Well, this is something I never thought I'd say (since I don't really consider myself a traditional artist), but I'm having some of my work included in an art show!

The studio where I do stained glass is being featured at our local First Friday Art Walk this week, and I was asked to submit one or two of mine. I'm actually pretty excited! ( ( Read more... )

Because you can never have too many good things in your life, and because we tend to overlook the good stuff far too often, here, in no particular order (and for no other reason than I felt like it), are 101 things that make my life awesome! I was surprised by how short a time it took me to list them all. (The best part was I probably could have ( Read more... )

I didn't get the opportunity to post on this the other day, but I took a little impromptu trip to New York City on Thursday to see the windows for which my stained glass instructor had been commissioned. The windows are currently displayed on the front of the Forward Building on East Broadway, which once housed the Jewish Daily Forward newspaper ( Read more... )

Firstly, I'd like to wish a wonderful day to any of my friends who celebrate Boxing Day, Kwanzaa (which begins today) or St. Stephen's Day. As the holiday season continues, I extend my best to everyone. *hugs ( Read more... )

I got a bit of a surprise this evening when I went to stained glass (my first evening back since my brother's visit): I've got a commissioned piece. It will be my first paying job ( Read more... )

I haven't posted anything stained glass-related in a long while. I was going through some of my archived posts and I couldn't believe I hadn't done this one yet. It's not only one of my favorites, but it's also the project that took the longest -- 9 months (though keep in mind I only do this once a week ( Read more... )

Yay, an update! (Now that I finally have something to say!) And a new piece of stained glass to share!

Actually, I'd been looking forward to posting this for a while. (Since this one took a long time, and a great deal of effort, to make.) I've always had a great love for the novel Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes. So, some time ago, I made ( Read more... )

And now some spam of a different type. It's been a while since I posted one of these, but I'm almost finished with my latest glass project and I thought I'd like to start posting pictures of them again ( Read more... )

I haven't posted any pics of my stained glass projects in ages . (At least not since I mourned the woeful breaking of my favorite votive.) However, since I'm nearly finished with my latest project, I felt the need to start displaying photos again. This is one of my personal favorites ( Read more... )

Woe to me this morning as I brought forth catastrophe upon one of my glass creations.

Last year, the Sensei and I made about 150 of these candle votives for his daughter's (my best friend's) wedding. He had the blue ones placed in sets of three on each of the tables at the reception, as well as lining the windowsills of the hallway leading into ( Read more... )