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Monday, February 22, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Hair Stylists Get Colorful and Creative Outside the Salon :: Fused Glass Pendant Mini-Class
As soon as my students breezed in the door of Sassy Glass Studio on Friday night for a Fused Glass Pendant Mini-Class I knew it was going to be a fun evening. Amy had just had her super chic short hair colored with a combination of magenta and orange and Kira was a super funky sweetheart with eyeglasses I wish I were bold enough to wear. We were off to a super creative start when I found out Kira was responsible for Amy's colorful tresses. These two beautiful ladies are hair stylists at Vibe: A Belleza Salon located at 5042 Kingston Pike in Bearden and they were looking to try their hand at something creative outside the salon that didn't involve hair.
This was the first time I had taught a mini-class and it was difficult for me to keep from spending too much time educating them in depth about glass, kilns, techniques, equipment and tools. I love to teach and my usual Beginner Fused Glass Class is taught in two four-hour classes giving me ample time for show-and-tell so the two-hour format of the mini-class meant I had to tailor my instruction to the information necessary for the students to create two fused glass pendants of their own design within the allotted time.
Once Amy and Kira felt confident in their cutting skills they chose the glass to create their pendants and began assembling them. Their color choices were bold! Here are the pendants before they were placed in the kiln for firing.
It was so much fun for me to chat with Amy and Kira as they busily assembled the colorful pieces of glass that would become their unique pendants. Seeing the colors and designs that other people come up with is very inspiring for me. Most of the pendants I create are 'safe' designs created with 'safe' colors that I feel confident someone will purchase through my Etsy shop or at an art show. It's hard for me to know exactly what a customer will be looking for, which is why I love custom creations created with customer input so much. These ladies incoporated colors and types of glass into their pendants that I typically don't because they aren't 'safe' options. I loved their color choices and designs! Here is what their pendants looked when I took them out of the kiln the following day. I will adhere the bails to their pendants and deliver them to Vibe, but they were given the option to come by and do it themselves in case they really wanted to do it all by themselves.
Want to learn how to create your own fused glass goodness? Click here for more information on the Beginner Fused Glass Class. The Fused Glass Pendant Mini-Class is not listed on the blog as it is only offered as a specialty class. The mini-class cost is $50 per person and each student has to opportunity to create two pendants of their own design. Classes are perfect for getting together with your girlfriends or family members and the Mini-Class is a great way to begin a Girl's Night Out. Contact me with questions about classes or to schedule.
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Hamming it up with the tools of my trade...the equivalent of scissors
This was the first time I had taught a mini-class and it was difficult for me to keep from spending too much time educating them in depth about glass, kilns, techniques, equipment and tools. I love to teach and my usual Beginner Fused Glass Class is taught in two four-hour classes giving me ample time for show-and-tell so the two-hour format of the mini-class meant I had to tailor my instruction to the information necessary for the students to create two fused glass pendants of their own design within the allotted time.
Once Amy and Kira felt confident in their cutting skills they chose the glass to create their pendants and began assembling them. Their color choices were bold! Here are the pendants before they were placed in the kiln for firing.
It was so much fun for me to chat with Amy and Kira as they busily assembled the colorful pieces of glass that would become their unique pendants. Seeing the colors and designs that other people come up with is very inspiring for me. Most of the pendants I create are 'safe' designs created with 'safe' colors that I feel confident someone will purchase through my Etsy shop or at an art show. It's hard for me to know exactly what a customer will be looking for, which is why I love custom creations created with customer input so much. These ladies incoporated colors and types of glass into their pendants that I typically don't because they aren't 'safe' options. I loved their color choices and designs! Here is what their pendants looked when I took them out of the kiln the following day. I will adhere the bails to their pendants and deliver them to Vibe, but they were given the option to come by and do it themselves in case they really wanted to do it all by themselves.
Want to learn how to create your own fused glass goodness? Click here for more information on the Beginner Fused Glass Class. The Fused Glass Pendant Mini-Class is not listed on the blog as it is only offered as a specialty class. The mini-class cost is $50 per person and each student has to opportunity to create two pendants of their own design. Classes are perfect for getting together with your girlfriends or family members and the Mini-Class is a great way to begin a Girl's Night Out. Contact me with questions about classes or to schedule.
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Happy Valentine's Daytona 500!
Sassy Glass Studio has been very busy creating lots of fused glass goodness and even managing to squeeze in teaching a fused glass pendant mini-class the night before Valentine's Day. During the class I asked the students how they would be celebrating Valentine's Day and I received one eye roll and one fit of laughter. That's when I knew I wasn't alone.
Lots of folks don't like all the hype about Valentine's Day and I am one of them. It's never been a holiday I have actively celebrated. My dislike probably stems from the time in high school I received delivery of a dozen long-stemmed red roses while mucking out stalls in the barn. The roses were from a very shy boy in my high school art class and I think I broke his heart. I came across a photo recently from that day taken as I walked out of the barn with the box and it made me realize how stressful and emotionally draining Valentine's Day can be for many of us. So whether you love Valentine's Day or not, or have someone to celebrate it with or not, I have a suggestion for the perfect way to spend the day. I have dubbed this February 14th, Happy Valentine's Daytona 500. If you don't get it at first repeat it and then you will. It's like one of those before and after puzzles on Wheel of Fortune. Please don't tell me you don't watch Wheel of Fortune!
Yes, it's true. Not only am I not expecting a box of chocolates or a dozen roses tomorrow, I love NASCAR. So instead of having an emotionally draining day, join me and Allan while we kick back with a couple of cold ones, some nacho chips and salsa and watch the Daytona 500!
