Glassworks: memories of creativity

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday night!

It's been a cool minute since I wrote anything here, and I suppose that stepping away from a hobby or even an avocation can remind us precisely why we chose that outlet in the first place. (More on that later.)

When I was in Oregon, visiting my parents, my sister, mom and I came across an art gallery. There were all kinds of interesting mediums, including watercolour and ceramic works. But what really caught my eye and got me dreaming again was the glasswork. I've never seen some of the styles before, and it was fun to conjecture on how they were made. Here are some of them that I really liked.  

A curved glass plate next to a ceramic work

deep blue

Amber light

This one was really fascinating to me. It seems it's a plate of clear class and a white one as well, with slender chunks of glass in brown, streamers of black and yellow, green, blue and a little red frit (glass that has been ground down to sand). They all work together to create the image of trees. What a fun way to paint!

I shared a little of my glasswork in the past, here on blogger in my Unity post. I have also done a little non-fusion work. I made a stain glass panel with lead, and a few other fusion pieces that I haven't posted as of yet. Seeing the other artists' pieces gave me the itch to work with my hands to create something fun and colourful. I have to look around and see if there are glass studios in my area, or at least glass kilns.

Is there something you haven't done in a long time that you'd like to start up again?

;) If so, get to dreamin', friend! I encourage you to go for it!


Happy Saturday night, everyone! Hope you have a good night and a great tomorrow!