(This post was updated late Thursday evening.)

I am in the first session – Susan Longini is talking about how (and why) she chooses to make large-scale work from small pieces.

Some of the things she’s talking about:

- the importance of the negative space between the elements.

- the “reconfigurability” of work created this way – ability to make one installation work in different spaces by changing how it is arranged.

If you’ve never seen her work, here’s an example from her “Vase Analogy Series”.  This is a photo of a slide show – for a much better look at he wonderful work visit her site here: http://www.susanlongini.com/

Below is Susan demonstrating some of her techniques for making her glass leaves.

Almost all of her work is tack fused (1275-1325) Bullseye #1 frit with custom blends of powder.

The best quote from Susan’s presentation:  “I’m scared of shiney.”