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Fusathon: Make glass, eat and win
Published on 2012-05-18 11:09:00
Hey, glasslanders: Just a quick reminder that Fusathon 2012 is TOMORROW! Clear your Saturday because this is going to be FUN! Yup. That's Saturday, 10-2, at the Uroboros glass factory. We'll be... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Art fair, year 3
Published on 2012-05-15 08:09:35
To all artists who make (at least part of) a living doing artfairs: Superpeople. You're superpeople. Your muscles are titanium, your brains are solid gold. I am not in your class. After one... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Grab bag
Published on 2012-04-16 14:28:28
Meltdown Sunday morning, but it took a single laugh to displace me into a Zen-like calm. Or possibly my brain exploded, and this is all that's left. I'm up for either one. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Emergery
Published on 2012-04-10 07:48:14
Carol, Emelia, Amy and I piled into Cherrybaby last night and headed for the Pearl, to see who won the Emerge competition. (Or maybe it's eMerge--Bullseye and I never quite connect on their camel... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Intimate clothing
Published on 2012-04-06 08:00:27
I remember a time when "intimate clothing" meant underwear. Or maybe the lacy stuff you got at a bridal shower that was meant to be ripped off quickly--because if it wasn't it'd itch so much you'd... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
The Savannah life
Published on 2012-04-03 16:42:23
I opened the bedroom door yesterday morning and Lola strolled in, purring ecstatically, wearing my underpants on her head. (Yes, I took pictures and no, you can't see them) I made a mental note to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Reading is believing
Published on 2012-03-30 12:51:08
"I'll have the butter croissant," the man in front of me decides, and the barrista pulls a flaky golden horn out of the bakery case. "No, no," he chides, jabbing a finger at a different row. "Not... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
The Admiral
Published on 2012-03-28 07:38:41
"My wife's Vietnamese, but I love her anyway," he said, so seriously that I couldn't tell if he was joking. The old guy had jogged up to my new house in gymshorts, Nikes and a tank top, skinny as a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Boothmaker, boothmaker, make me a booth (kinda)
Published on 2012-03-15 13:59:49
One nice thing about a glass art blog is that it's read by...(drumroll) ...artists. Especially artists who sell their work at artfairs and such. And that's just who I want to talk to now. If you've... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Finger on the button
Published on 2012-03-09 08:35:02
All I saw were the whites of her eyes, then a pale fist tangled in dark curls. A vague impression of a mouth, split wide in terror, as I slammed on the brakes. The car slewed sideways and then she... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
CT Viet + Thai Bistro (Asian food)
Published on 2012-02-29 08:06:20
So tonight I found our I really DON'T need to look any further than my own back yard. A few blocks down the road there's a typical suburban strip mall with a little Vietnamese place that does... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Offerings on the deck
Published on 2012-02-27 08:11:23
Lordeee, it's a gorgeous day. It's early Saturday morning, the rain has stopped and the fast-moving clouds scoot past the sun, freeing slanty-gold morning light. The backyard's full of it, and a fat... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Tall blonde
Published on 2012-02-24 16:12:20
"Hey, I'd like a Tall Blonde," he said, snickering, "And that one looks pretty good. Just wrap her up and I'll take her to go." Back at the espresso machine, the barristas rolled their eyes. "Yeah,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Coldworking small castings, Part I
Published on 2012-02-23 00:35:46
Q: Is there a better (faster, cheaper) way to coldwork small glass sculptures? A: Yep A BeCon or two ago, Richard Whiteley, head of the Canberra glass school, said that glasswork fresh from the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Coldworking small castings, Part I
Published on 2012-02-23 00:35:46
Q: Is there a better (faster, cheaper) way to coldwork small glass sculptures? A: Yep A BeCon or two ago, Richard Whiteley, head of the Canberra glass school, said that glasswork fresh from the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Casa Naranja
Published on 2012-02-16 13:36:30
Sometimes you want to be treated like a king (or even better, like Lady Gaga). Sometimes you just want a quick burger. And sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. Casa Naranja is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Cutting remarks (cutting glass with a tile saw)
Published on 2012-02-13 10:48:35
It's all in the way you slice it. And the way you slice it is, apparently, profoundly affected by a good blade. Check any glassmaker's forum and you'll probably find someone with glass cutting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Influentiality
