POWERFUL FORCES OF NATURE
By Janet Parkhurst
I just love this piece from the Glass Craft and Bead Expo. The women represent Earth, Wind, Fire and Water. I love the symbolism, I love that Bonnie used women...
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A THOUSAND CRANES
By Janet Parkhurst
A THOUSAND CRANES Info from Glass Art Magazine, Wikipedia and Philly Voicee Japanese legend is that if you fold 1000 cranes you will be granted a wish by the gods....
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Tiffany Panel from the Richard Mellon Home.
By Janet Parkhurst
1908 I am a fan of the Morse Museum. The Morse is in the college town of Winter Park, Fl. They have an extensive collection of Tiffany artwork. This is...
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KEVIN’S PYRAMIDS
By Janet Parkhurst
All this info comes from the Epilepsy Foundation site and note that the pyramids rights are protected. I never had the privilege of knowing Kevin, but I know his mom,...
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Artist Spotlight: Mary Harris
By Janet Parkhurst
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...
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Sometimes You Just Want to Keep Looking
By Janet Parkhurst
This is the 2022 1st place winter in the CBS Dichroic by Design Contest The artist is Jackie MacDonald of New Zealand This piece is called “Memories of Christchurch. 2022...
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THE ART OF RESTORING GLASS
By Janet Parkhurst
One of the very exciting things we get to do in this industry is to restore windows. These are generally from churches, and they are usually over 100 years old....
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A Trip to the Morse
By Janet Parkhurst
I recently visited The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum. It was my third trip, so that tells you something. The bonus was that I took my adult daughter, Soo, and she...
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Featured Artist-Remembering Fred Tenenbaum
By Janet Parkhurst
A friend of mine on Facebook posted this a picture of sandblasted panel that is in his home. He said “do any of you remember the glass artist from Canaan,...
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SCRAP GLASS INSPIRATION FOR EVERY MONTH!
By Janet Parkhurst
ARTEveryone is always asking what to do with scrap glass. January Make a pot melt. This is from GrandRidge Glass February Make a heart. Put a magnet on the back...
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Featured Artist - SILVIA "LILLA" TABASSO
By Janet Parkhurst
This artist was born in Milan. This is a self-trained artist, influenced by the bead makers in Venice. Her work is a page stopper. If you are flipping through a...
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