye on my blog to check-out what is happening in glass in Macau and Asia
ciao
I recently completed my Masters degree in Glass and here are some photos of the degree show.
The use of a simple mock-up or model of a building for which one is designing a scheme of architectural glass should never be under estimated !
I went to the opening night of the Biennale and here are a few piccies
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Students from Swansea Metropolitan University’s famous Swansea School of Glass are to open an exciting new exhibition of their work in Swansea at the end of September 2012. The 2012 MA Degree Show, entitled ‘MA 2012 Glass Masters – extending the language of glass’, can be viewed, free of charge, in the iconic National Waterfront Museum. It runs from Saturday 29th September until 28th October 2012 and is open daily from 10am to 4pm.
The exhibition features innovative creations each with their own unique and distinctive style of glass design, and many of the exhibitors have completed private and public commissions.
The 2012 MA graduates in Glass from Swansea Metropolitan University are an unusual gathering of artists, the backgrounds of whom are diverse and unexpected. Ranging from those who work in the corporate setting to practitioner artists who run independent glass businesses, the eight students have come together in an affectionate community of inventiveness and camaraderie.
The diversity of the group is further underlined by their geographical origins and interests in everything from the healing qualities of glass to the effect of moonlight and half-light on architectural spaces.
By coming up with new ideas and exploring innovative ways of working with glass, the students are committed to creating effects that deepen the experience of viewers, thereby, extending their understanding of the language of glass.
Glass has unified this eclectic group of individuals … “In spite of our different origins, a love of glass and a passion for light brings us together and inspires our research and experimentation. Having been taught by different hands, our former influences have enriched our mutual expression and exploration of glass. We came together as strangers. We leave the MA as life-long friends.”
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Metromorphosis 2012 is the the Architectural Glass Degree Show by students from Swansea School of Glass, Swansea Metropolitan University.
The show will open with a private view on Tuesday 29th May 2010, 6 – 8 pm and will then run from 30th May 2012 until the 23rd June.
The students will then be take the exhibition onto New Designers, Islington, London where we will be exhibiting from the 27th June – 30th.
Some photos of the work !
Glass used in external works
I was thrilled to follow the exploits of Bianca Divito at the Chelsea Flower Show, not only because I studied at the same time as here at the Welsh School of Architectural Glass in Swansea. Here is here face book page https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Divito-Studios-Art-Glass/163174473704635 and here page at the Chelsea Flower Show http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show/2012/About-the-show/Shopping/Bianca-Divito-Art-Glass but because I have taken bit of an interest in using glass in external circumstances .
Bianca has designed some wonderful pieces for the Chelsea Flower Show and is getting some great reviews and her pieces are really ‘fit for purpose’ in this controlled environment, and I would recommend any one with a private and secure external space to consider adding such glass art work to provide a really unique aspect to such a space.
Jenny Pickford this year also uses glass http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show/2012/About-the-show/Shopping/Jenny-Pickford-Artist-Blacksmith and the glass sail http://www.glasszoo.co.uk/chelsea-flower-show.html by Julia Webster, Creative Director of Glasszoo in partnership with Quist in 2008
I had a quick goggle of previous Chelsea Flow Show events and there are examples of glass art for the garden as referred to in the link below to the coloured glass pergola l structure http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/chelseaflowershow/7767436/Chelsea-Flower-Show-2010-10-great-ideas-for-small-gardens.html?image=6 in 2010 and Darren Saines using Shardaglass http://www.shardaglass.co.uk/news-07072010.html in his garden.
I do worry though about placing glass sculptures in external locations that are not private or secure, the fragility of glass is a known feature, but if designed with this in mind there are many situations for which glass is appropriate.
I have been working on a project with recycled glass to make ‘block paviors’ for path ways, potentially to be lit to provide directional guidance at night. As alluded to above, glass can be fragile, but believe me it is a lot easier to break a clay block pavior than one of glass. I will post again about this project for external pavings, but here a few photos of what I was developing
So glass is fragile, but there are some fantastic possibilities to liven up an external space and make it in to a unique setting that is different from what any one else may have.
Transparency v Opalescent
I have found a bit of snobbery in the world of glass when it comes to using opaque glass, but in many cases, glass referred to as being ‘opaque’ is actually opalescent in that it does allow some light through etc. When opalescent glass is placed in an environment of bright natural light, it does have the ability to allow light to transmit through the glass.