Published on 2012-02-04 13:06:57
"WOW!" we said, almost simultaneously, "I didn't know he had work in Traver Gallery!" My friend Becky and I were up in Tacoma, visiting the (what else) glass museum and as usual stopped into Traver... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Rest easy, Ernie
Published on 2012-01-31 13:34:59
Ernie Monstrocat has gone, and my heart is breaking more than a little bit. For those of you who read about Ernie, here or on Brenda Griffith's blog, you know he was a special, special cat. He came... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Glass resources update
Published on 2012-01-07 15:30:13
Hey, folks; I’m in the process of updating my enormous casting resources page and I need your help. I’m adding new categories such as adhesives & sealants, coldworking and casting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
My dozen best iPad business apps
Published on 2011-12-30 06:27:15
Izzy the 'Pad is the first computing device I've ever slept with. Literally. I hate to say it, but she's pretty much changed the way I do stuff. That red leather thing growing out of my left arm?... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Stolen hours, bullies and gloryholes
Published on 2011-12-10 18:09:57
12/10/11. The words of “Save the Country” struck me with almost cosmic force this morning, about the time I was supposed to be judging a kids’ robotics contest. I’ve got fury,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Towels on the floor
Published on 2011-12-09 20:11:53
OK, I'm beginning to look like a doting mamma with home videos, but...I kept finding towels on the floor in the guest bath. Wasn't difficult to figure out who was doing it--not with The Princess Lola... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Locasnob
Published on 2011-12-05 15:32:44
Strolling the Pearl (a favorite occupation I hardly ever get to do these days), I spied a big cast glass sculpture in the window and stopped in to see who made it. "He's from Israel, really talented... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Making a cat gym (AKA “less ugly cat tree”)
Published on 2011-11-28 07:05:11
Savannah kittens make wonderful housemates...if you stay two steps ahead of their inventive little minds. Give them enough "legal" stuff to do, the theory goes, and they won't edit your art... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Creativity lost
Published on 2011-07-04 08:10:48
Can somebody steal your creativity? Just asking because in the last two weeks no less than five people have talked to me about creativity as if it’s a tangible, physical thing. Something that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Deathbed confessions
Published on 2011-07-01 08:08:09
In my youth (well, more youth than I have at present, anyway) the guy I hung out with was about ten years older and very much the baby of his family. We'd meet them all--not a one under 60--for lunch... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Roadfood (Tomaselli’s)
Published on 2011-06-29 08:08:00
"...and I'll have a bottle of the Zinfandel," Brenda decides. "We have Zinfandel?" Rachel, our waitress, says blankly. We give her The Look. It's right there on the menu. "I'm gonna have to talk to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Mary, in purple
Published on 2011-06-27 08:00:29
I never asked her name, and after I'd talked with her awhile I didn't really want to know it. In my mind she'd become Mary, and finding out that her name was really Beth or Linda or Agatha would have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
BeCONica (Best of BeCON 2011)
Published on 2011-06-23 07:47:36
BeCON's over and done, my creativity is stirred, my glassjones are bubbling, and I'm bubbling over with new glassist friends. Here's a wrap-up of my 2011 BeCON reports--but if you don't want to read... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
BeCON 2011, final day
Published on 2011-06-19 08:14:16
The presence of Portland Farmers Market a few yards away might be reason enough to attend BeCon, Bullseye's biannual glass conference, but there are others. I usually gain fresh insights, and the one... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
BeCON 2011, final day
Published on 2011-06-19 08:14:16
The presence of Portland Farmers Market a few yards away might be reason enough to attend BeCon, Bullseye's biannual glass conference, but there are others. I usually gain fresh insights, and the one... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
BeCON 2011, Day 1
Published on 2011-06-18 08:15:49
If yesterday's BeCON was about art vs. craft, today's was about superstars, the rovers who successfully made the trip from glass artist to artist, or who retained an open enough mind to cross into... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi > read more
BeCON 2011, Day 1
Published on 2011-06-18 08:15:49
If yesterday's BeCON was about art vs. craft, today's was about superstars, the rovers who successfully made the trip from glass artist to artist, or who retained an open enough mind to cross into... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi > read more
