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So I really did it! After months of saying, “I’m so going to do that”, I finally got off my butt and did it.
“Did What?” you ask.
I joined Public Glass and started making fused and slumped glass in the warm shop there. I signed up for a full membership including unlimited use of the workshop, storage space, and a fixed number of kiln runs per month. So now I have “My Studio” (as I like to call it when I’m feeling pretentious) to run away to several times a well and just play in a purely creative arena for a while.
This all started last September when
smiley_kiley invited me to join him in a 5-week glass fusing & slumping course he had signed up for ( see post). It had always been in the back of my mind to do and then we had a blast together. I decided I didn’t want the fun to end.
I am going to try to use LiveJournal as a means to keep track of my activities, projects, and process. I am happy to have people follow along if it interests them. If, on the other hand, you find this re-purposed journal dull as dishwater, I will take absolutely no offense if you “un-friend” it. It’s really just meant to archive my activities and give me some sense of the Forest for the Trees.
Just a little 411 on Public Glass. It is a non-profit organization with facilities in the Bay View area of San Francisco, just off Third Street. The primarily provide the space and the materials for the Hot Shop (glass blowing), Warm Shop (Fusing, Slumping, Kiln Forming, and Flame Work), and Cold Shop (Grinding, blasting, cutting, drilling, and finishing cold glass). Aside for providing permanent space for serious artists and hobbyists, they offer classes, workshops, and other special events for the general public.
About once every 8 weeks, they host “Hot Glass Cold Beer”. The artists create a table full of one-of-a-kind glass art drinking mugs and glasses. For $25 you pick your favorite one up off the table and they keep it full of beer, wine or soft drinks all night. Typically they have glass blowing demonstrations and other artists are showing their work, often for sale. Live music and snacks are also usually on the agenda. The next one is tonight. May 16th from 6pm-10pm. Keep your eye on www.publicglass.org for future events. It’s a ton of fun.
On May 30th, they will be hosting their big annual benefit, “Keep Us Hot” or KUSH for short. It runs from 4:30p - 7:00p at the First Unitarian Universalist Society on the corner of Franklin and Geary streets in San Francisco. Again, they will serve beer/wine/soft drinks and will offer both food and live music. Tons of original glass art works will be on display and auctioned off with both a live and a silent auction. Come on out and enjoy the fun!
Okay, enough of the public service announcement. I’m getting to work now. I can’t wait to see what happens next…
“Did What?” you ask.
I joined Public Glass and started making fused and slumped glass in the warm shop there. I signed up for a full membership including unlimited use of the workshop, storage space, and a fixed number of kiln runs per month. So now I have “My Studio” (as I like to call it when I’m feeling pretentious) to run away to several times a well and just play in a purely creative arena for a while.
This all started last September when
smiley_kiley invited me to join him in a 5-week glass fusing & slumping course he had signed up for ( see post). It had always been in the back of my mind to do and then we had a blast together. I decided I didn’t want the fun to end.
I am going to try to use LiveJournal as a means to keep track of my activities, projects, and process. I am happy to have people follow along if it interests them. If, on the other hand, you find this re-purposed journal dull as dishwater, I will take absolutely no offense if you “un-friend” it. It’s really just meant to archive my activities and give me some sense of the Forest for the Trees.
Just a little 411 on Public Glass. It is a non-profit organization with facilities in the Bay View area of San Francisco, just off Third Street. The primarily provide the space and the materials for the Hot Shop (glass blowing), Warm Shop (Fusing, Slumping, Kiln Forming, and Flame Work), and Cold Shop (Grinding, blasting, cutting, drilling, and finishing cold glass). Aside for providing permanent space for serious artists and hobbyists, they offer classes, workshops, and other special events for the general public.
About once every 8 weeks, they host “Hot Glass Cold Beer”. The artists create a table full of one-of-a-kind glass art drinking mugs and glasses. For $25 you pick your favorite one up off the table and they keep it full of beer, wine or soft drinks all night. Typically they have glass blowing demonstrations and other artists are showing their work, often for sale. Live music and snacks are also usually on the agenda. The next one is tonight. May 16th from 6pm-10pm. Keep your eye on www.publicglass.org for future events. It’s a ton of fun.
On May 30th, they will be hosting their big annual benefit, “Keep Us Hot” or KUSH for short. It runs from 4:30p - 7:00p at the First Unitarian Universalist Society on the corner of Franklin and Geary streets in San Francisco. Again, they will serve beer/wine/soft drinks and will offer both food and live music. Tons of original glass art works will be on display and auctioned off with both a live and a silent auction. Come on out and enjoy the fun!
Okay, enough of the public service announcement. I’m getting to work now. I can’t wait to see what happens next…