Recently, my friend Darby (aka A Bourbon Gal) contacted me with a request for artwork for her local elementary school. The problem? Super tight deadline and super small budget. After tossing a few ideas back and forth, we came up with a really great solution. I had a bunch of left over prepared art glass supplies from the Glass Mosaic project earlier in the year. (more…)
Recently I was honored to accept a commission from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. They requested a sculpture that would be presented to a major donor of funds for LEED certification in the new College of Law Building. (more…)
And we’re back with more questions from readers for Q & A Monday. Today’s questions are all about working with crushed recycled glass, or frit. I’ve left out the personal details for privacy, so if one of these questions is yours and you’d like attribution and a back link, please let me know. If you have a burning (melting?) glass question, send it on over. I may even have an answer for you.
Here we are again at another Q & A Monday. Today is all about questions from facebook fans. If you haven’t liked the Glass With a Past page on facebook, you may want to. The updates are shorter and more frequent, and there are often comments from other glass-o-philes with valuable information. Once again, I have omitted personal details for privacy, if one of these questions is yours and you would like attribution and a track back, let me know!
Wouldn’t it be great if you could use any cool thing you find for slumping? Well, maybe not everything, but there are lots of things that CAN be used for slumping, as long as they are prepared correctly. Let’s look at a few examples and consider what we would have to do to successfully use them for slumping. (more…)
Wow, time flies, here we are in April already. I spent last week participating in a grueling Fine Art show called Art & Soup. I was able to show and get lots of good feedback on a new series of recycled pate de verre panels, which I’ll be sharing in the next weeks. But, for now, onward to the Questions and Answers! These are all reader questions that I am reposting here in case anyone else has the same questions. Reader details have been omitted for privacy. If you submitted one of these questions and want attribution and a back link, please let me know.
Once you’ve mastered the art of making your own texture tiles, you can bump things up by adding frits and powders to your design. Armstrong Glass makes a line of float glass compatible frits and powders called Float Fire that work very well with recycled glass. (more…)