BeCON 2011, Day 0.5
Published on 2011-06-17 08:00:21
You can generally say three things about the first half-day of Bullseye's BeCON glass conference; It's the world's longest half-day (about 16 hours this time), it involves a lot of hugging, and the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Pregame festivities
Published on 2011-06-16 08:45:50
You know, until this little mousie thing* started going on I never realized that BeCON and d-CON sound very much alike. One, however, is a whole lot more fun than the other, and tonight proved it.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi > read more
Ernie says hi
Published on 2011-06-14 01:45:10
Ernie Monstrocat's mama landed on my doorstep a week ago Thursday, and we're having as much of a blast as it's possible to have...without Ernie. For those of you who don't know, Ernie's a gorgeous... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Crossoverness
Published on 2011-06-13 08:51:29
Glassists are swarming like bees into Portland (AKA "glassland"). I've got a houseful, my friends are equally full up, and we're all getting ready for BeCON, Bullseye's biannual conference on glass... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Eradicating Nate
Published on 2011-06-13 08:17:19
Little tiny bugs do the backstroke around your eyelashes. Microscopic critters eat the toejam off your feet. There are enough things living in you, on you and around you in your house to fill up a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi > read more
iPad apps: My 11 most useful (so far)
Published on 2011-06-06 08:02:48
After a couple of weeks with Izzy the 'Pad I'm still thinking of her as a jumped-up iPhone without the phone. IOW, with the right apps she's actually a pretty useful device. I'm doing the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for f > read more
Izzy the ‘Pad
Published on 2011-05-31 01:21:38
Last winter's dance with pneumonia and bronchitis apparently makes me vulnerable to any bored respiratory nasty looking for action and I found another one last week. I am sooooo ready to stop doing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Fusathon 2011
Published on 2011-05-24 08:41:02
We came, we fused, we laughed. That pretty much sums up this year's Fusathon which, when you think about it, means a pretty good time was had by all. Fusathons, for those of you who don't know, are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
Unrapturously yours
Published on 2011-05-23 08:36:04
Apparently I didn't get raptured, or whatever the term is, on Harold Camping's Judgment Day, May 21, 2011. IOW, I wasn't one of the 200 million pious folk instantly translated to heaven. Or if I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit > read more
Snaked lunch
Published on 2011-05-16 09:36:22
The woman in the ladies' room at work (yes, THAT ladies' room), gave me a curious look as I scrubbed and scrubbed at my sweater. I smiled brightly and looked her straight in the eye. "Snake poop," I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
The bigot
Published on 2011-05-12 08:36:44
“I hate southerners,” the man said over a mouthful of soup, “I’m a northerner, and we take baths. Southerners are always dirty. They stink.” I froze; the whole unbathed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
Cluck cluck
Published on 2011-05-10 08:04:44
“You’re going to raise WHAT????” Tami sputtered, laughing so hard I thought about getting out the defibrillator. “Chickens,” I said, with a great deal of dignity,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f > read more
Show tunes
Published on 2011-05-05 08:08:20
Definition of exhausted: Me. Actually, I'm writing this the day after the Gathering of the Guilds, an artist-owned art fair that I'm told is the largest west of the Mississippi, so you'd think I'd... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Show tunes
Published on 2011-05-05 08:08:20
Definition of exhausted: Me. Actually, I'm writing this the day after the Gathering of the Guilds, an artist-owned art fair that I'm told is the largest west of the Mississippi, so you'd think I'd... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Max: The final farewell
Published on 2011-04-21 08:18:56
I'm a world-class procrastinator, would probably take an Olympic Gold if they gave one for such things. Take, for example, the matter of Max, my ex-Nissan Maxima. Steve-the-mechanic told me that Max... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Quilted glass (the results)
Published on 2011-04-20 01:10:35
Y’all asked for pictures of the glass quilts that my “students” Shelby and Carla made–they look great. I’m still not sure I’d call this a beginning... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full l > read more
Touchable glass
Published on 2011-04-18 08:34:18
Glass may be one of the most untouchable of artforms--its strong relationship with light and color makes it extremely visual anyway, and its fragility and razor-sharp fractures most likely reinforce... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
What’s in a name?