I had some glass panels on temporary display at my gallery/studio and noticed that whilst the natural day light was light was lighting up an opalescent panels, it was not actually transmitting the light through the glass and casting a ‘colour shadow’ on the ground in the same way that the transparent glass panel was doing. The following photo shows the coloured shadow of the transparent glass and a non-coloured shadow of the opalescent glass, even though this opalescent panel (next to the larger transparent glass panel) is illuminated by the bright sunshine.
Also have a look at the panels below where the transom/frame of the window blocks the light from passing through the panel – it is complete grey with no reflective qualities.
This triggered the brain in to thought, and in many cases we do not necessarily want to splash colour all around a room, for example I cannot think of a worse scenario of having my office/studio desk awash with colour whilst trying to design or work. Likewise, I am not sure I would want the colours of a meal in a fine restaurant turned to red by a vibrant transparent stained glass window.
I suppose what I have learned from playing around with opalescent glass is not to dismiss it as a ‘hobby’ glass, because it has some qualities and uses that not be achieved with even the best blown glass that money can buy.
I have been a bit busy and not posted much recently, the Glass Masters Degree is taking up my spare time, but I thought I would put up an image of a triple triptych that I have on display at the Nick Holly Gallery spring exhibition that opens 10 am Sat 24th March 2012 (Tues – Sat weekly).
The overall size is about 1.30 m x 0.85 m. The piece is based upon the feel of ebb and flow of the sea, with bubbles formed in the glass rizing up through the design and the glass.
http://nickholly.com/ From … Sat 24th March 2012 Free Admission Tel:+44 (0)7971 343366
Here are some photos of my work at the exhibition we held by Llys Glas Artists at our private studio gallery space. It was a very well attended even, the Proseco flowed and the welsh cheese was well nibbled.
This is a site specific designed piece of glass art that has a permanent home at The Cove in Castle Street, Swansea, so is not for sale. The fused glass mimics the stone rublbe wall but is completed in biright colours to provide that eternal summer feel
I recently noticed than some glass I had previously made passed a resemblance to the BMW works by Richter.
So … I have been developing this work (with Ricther in mind) for an exhibition
I recently noticed than some glass I had previously made passed a resemblance to the BMW works by Richter.
So … I have been developing this work (with Ricther in mind) for an exhibition
Runs from 12 noon Sat 12th November 2011. Features some great art and sculptures and some glass artists too.
A special mention for painter Tim Kelly – a rare talent !
Enjoy !
Nick Holly Gallery, Exchange Building, Cambrian Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 1SE
This is a video of the Wedi 3 programme that was broadcast on Monday 3rd Oct 2011 and features the Llys Glas building complex. In this building complex is my (and others) studios and the attached gallery that we exhibit in as a group. The art that appears in the video is some of mine, Sian Sandford and Tim Kelly.
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It is on my facebook page !
Enjoy
A sushi set (for two) I just made for some one
just a quick update of things sitting on and near my window cill in the studio gallery
Another deflated art effort.
This is a design study based upon the roof lines of the coastal area of Swansea. I will be extending this study further as a basis for designing some glass work.
Below are some of the sketches I took, developing in to line and colour, many versions that have been manipulated in Photoshop and Illuistrator and some worked up design possibilities.
Also a cast glass sample of the way I was thinking of going with this.
This is really just to show all the background sketching work produced by an artist (just a few posted here, many more produced) that is never seen
This was a project for my MA Glass and I never even submitted most of the development work – should have really – and got in to a bit of trouble at the presentation stage !
Again a fantastic exhibition of art, this time involving just four artist with the exhibition running from 2nd September 2011 until 24th September 2011.
As is sometimes the case a few general and permanent displays of installation art remains and I believe my glass shelf and a glass wave (displayed on a plinth) remains.
Get down and see the exhibition if you can, it is really worth it
I have been having a bit of fun over lapping the glass in natural sunlight
Working with bending and faceted (sort of) glass to see the fantastic effects of transmitted and distorted light
I have some glass art on display and for sale at The Cove in Castle Street, Swansea – a new bar/cafe/gallery – very chilled out space with home made food, shelves with art books and even a drawing table for people to chance their arm at some art. Here are a few photos of my work and the bar
This is the complete set of four – although I may make some more in different designs and colours
… and here is the blue one …
I am developing a new body of work which is following on from some mould casting and relief work I experimented with as part of my MA Glass.
There is a ‘strata’ type feel to these and my design mimics stone walling found in the Welsh country side; I have also added kiln relief fused texture to the back in the form of plaster cast fossil shells.
