One of the things they teach here is neon.
The neon session that ended just before I arrived had to complete a group collaboration as their final project. They decided to do an “animated” neon of Michael Jackson moonwalking.
That may not seem suprising given the events and extraordinary news coverage over the [...]
Today was the first full day of the residency. I’m having a hard time reconciling all that was accomplished with the fact that we’ve only spent one full day in the studio.
It helps when you start your day at 7 AM and finish after 11 PM (though the studio is actually open 24 [...]
Tall, tall trees. The smell of pine. Air that actually seems to taste good when you breath. And the most incredible glass studio that I have ever seen.
And a view of Puget Sound.
I’m never leaving.
Airplane: 12,000 feet. Mt. Rainier 14,000 feet.
Watch this space for blogging from Pilchuck starting Sunday.
Read about Pilchuck on Wikipedia.
I’m headed out to the airport soon. This has been both an educational and inspiring week. And it has been huge fun.
For my blog readers in Texas, just a early heads-up that I’ll have lots of slides and more this coming Fusing Friday. I’ll include what I learned at Richard Whiteley’s “multi-point annealing”. I can [...]
Helen Stokes has developed am ingenious technique for creating plaster silica mold with less weight, more strength and easier annealing vs solid molds.
I have always admired Silvia Levenson’s work – but today’s lecture and slide show really hit home for me how important and talented she is as an artist. I’ve tried to think of another artist working in glass whose work has the potential to change the viewer – not only at the moment when they stand in [...]
Kirstie provided a nice history of her work, discussing the things that have distracted her from making much new work in recent years.
That is changing and the change is welcome – I have long been a fan of her simple forms, her use of gradient color (visible in much of her “tine” themed work and [...]
Here you go Lani
