Glass Ferris Wheel

My friend Tom has been working on a project out at the Aquila Glass School and I asked him if I could share pictures of it on my blog - because I think this is just great!!! A glass ferris wheel!!!Here's a closeup of one of the chairs, they rotate freely so as the wheel spins the chairs move.

Taking Pictures of Glass

Taking pictures of glass art can be really tricky. Using natural light really helps get a bright and good looking picture that has true colors... but sometimes the sun is just not shinning when a picture needs to be taken.
These PhotoFlood bulbs are the answer - they provide a really bright light that does not leave a yellow/orange tinge in your pictures. They have a short life span, but they last me years because I simply attach the light fixtures (I use the inexpensive metal hoods from the hardware store) to a power strip and I only turn them on when I am taking a picture. Really they are too bright to leave on while I am fiddling around with my glass to set it up for a picture-perfect pose - so just turn them on when you are ready to hit the trigger on the camera and then turn them back off as I go to set up the next object.

If you live in Portland Oregon these bulbs are available for sale at Sunlan on NE Mississippi

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Up-side-down Tomato Update

Up-side-down Tomato Update:

I have created a folder in my Flickr account of all the pictures as I take them.

Day 29

Here is one of the tomatoes - looking good eh?!

To see how it looked in the beginning: click here

More Photos From Customers

I love this picture - it also just arrived in my email box the box in her lap is the original packaging from shipping - this is literally a shot taken with a cell-phone as this cute recipient opens her package.

Thanks Keeley for the photo!

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Pictures from Customers

I love receiving pictures from my happy customers - its the best! If you own a mobile of mine, and you have some pictures of it - feel free to email them my way! There are many pictures that are viewable on my website... but one day I mean to put together a gallery of pictures that customers have sent me.

Today these arrived in my email box. The Bulloch family home has a beautiful spot for this mobile to dance. The window on the left lets light stream in thru the glass and the window on the right actually leads thru to a bathroom, so you can see the mobile dancing from in that room as well.


Thanks Kathleen!
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cutting circles

I am playing catch-up with circles. Last week I cut a bunch, but my nose was running so much I couldn't bring myself to fire them in the kilns. So this week I am playing catch-up. Its great to feel healthy again, but it sorta feels like the to-do lists are a little nutso.

Collaboration Mobiles

I have been collaborating with another artist friend of mine, Amanda of Bread and Badger. Amanda is an incredible artist and she free-hand etches her designs onto glass. Check out her Etsy store to see more! Shes got a fun blog as well! So... Amanda etched the pieces and I made the mobiles. One is ocean themed and a second mobile is forest themed.

Heres a little video diddy of one dancing.




I really enjoy Amanda's work and it's a great combination, bringing her artwork to life in my mobiles. The first two are now available for sale on Etsy - go check them out!

there is an Ocean Mobile

and a Forest Mobile