This is the summer exhibitiion at the gallery of Swansea artist Nick Holly. It is a fantastic space and well worth a visit
Nick will be exhibiting lots of new work himself, plus there are many other artists also exhibiting as well.
I have a few pieces on display too so pop down and have a look.
Here is the website www.nickholly.com and this is one of the pieces I have there https://glassartbyraycollins.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/sea-coloured-sail-glass-trial-2.jpg
Past its shelf life, same theme as this one https://glassartbyraycollins.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/sdc13578.jpg and here https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=688131041&sk=photos#!/media/set/?set=a.10150242107196042.363933.688131041
Here are some more photos of my work and the others also exhibiting
Well we managed to hang all our work today and will put some final touches on things tomorrow, I have replaced the previous photos with some new ones that relate to my work only.
Some more details of the exhibition that starts on Tuesday
a fully functioning shelf turned on its head
Quite a jaunty feel to this one, simplistic in the extreme
Having been playing around with Illustrator I have now completed a few panels based upon the designs
My first prototype using prmarily cut glass.
Big shapes and colours !!
A glass and mixed media exhibition will be held in the White Room at the Grand Theatre, Swansea from Tuesday 21st June – Sat 9th July 2011. Those exhibiting are Joan Edwards, Shirley lewis, Denise Hayes and Ray Collins.
Some more designing with Illustrator, which I am quite enjoying. I will developing some abstract work utilising strong shapes and colours, based perhaps upon a sail of a yacht or a flower from Clyne (in Bloom) Park … well that sort of idea !
The first two images were devloped as a design for the Stevens glass competition, with the sample panel that I made indicated in the center of the design
One of the other artists in my studio complex has left so a few spaces to exhibit within out gallery has opened up so I put a collection of my glass on canvas up on one board. The work provides a nice symmetry and rhythm imv !
I am trying to get to grips with Illustrator for its ‘vector’ qualities and application for certain mechanical manipulation of glass, and am finding it quite tricky with out any lessons or direction, but I have managed to draw and fill some shapes which is providing a bit of inspiration for a competition I may enter. I quite like the random shapes that I am developing which is quite lucky because even if I did not want ‘random’ I do not have much of a choice in it at the moment – well maybe controlled random !!!
this is about 12 mm thick and quite an interesting rock form style piece of work and something I might experiment with. About 40cm x 33 cm in size
Seasonal Greetings !!!
Here is a large round platter that I have just taken out of the kiln, it is about 43 cm diameter and quite flat with a small curvature along its length in one direction. The bowl is part a a series of pieces I am working on at the moment
I have had a couple of gallery pieces of glass accepted by the Nick Holly Studio Gallery in Swansea http://www.nickholly.com/ . The exhibition opens Sat 13th November 2010 and I will pop down to take a few photos of the pieces and post them up on here.
I have recently signed up to do an MA Glass at the Welsh School of Architectural Glass (SMU) and the core of my design work will be based upon patterns that are found on/in/around every day buildings. Such patterns have subconciously influenced a lot of my work in the past so now I will try to harness these patterns and use them in a more deliberate manner in my art
Here are a few photos I took at Malaga airport which was simply ‘patterns everywhere’ …
These bowls are 15cm x 12cm and will come with a larger serving (flat) platter.
I will be attending the craft section of a few food festivals soon so am working on a line of food related products, the first one being a sushi set. Classical red and black with a hint of white (reminiscent of bamboo shapes). The set comprises two 20cm x 15cm bowls, one 10cm x 10cm soy sauce dish, two chopstick rests and two 10cm x 10cm coasters.
Just a bit of fused glass on canvas – nice mixture of blues stand out well on the red canvas !!
Just thought I would put up two photos of the same panel to compare dichroic glass under reflected and transmitted light !
Glass Exhibition at Aberdulais Waterfalls – National Trust Site.
Following a visit to Aberdulais Falls (National Trust site) and a discussion with the guys working there about the possibility of holding a glass exhibition in their ‘resource’ room, five ex graduates from the Welsh School of Architectural Glass at Swansea Metropolitan University will be doing just that, holding an exhibition of glass art from Saturday 14th August to Sunday 29th August 2010. In additional to the exhibited work, some of which will be available for sale, we will also be including smaller items for sale that would be ideal for christmas presents etc. Hope you can all pop in for a visit because the Aberdulais Falls is a great site (£4 entry) and our exhibition (located in side the grounds of the Falls) should prove interesting in its own right !!
I like to pop to the odd carboot sale and look out for interesting glass to flatten or fuse in my kiln. Here are a few examples of a gin bottle, some Ikea hand blown vases and some sherry glasses that have all had the heat treatment.
