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Jun
30
GroovyGlassGirl & Sincerely
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June 30th, 2008 by groovyglassgirl
I recently stumbled upon Amy Westover’s (sincerely.etsy.com) crazy de-stash sale and purchased a nice little assortment of her glass cabochons. I had so much fun playing with her glass! This would be a fantastic way to get through a creative rut for artists working in any medium…..buy a few supplies from a fellow artist and use them in your own way. I’ve always admired Amy’s work and I was really excited to combine her’s with mine. It made me work extra hard to come up with something really sweet, since I didn’t want to dissapoint Amy with my finished designs. (I hope she isn’t!) I have completed 5 designs and I’ve still got lots more cabs to play with so I’m sure there will be more to share later on.
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Jun
27
EGA Collections - Good Things In Small Packages
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June 27th, 2008 by Shoozles
It’s true good things do come in small packages. With one purchase you can get a sample of 8 artists work.
The Etsy Glass Artists (EGA) have put together a selection of sample sets for our summer promotion, a celebration of all things glass. Each collection will include 8 pieces. By one of 12 artists. The collections are composed of jewelry, gifts and designing components. Priced well below their value, it is a wonderful way to try out a variety of glass pieces. Shipping is included in the price of the EGA Collection and each participating artist has a different collection so be sure to check them all out.
The members participating are as follows:
http://www.studiomarcy.etsy.com
http://www.paulasstressart.etsy.com
http://www.shoozles.etsy.com
http://www.dogmawglass.etsy.com
http://www.chickadeebeads.etsy.com
http://www.groovyglassgirl.etsy.com
http://www.rwillisglassartist.etsy.com
http://www.monkeyblues.etsy.com
http://www.protege.etsy.com
http://www.flamekist.etsy.com
http://www.mycabincreations.etsy.com
http://www.susansheehan.etsy.com
To see all of the collections available search for “egacollection” or “egacollections”
EGA would like to thank Susan Sheehan for all her hard work putting the glass collections together and organizing this project.
Stumble it!
Apr
21
Killing two birds with one Triffid
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April 21st, 2008 by flamekist
So far, this spring has been one of those crazy-busy times for me this year. I really enjoy participating in art challenges/contests mostly because they tend to push me outside my comfort zone that I all-too-often find myself locked into. I actually enjoy working outside that comfort zone; I just never go there voluntarily. I always need that extra added push to get me there. Well, recently I got involved with a challenge and a contest, neither of which I wanted to pass up!
The Challenge
This would be the Etsy Glass Artist’s Monthly Challenge. This time the theme was Rebirth, and with my Spring Fever kicking into high gear I had all sorts of ideas churning through my head. I just needed focus on one and give it that something extra to really make it different and have it stand out.
The Contest
The contest comes from a webcomic that I read called Friendly Hostility. The artist, K. Sandra Fuhr, was celebrating her 500th comic strip by having the contest. Entries could be in any medium. Sketches, paintings, sculpture, food, short stories, music, or anything else you could think of. It could be entered as long as it had something to do with the comic and there were plenty of characters, situations, and stories to be picked from.
The Solution
As my partner knows all-too-well, I really enjoy watching those old campy sci-fi/horror films from the 50’s and 60’s. As it turns out, there was a brief resurgence of them on TV during the recent writer’s strike. Late one night when I couldn’t sleep I caught the end of one of my favorites from when I was a kid (and damn near made me pee my pants at the time!) called Day Of The Triffids. It was a beautiful story about all mankind going blind while watching a nearby comet and a herd of mad scientist’s walking man-eating plants called Triffids escaping and feasting on the newly-blinded population.
As it turns out, Friendly Hostility has a Triffid in it as well. This one isn’t the vicious man-eater like in the movie. It’s still young and small and everyone thinks it’s cute despite the fact that they all know that one day it’ll turn into 7’ tall ravenous man-eater. Currently it gets taken for walks in the park where I’m sure it eats birds, squirrels, and unattended small pets.
Making a glass Triffid would be a real challenge for me. I only had a few black & white sketches from the comic to go by and I had never really done glass sculpture before. I began by creating all the individual components I would need. I ended up making 22 leaves, 3 legs, 3 branches, 1 stem, 1 flower, and 1 tongue. Then I realized that once I started putting it all together, it wouldn’t fit in my kiln! So I ended up buying some torch time at a local glass shop called Flametree Glass so I could assemble everything there and pop it into one of their much larger kilns. Assembling took longer than I thought, and the weight of all that glass was starting to kill my wrist! The entire time I’m putting it all together there were countless pops and cracks I had to repair as they occurred (assuming I could find them!).
Despite a few setbacks and a lot of frustration, the Triffid finally got done! I submitted it to both the contest and the challenge. If it weren’t for both the contest and the challenge, I don’t think the Triffid sculpture would have happened. I would have probably never ventured onto new territory like this. Oh yeah, the results? The people at EGA challenge loved the Triffid. The point of the challenge is to force people to explore their creative imagination and talent, and that’s certainly what I did here. At the Friendly Hostility contest, I ended up with first place! Links ‘n Stuff: Filed Under Member News | Leave a Comment OK - I was watching the old Tom Sellek movie “Three Men and a Baby” the other evening and was inspired to make a series of ten stained glass panels. Please don’t ask me how watching that corny movie about three bachelors and a baby gave me inspiration for circles of stained glass because I couldn’t answer you. I’m just running with the inspiration and I’ll see where it takes me. Using only three lines and a circle I’ve been playing with patterns, colors, textures
Friendly Hostility’s not your thing? Try Sandra’s other webcomic, 5ideways! Stumble it!
Apr
20
A Series of Ten Panel - Three Lines and a Circle
April 20th, 2008 by vickileigh