Published on 2011-04-14 18:00:26
"YOU're Cynthia?" she asked, obviously aghast. "You're really not what I pictured a Cynthia would look like." I know exactly what she means. People are supposed to look like their names, and it's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi > read more
Superglue and the shattering of expectations
Published on 2011-04-13 08:05:40
The old folk at the Ace Hardware think I sniff glue. LOTS of glue. They're amazed my brain hasn't exploded. Yet. Maybe I should explain. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Playing in the sandbox
Published on 2011-04-11 08:55:30
Fun little project that's worth investigating, one which started with my urgent need for about 600 glass cabochons. I wanted to get as many cabs as possible out of scrap, so I began cutting up... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website > read more
Els
Published on 2011-04-06 11:46:36
Wonderful artist and really nice person Els VandenEnde died last night. I met her exactly eight times in my entire life and each time she greeted me like a long-lost friend. We corresponded more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website > read more
The painter
Published on 2011-04-04 08:49:37
"Would you like to sit here?" a quavering voice asked. The little breakfast joint--which served an egg- and cheese-filled breakfast guaranteed to explode your arteries--was jammed to the gills, with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Kinda like peanuts
Published on 2011-04-01 07:47:43
Guess what I've been doing in my spare time? Everybody needs a goal, right? I decided mine was to make 600 glass cabochons for a project I have at the end of April. So for the last three or four... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi > read more
The eagle has landed
Published on 2011-03-29 14:13:24
Gee, when they said you should wear a lot of sunscreen to protect against harmful rays, I didn't think they meant FISH... Just read about a lady in Florida who was flattened--literally--by a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website fo > read more
Facelooking
Published on 2011-03-28 09:05:11
Does age/culture/sex make a difference in the way people communicate on Facebook? Can you distinguish those things simply by someone's online posting style? I honestly don't know but I'm beginning... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Mythomatic
Published on 2011-03-22 08:53:32
“You need to invent,” she said, “a mythology.” “A who?” “A mythology. For your pendants,” and she tapped one authoritatively, “You need to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f > read more
Labor-slaving devices
Published on 2011-03-17 12:59:36
The odometer read “4999,” and it was just a tiny bit thrilling: CherryBaby was about to turn 5,000. We edged down the road together…closer, closer…yay! 5,000 miles! And Cherry... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Cookie monstrous
Published on 2011-03-14 08:11:07
"Wanna buy some cookies?" She's standing with her mom at the entrance to the grocery store, snugly bundled against the rain, reminding me that it's Girl Scout cookie season. Stacks and stacks of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit > read more
Zombie ants and the diet peanut butter of death
Published on 2011-03-10 07:02:04
Last weekend the antmind temporarily took over my master bathroom. Thanks to perseverance and enough bugspray to float a battleship, I retook the disputed territory but spring is coming; this is only... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Mom: Please click this right now!
Published on 2011-03-09 06:13:03
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Diamonds and nails
Published on 2011-03-07 16:27:05
"You CHEW nails?" gasped the nail tech, giving my fingers a horror-stricken glare. "How ruined!" "I didn't CHEW them," I protested, a bit sheepishly, "I accidentally ground them. With a diamond... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website > read more
Inventables
Published on 2011-03-04 07:33:26
OK, I've died and gone to heaven: A geek shopping site with more wacky stuff than I can shake a lightsaber at. Charlie (a frequent commenter on this board), forwarded the URL for Inventables with a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
Murrini cane in a kiln: Sandwiches, Part I
Published on 2011-03-02 08:18:01
When does a cane stop being murrini cane and start being pattern bar? Beats me. I can find only two differences. In fact, for many types of murrine you start with a huge pattern bar, then heat and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi > read more
Shelby & Carla make a plate
Published on 2011-02-28 07:17:23
I promised I'd show you what my two Fusing 101 students made in their first class, so here 'tis. Shelby made what's essentially a color map of her favorite place in Monet's beloved Giverny: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ful > read more
Shelby & Carla make a plate
Published on 2011-02-28 07:17:23
I promised I'd show you what my two Fusing 101 students made in their first class, so here 'tis. Shelby made what's essentially a color map of her favorite place in Monet's beloved Giverny: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ful > read more
iGlass
Published on 2011-02-25 02:00:39
Sick again, but finally feeling chipper enough to websurf in an upright position, finding a bunch of new stuff on my favorite glassmaking sites. I usually tell new glassists to start with their glass... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Uwajimaying
Published on 2011-02-21 00:45:26
Saturday. A dragon's flying over the cash register and out in the parking lot the drivers are totally bloody nuts. Must be Uwajimaya. Uwajimaya is the local Japanese grocery/bookstore/wok... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for f > read more
That joy part
Published on 2011-02-16 07:08:50
"I've been dreaming about this at night," Shelby told me excitedly, as we tripped down the stairs to my studio, "This is gonna be soooo coool!" Right then, the joy part of making glass hit... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for > read more
That joy part
Published on 2011-02-16 07:08:50
"I've been dreaming about this at night," Shelby told me excitedly, as we tripped down the stairs to my studio, "This is gonna be soooo coool!" Right then, the joy part of making glass hit... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for > read more