The sherry glasses came out well and I set the temperature just right so that the glass part flattened but the base did not, so when I fused them together I could flip them over to stand on the base edges to raise the glass off the table !! Even the colour did not burn out !
A friend asked me to make a simple fused glass cross for a christening and here a two more that I made at the same time, nice presents even if I say so myself.
The glass is Bullseye and I thought a simple blue/pink … boy/girl design would be appropriate, the glass has been fused so that its edges are still prominent and catch the light and I have included three waves horizontally across the design (holy trinity) that suggest the ebb and flow of the challenges we face in life !!
Some more items fresh out of the kiln, and a bit more arty than the functional recent work !
Just a few bits and pieces I have been messing around with – some commercial bowls. I have been trying to get stripes out of my mind but ended up substituting them for squares ! and some random lattice work with large grade cleat frit. You have to love those deep Bullseye glass colours though !!
Time to do some proper glass art soon !!
I was lucky enough to be invited by Bullseye to view the opening night of the Collect 2010, International Art Fait for Contemporary Objects at Saatchi Gallery in Londons, so special thanks to Bullseye (US and UK)
There were some amazing work on display at the Bullseye stand and here are a few publicity photographs (hope I have not missed any one !) of the artists on display
Following a cheeky snowboarding trip to Kuhtai, I was checking my snowboard in and noticed sone sheets of coloured transparent glass hanging from the ceiling and upon close inspection it was obvious the glass was dichroic in nature. It is the first time I have seen such a collection of large sheets of dichroic glass (or glass with dichroic film addded).
Anyway here are a few photos I snapped off on my mobile phome camera
I mainly use Bullseye as my glass of choice for fusing, and after some discussion with Karen at Bullseye UK I have been accepted as a small distributor in UK for Bullseye. Basically I became a bit fed up having to buy on line so I now have a bulk order sitting in my studio that I will use my self and sell to any local glass artists that want to buy some; it is so much more convenient being able to see the glass products before buying them !! My studio is at Llys Glas building (next the the Welsh School of Architecural glass), Studio 3, Llys Glas, Alexandra Road, Swansea.
I will soon be setting up a web site and have already listed some items in an ebay shop http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Glass-Art-by-Ray-Collins__W0QQ_armrsZ1
Just a quick update with a photo of a panel I have at an exhibition called ‘Love Swansea Glass’, located within the city’s National Waterfront Museum is the first of many exhibitions throughout 2010 in celebration of the School’s seventy-fifth anniversary.
I have my glass workshop/studio in a buiding complex called Llys Glas, which includes 7 studios, student accommodation, community art/craft shop, conference & office facilities and a soon to be opened cafe. The buiding is owned by Gwalia (Housing Association) and on Friday 9th October 2009 they had the official opening of the building. It was a great evening with lots of guests, speaches, choir and harpist.
As part of the opening arrangements, we (studio users) were requested to display some of our work and the following photos relate to some of the items I displayed. The other guys also had work on display but I have not yet taken any photos of it.
The guests had a tour of the building and seemed to like what they saw !!
Following a visit to Aberdulais Falls (National Trust site) I had a discussion with the guys working there about the possibility of holding an exhibition in their ‘resource’ room, and after sorting out some details on the practicalities of setting up an exhibit, myself and three other ex Swansea Metropolitan University graduates will be exhibiting glass art from Monday 19th October to Saturday 31st October 2009.
In additional to the exhibited work, some of which will be available for sale, we will also be including smaller items for sale that would be ideal for christmas presents etc.
This is a draft poster for the event. Hope you can all pop in for a visit because the Aberdulais Falls is a great site (£4 entry) and our exhibition (located in side the grounds of the Falls) should prove interesting in its own right !!
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I fused together some float glass with dry enamel sprinkled between the sheets in to a nice slab and then tried bending it over a profiled mould, the result was ok except for it cracking (and re-fusing) during the bend cycle !!! Not too sure why but these things happen. It also devitirifed but I should not really be bending float glass at its devit temp I suppose !
Anyway here it is
I had a weekend (well a Sunday and Monday really) in London and popped in to Sothwark Cathedral, which is well worth a visit.
Here are a few photos of windows that caught my eye that I snapped with my phone and I particularly like the modern commemorative window !
Contemporary glass from Ireland and South West England, at the National Waterfront Museum, Qystermouth Road Swansea SA1 3Rd. tel: 01792 638950. 10am-5pm daily.
