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Artist Spotlight: Mary Harris

Mary Harris is an artist from Wisconsin. She has a studio called Harris Art Glass. Mary came to my attention once before when she was winner in the Gallery of Excellence Art Competition at the Glass and Bead Show. This year she was a double winner in the same competition at the 2023 Glass and Bead Show. Below are her two winning entries.

Tree of Life

1^st place popular vote

Professional Stained Glass

Under the Cherry Tree

1^st place popular vote

Professional Mosaic

Below is a link to Mary’s website where you can see more of her amazing work. Portfolio | Harris Art Glass Glass Craft & Bead Expo | Las Vegas | Welcome! (glasscraftexpo.com) This is the link where you can go and see the other amazing entries in the Gallery of Excellence. Once you click on it go to the top and click on Gallery of Excellence. Red letters in the white bar.

Posted on September 09, 2023

Janet Parkhurst

Tagged: art & artists, design, mosaic, stained glass

No Bad Luck Here!

BROKEN MIRROR!!? Don’t think of it as seven years bad luck, think of it as an opportunity to be creative. If you are worried about the seven years of bad luck you can bury a piece in the garden and that will stop it. (so I have heard). Here are some ideas for broken mirrors, most of which I got from Fusing 101: Any and Everything You Wanted to know but Were Afraid to Ask.

This from Jane Wimbury. How sweet is that! Another idea is to get Styrofoam balls and make garden balls. Or use an old bowling ball:

Frame the irregular shapes for eclectic mirrors:

Just put it back together roughly for a high interest look. Many of these ideas from dyi. I can see this done with wine corks, as well!

Try your own designs - Good Luck!

Posted on April 29, 2019

Janet Parkhurst

Tagged: bad luck, broken mirror, Category_For Beginners, Category_Mosaics, garden decoration, garden design, good luck, mirrors, mosaic, mosaic mirrors