Foot massage
Published on 2011-02-14 07:09:35
The man licked his lips and blinked, "Uhm, do you do just plain foot massages without the pedicure?" "I mean...for gentlemen?" He wore thick black glasses and sported gritty cheeks that had... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website fo > read more
Teardrop
Published on 2011-02-10 08:13:15
The girl’s mascara had run in the pouring rain. She stood there in the Starbucks, looking at nothing in particular, not realizing she was smack-dab in middle of the well-traveled path for order... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Bird flue
Published on 2011-02-07 16:04:35
DISCLAIMER: I swear I am NOT making this up. Swear. "Did you know," said Tami, "That your bird just set off the burglar alarm?" Tami is a friend who also happens to clean my house every couple of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Nate, still
Published on 2011-02-07 12:34:58
Saturday morning I get up, yawn my way down to the living room to play yoga on the Wii and notice that the trap looks a bit odd. This is the Kness TipTrap I'm talking about, I got it as part of my... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Friends who art, art art
Published on 2011-02-07 07:33:40
I blow lightly on the glass wafers, watch them tremble, vibrating the shadowlines. I'm utterly delighted at finding a kinetic dimension to what's been my favorite glass installation for awhile now.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs > read more
Where you find it
Published on 2011-02-04 08:02:40
File this one under “Art vs. Craft.” Or maybe “Appliances.” Ripley’s just announced they’ve acquired a new artwork: A reproduction of Da Vinci’s famous Last... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
Bathroom humor
Published on 2011-02-03 16:31:02
You know, if I ever needed a standup comedy routine, I wouldn't have to look far for material. Between Starbucks and the ladies' bathroom at work, I've got it covered. This morning I'm in a ladies'... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
Nate Bait
Published on 2011-02-02 07:47:28
I set the trap for Nate the Mouse in the living room, and then watched Despicable Me while I worked on murrini. There's probably some deep-seated psychological significance to that, but I refuse to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
Making Nate not
Published on 2011-01-31 07:29:45
I'm at the computer, Nate's in the hazelnut pot, and I'm contemplating the end of our relationship. Nate's end, not the computer's. (Although if Freddie Mac doesn't stop that silly business with the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Hamhocks & beans
Published on 2011-01-28 08:35:43
Supposedly I was gonna get snowed in this weekend, but glassland weathermen being what they are, that didn’t happen. Still, on the off chance they’d made a mistake and were actually... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website > read more
Buster’s Texas-style BBQ
Published on 2011-01-26 08:14:38
YOU try finding an equally inconvenient meeting place for a bunch of people who pretty much nail each corner of the greater Portland metro area. The Oregon Glass Guild's Portland chapter leadership... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
Bullseye’s new catalog
Published on 2011-01-24 07:55:51
Bullseye's new product catalog is out, informative as ever but with my same old (minor) gripe, which I'll get to inna minnit. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Bullseye’s new catalog
Published on 2011-01-24 07:55:51
Bullseye's new product catalog is out, informative as ever but with my same old (minor) gripe, which I'll get to inna minnit. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Kilnformer’s murrini (you can buy)
Published on 2011-01-20 08:04:56
What do you do if you want good-looking, kiln-fusing murrini that you don't have to make yourself? The vast majority of murrini makers are using 104COE (Moretti/Effetre) soft glass, which is NOT... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit > read more
Edible murrini (thanks, Sally)
Published on 2011-01-19 08:16:35
My friend Sally sent a lovely thank-you note in the form of murrini CANDY, as thanks for the murrini tutorials I'm currently wrestling with. Sometimes you wonder how many actual people read these... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit > read more
Verizon + iPhone =Cynthia?
Published on 2011-01-17 08:05:22
So Verizon finally gets the iPhone. Does that mean Cynthia gets the iPhone, too? Maybe not. Or at least, not just yet. If you follow my blog at all, you'll know that I love the iPhone...as anything... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
Beauty break
Published on 2011-01-14 07:58:52
Thought I'd liven up our otherwise humdrum lives with a little shot of beauty. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] > read more
Coaches can cry
Published on 2011-01-12 08:03:58
Glassland is either jubilant or downcast because the Ducks didn’t win on Monday night. The emotional confusion stems from the sadness of losing a championship despite the thrilling honor of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit > read more
Summersnow and Zirpel
Published on 2011-01-10 08:29:01
Legs bright red from the windy-wet cold, she’s walking her dog across the intersection. It’s 28F bloody degrees, and she’s wearing flipflops (with socks), gym shorts and a hoodie. I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Cordcutter
Published on 2011-01-08 07:51:10
“You should see what’s on public TV right now!” my mom said urgently, “Can you get it on your computer?” “Maybe in a couple of days but probably not now,” I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web > read more
Nikolas Weinstein’s flowing, wonderful glass
Published on 2011-01-06 01:52:45
A recent article in Glass Quarterly caught my eye, and I headed over to glass sculptor Nikolas Weinstein’s site to see more…then said “holy cow” for about 15 minutes straight.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we > read more
Making murrini cane in a kiln: Jellyrolls
Published on 2011-01-04 07:04:30
Last time around, I talked about murrini cane, and the most obvious way to make them in the kiln: A murrini rod mold, AKA “rodpod.” As I’ve said, I’m not pretending that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website > read more