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Glassmaking: Morganica (Cynthia Morgan) demonstrates the technical and creative challenges of making art using glass through fused glass, coldworking, and experimentation. Primarily focused on the casting of glass, including pate de verre and reservoir casting, she also discusses less-used kinformed glass techniques such as tack-fusing, kilncarving, and pattern-bar development.

26 07, 2008

Selling babies

2015-11-07T16:18:51-08:00

First of all, I’ve never really thought of myself as sentimentalist. Sure, I sometimes sob at tearjerker chickflicks. And a cracking good animation or a sublimely elegant algorithm or hardware that really IS “plug and play” or somebody just being nice for no good reason or truly amazing or content-rich art invariably results in leaky optics. And maybe I get a little misty [...]

Selling babies2015-11-07T16:18:51-08:00
14 07, 2008

Creative process, part I

2017-10-07T17:40:21-07:00

Spent hours at GAS (the Glass Art Society conference) last month asking glass artists how they create–not the technical part so much as the inspiration and content part–and was kind of surprised at what came out of my very unscientific survey. Most appeared rather surprised by the question, clearly hadn’t considered WHY they do what they do, and had a lot of [...]

Creative process, part I2017-10-07T17:40:21-07:00
10 07, 2008

All hail fiberglass! (Boybubbles)

2016-05-16T13:45:01-07:00

  This week I have two great big thank yous: One to Bob Heath, who kindly loaned me the use of his kiln when mine croaked, and one to the guy that invented fiberglass. THANK YOU […]

All hail fiberglass! (Boybubbles)2016-05-16T13:45:01-07:00
5 07, 2008

Demo de verre

2017-07-17T04:48:25-07:00

Wow. THAT was fun. Spent the afternoon demonstrating pate de verre techniques at Portland’s Museum of Contemporary Craft, and enjoyed myself thoroughly. Part of the museum’s month of glass, it’s sponsored by the Oregon Glass Guild. Supercompetent Bob Heath (president of the Portland chapter), played assistant the whole time which made a LOT less work for me (thanks, Bob). [...]

Demo de verre2017-07-17T04:48:25-07:00
26 06, 2008

Process, art and labels

2015-11-07T16:18:52-08:00

If you ran into me at the Portland Art Museum on GAS conference opening night, you would have seen me sporting a T-shirt admonishing glassists who use the term “warmglass” to describe “kilnforming.” (Incredibly nice-looking T-shirt, BTW, so many thanks to Ted for sending one my way) The T-shirt went with the really wonderful Klaus Moje retrospective at the museum, [...]

Process, art and labels2015-11-07T16:18:52-08:00
22 06, 2008

Getting GASsed, finale

2016-05-15T15:52:47-07:00

I wonder if there's a word for "beyond exhausted?" I'm certain there are words for "beyond contented." Pleased. Delighted. Charmed. Enchanted. Yep, those work. So...the Portland 2008 Glass Art Society conference (mostly) ended last night, and I'm pleased, enchanted and plumb wore out. Learned a great deal, got all kinds of energizing ideas for new work and validation (or redirection) [...]

Getting GASsed, finale2016-05-15T15:52:47-07:00
19 06, 2008

Getting GASsed, Day 1

2020-06-21T13:37:31-07:00

Whew. Long, fun day at the Glass Art Society’s Portland 2008 conference, an impressive opening day. Some great talks and demos, still meeting old friends and discovering new ones. Inspiration abounded, but I have to admit that the technical exhibits held the day for me. I love having this many manufacturers in one room, ready to solve my problems. The [...]

Getting GASsed, Day 12020-06-21T13:37:31-07:00
18 06, 2008

Getting GASsed, day 0.5

2016-05-15T15:50:44-07:00

Pre-conference day at GAS, and it was a GAS. Unless you’d signed up for studio tours or somesuch, all there was to do today was register at the Portland Hilton (and if you’re a volunteer, wend your way to my table to check in), and see who’d already showed up. Well, that and–if you were among the select few who [...]

Getting GASsed, day 0.52016-05-15T15:50:44-07:00
27 04, 2008

Glassist’s birthday cake: A recipe

2015-02-03T11:43:01-08:00

Serves 12... if you can find the plates Blow the dust off your old recipe box and pull out that superb three-years-in-development recipe for your award-winning Triple-Chocoholic cake. No recipe. Recall the time you were late for the hotshop, needed a couple of index cards to line up colored powder on the marver like cocaine on a mirror, and the [...]

Glassist’s birthday cake: A recipe2015-02-03T11:43:01-08:00
19 04, 2008

Whole lotta stackin’ goin’ on. (ChevronBowl)

2016-05-14T22:39:19-07:00

I know I said that I was off writing about glass projects for awhile (seeing as how I'm revamping the studio and swamped with dayjob stuff), but I just noticed that seven of the last eight posts were about restaurants. While that speaks well for my social life (I suppose), it does seem a bit lopsided. So, while I'm getting [...]

Whole lotta stackin’ goin’ on. (ChevronBowl)2016-05-14T22:39:19-07:00
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