How better to welcome Spring than with a look forward to the glorious days to come! First, I cut out an orange butterfly, then decided it needed a flower. There were some options in my stock for reds for the poppy but when I pulled out THIS red, everything changed. The attention really needed to be on the poppy so I set aside the butterfly and created a simple dragonfly using a chandelier crystal for the body and a tiny bead for the head. The background glass was my last remaining piece of green-on-green fracture streamer which has not been produced for at least five years. This is now available at Galerie Old Chelsea. The butterfly will have to wait for another day to alight on his flower.
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The sun yesterday morning provided perfect lighting as I set up my 'waving hello window' to greet visitors arriving at the Galerie as we get ready to welcome Spring. My passion for capturing the gentle flow and movement of waves continues. The intense oranges in 'Blazing' merited a window of it's own and captures the closed patio of Restaurant Les Fougères covered in snow. What colour should I make next?
I found a piece of goose glass in my stock of 'precious glass' and created another Benjamin Chee Chee style goose - this one is called Tiny Feet. Then I borrowed a design created by my sister over 20 years ago, simplified it (which did NOT make it easier to cut!) , and used some exotic youghi glass to convey the complex dynamics of relationships between sisters. Both pieces are available for purchase at Galerie Old Chelsea. Taking a short break but will be back in my workshop in early December. I just need to find time in my evenings to update my blog!
All the excitement about Northern Lights this fall led me to create more in my "A Look North" series. These really are fun to make - like snowflakes - no two the same. Most are now available at Galerie Old Chelsea.
Two clear-textured pieces. The one on the left is in a modern black frame and was made as a privacy screen for my bedroom. It was so much fun to make that I had to create a second one which is now available for sale at Galerie Old Chelsea. Clear textures allow in all of the light and draw in the seasonal color changes throughout the year.
Just in time for the Studio Tour weekends in Chelsea-Wakefield, these Hearts For Windows # 140-147 are now available at Galerie Old Chelsea. I am at the Galerie today and will be here again on Sunday, October 2nd.
Sometimes, I need to make one for myself. This piece is now happily installed in my bedroom at home and will not be sold. It reflects my love of clear textures combined with some unique heritage glass and will change the colours it reflects from outside based on the seasonal colours and the sky.
Peace was a theme that touched all of our lives throughout the summer. It was technically challenging but a lot of fun creating the old-school peace signs. All of these pieces are now available at Galerie Old Chelsea.
"A Vow" came with me to the Galerie Old Cheslea this week to be installed. It was a beautiful sunny day and and I had a pair of spare hands for a while so we experimented, holding it in front of different paintings to see how the clear, textured glass picks up and refracts colors from the background. These images really show how versatile the clear textures are. They draw in the color from outside. If the window faces nature, the panel will change with each season. If the window faces a street, it will pick up light from any source - near-by back-lit signs, the neighbors Christmas lights, changing streetlights and car lights.
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