It isn’t often we get international glass stars showing in Wales and is well worth seeing
As it suggests, I have been really busy over the last month, still renovating my house (it feels like I am building the Pyramids !!) and I am also moving in to a small studio in a complex that has been developed by ‘Gwalia’ (housing associarion) in the old Swansea central police station on Alexandra Road. the building is ‘multi-use’ and has offices, student accommodation, a cafe and the 7 artists studios of varying sizes. At the moment a few of the smaller units seem to be occupied and the nice thing about it is that there are fantastic communal spaces that I am told will be available for the artists to use to display work etc.
I will post some photos when I get the chance.
I am in the middle of refurbishing a house I own and it is really hard work – roof, walls, plumbing, electrics, floors, bathroom, kitchen – basically everything – so it has kept me away from glass for a while !
But …… as I am doing the work I am keeping all sorts of bits and bobs which I will use for a series of ‘recycled’ glass panels.
The photos below are my first firing trials with some scrap float glass, copper roofing pin and stainless steel expanded metal lath (EML – used as a base for rendering). I did not clean the inclusions and the copper roofing pins had some superficial blackening to it so I need to pre-fire it or burn it with a blow torch (I knew that I would need to do that any way!), the EML fired without any problems.
The panels I intend to make will take cognizance of the building work I am doing, so it will be based upon a bottom sheet with a second layer comprising a ‘random’ paving slab pattern with some of the EML in between, and a third layer in a ‘herringbone’ brick paviors pattern as a third layer with the copper roof pins at the joints. I intend to add some float glass frit and transparent yellow enamel (sprinkled dry between the sheets of glass) and maybe some copper wire maybe.
It will be very structured and patterned and reflect the patterns that we see every day as part of a building – all from waste materials from my house refurb !!
These are a few photos I took with my phone today of some paintings by Ceri Richards because they had a very ‘painterly glass art’ feel to them. Google this artist and you may be pleasantly surprised !
Just some final pictures of the set of 3 bowls after the last slumped small bowl came out of the kiln. I am not sure whether the two small mixed colour (brown.green) bowls goes better with the brown bowl or green bowl?
I have just finished a range of bowls based upon my random width stripe design; the bowl shape is from quite a sculptured mould and is quite sturdy and functional. I also made a few matching smaller bowls but one is still in the kiln at the moment. Some nice sets of 3 again though !!
I really like working with geometrical shapes (must be my engineering background) and have become quite fond of my previous random width striped bowls, luckily actually because the ones I have made are all gone to good homes over christmas. Anyway here are a few more bowls and this time I have used a different shaped mould, and eventually I think I will end up with a series of four sets of blue, green, grey and maybe mauve comprising one bigger bowl 270 mm x 270 mm with two smaller matching bowls about 150mm x 150 mm.
I had a sample piece of quite a nice bit of decorative plaster coving (intended for the ceiling of a house), so I thought I would pop it in the kiln to see what happened when I fired it, so I slapped on a bit of kiln wash and cranked up the kiln but unfortunately at about 350 degrees centigrade it started giving off heavy fumes so i aborted the firing and when I took it out of the kiln it had started to break down, so I now know that there is no short cut in using coving as a mould for slumping and that I have to go through the process of making a mould from the coving – what a shame
Here is a photos of the charred coving !!
This is some glass that I had experimented with by sandwiching a sheet of adhesive backed copper between two sheets of float glass, and because the copper had been stuck down with a few air bubbles still in it, the air expanded and developed in to bubbles and gives quite an interesting effect, I mounted the glass on canvas and backed it with silver leaf as a way of making it a useful piece of wall art !
managed a quick trip to LDA in France for my second love (after glass) – snowboarding – but I recently had surgery on my spine (October 08) so I was being a bit naughty, but here are a few photos of the resort !!
I have just had a stripe day and made a few attractive bowls with Bullseye glass that has a sort of lustre to it, two opaque black glass bowls with purple haze to it, and one larger transparent (blue when held to the light) blue glass bowl with a metallic blue haze to it
Here they are
After a few trips to London and a few visits to the fantastic Koukan gallery I have had a few panels selected for the Christmas Review 2008. I dashed to London to set up four ‘glass on canvas’ panels that really fitted in with te overall exhibition that opens tonight.
Here is the invite
I have been running this blog like a static web page so far, so now I will be posting here as an diary of what I am doing, of any exhibitions I am displaying at or craft fairs that I am attending, or if I put some bargains up for sale on ebay etc. ………………..
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