I have been busy organizing, configuring and creating art work – lampworking glass beads, kiln fusing small plates, learning entry level glass blowing, and tumbling some rocks. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on the organizing stuff, and will be happy to have more time to focus on what designing and creating.

The glass blowing is a relatively new thing for me – my only previous experience was a single afternoon class taken several years back, where I made 6 tree ornaments (a pair of which are shown on the webpage). I’m currently 3/4 of the way through a glass blowing class offered by Art By Fire, a local glassblowing shop in Issaquah. On the first three nights we made flowers, segmented worms; tree ornaments, drinking glasses; and a vase. The last night we will be making paper weights. The vase was annealing in the kiln there at Art By Fire through yesterday, and I will pick it up early next week.

Pictures, you say? Where are the pictures? I do have some, but need to take the time to drop them down in size from 10 megapixels each. As soon as that’s done, I’ll get them posted on the website, with perhaps a few teasers here on the blog.