Lots of folks don't like all the hype about Valentine's Day and I am one of them. It's never been a holiday I have actively celebrated. My dislike probably stems from the time in high school I received delivery of a dozen long-stemmed red roses while mucking out stalls in the barn. The roses were from a very shy boy in my high school art class and I think I broke his heart. I came across a photo recently from that day taken as I walked out of the barn with the box and it made me realize how stressful and emotionally draining Valentine's Day can be for many of us. So whether you love Valentine's Day or not, or have someone to celebrate it with or not, I have a suggestion for the perfect way to spend the day. I have dubbed this February 14th, Happy Valentine's Daytona 500. If you don't get it at first repeat it and then you will. It's like one of those before and after puzzles on Wheel of Fortune. Please don't tell me you don't watch Wheel of Fortune!
Yes, it's true. Not only am I not expecting a box of chocolates or a dozen roses tomorrow, I love NASCAR. So instead of having an emotionally draining day, join me and Allan while we kick back with a couple of cold ones, some nacho chips and salsa and watch the Daytona 500!
Monday, January 18, 2010
There's No Place Like Home {one-of-a-kind fused glass art | Knoxville, TN}
I love when customers send me photographs of the fused glass goodness they purchased because it gives me the chance to see how it looks in its new environment and I can really appreciate how they see my work and why they chose it in the first place. The orange platter in the photographs below was the result of a custom creation request I received through the Sassy Glass Studio Etsy shop and was actually made twice. The first platter was destroyed during shipping and, after I stopped crying about it, I created another piece that I personally liked a lot better. The customer loved them both. She's a super customer and I love that she was so easy going about the whole situation. The only information she gave me was the color scheme but amazingly when I saw the photos it was neat to see I had almost copied the coral reef design on a pillow. I don't know which came first, the platter or the pillow, but I thought it was really neat.
The platter is made of frit in orange, yellow and green artfully arranged on two layers of clear glass with some of the finer frit between the two layers as well. The use of the frit gives the platter a very dimensional look. I think I will have to design another platter in a similar design since it is so unique and eye-catching. Oh, and I just realized the coasters in the middle photo are also Sassy Glass Studio creations.
Share images of your Sassy Glass Studio one-of-a-kind fused glass art with me and I will feature it on the blog. I always wonder where folks put their pieces after they receive them so it's nice to see how awesome they look in their new homes.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
It's a Sassy New Year! {one-of-a-kind fused glass art | Knoxville, TN}
Sassy Glass Studio wishes everyone a Sassy 2010!
The Sassy Glass Studio blog typically showcases some of our one-of-a-kind fused glass art, lets you know where we are or will be displaying our work or sharing photos of recent creations or students learning how to create their own fused glass goodness, but I have decided to share more about the people who make Sassy Glass Studio what it is. So, now you can expect to find out a little bit about me, Lisa and my ever-present and super helpful husband, Allan. We like to call our little slice of Fountain City heaven, Creativity Central because it houses not only the Sassy Glass Studio glass studio and 'shop' but is also the headquarters for our professional photography business, ALM Photo. There is always something interesting going on around here even if it only laughing uncontrollably while trying to shower the kitten after she decided to take a swim in an unflushed toilet (true story!).
In case you were wondering...All of the Sassy Glass Studio images are taken by me (perhaps one day Allan will lend me a hand...hint, hint!) with my trusty Canon 5D and I am often asked by other artists who like my images if I will photograph their work. Well, the answer is I would, if they would pay me, but as a 'starving artist' myself I know that I couldn't afford to pay someone to take my photographs. Perhaps one day I will offer a class on how to take the best photographs possible with the camera you have. Let me know if you would be interested in this type of class. I also began offering fused glass classes this past summer and have recently expanded my studio space to include a 'classroom' and 'shop' so that student will have more room and I can display some of my work for customers, clients and students. Classes are conducted for one to four students at this time (perhaps more in the future!) and would love to teach you how to create your own fused glass goodness. There will be more on the expanded space and classes in future posts so stay tuned!
Update :: Things have been crazy busy around Creativity Central since the beginning of December and it's not looking like it will get less hectic any time soon. Allan and I traveled Christmas Day to Jennings, FL to photograph motorcycle tracks days for four days and returned on December 30th in the wee hours of the morning. We shot well over 12000 images from 9 o'clock in the morning until about 5 every afternoon. Long days, that started out frigid, but so much fun and, we hope, profitable. I didn't know I would love photographing fast motorcycles as much as I did or that I would actually be quite good at it. By the last day I was positioning myself about 10 feet from the edge of the track and getting much better shots than when I started off the first day about 50 feet away. You can see some of the images on the ALM Photo Facebook page and as soon as they are uploaded (a ridiculously long process) they will be available on our website.
I hope you will find the 'behind-the-scenes' information in future postings to be interesting and let you get to know me (and Allan!) better. We'd love to show you the glass studio and 'shop' next time you are in the Fountain City area, so give us a holler and we will tell you how to find us.
Here are a couple of pieces that were created in December...
The Sassy Glass Studio blog typically showcases some of our one-of-a-kind fused glass art, lets you know where we are or will be displaying our work or sharing photos of recent creations or students learning how to create their own fused glass goodness, but I have decided to share more about the people who make Sassy Glass Studio what it is. So, now you can expect to find out a little bit about me, Lisa and my ever-present and super helpful husband, Allan. We like to call our little slice of Fountain City heaven, Creativity Central because it houses not only the Sassy Glass Studio glass studio and 'shop' but is also the headquarters for our professional photography business, ALM Photo. There is always something interesting going on around here even if it only laughing uncontrollably while trying to shower the kitten after she decided to take a swim in an unflushed toilet (true story!).
In case you were wondering...All of the Sassy Glass Studio images are taken by me (perhaps one day Allan will lend me a hand...hint, hint!) with my trusty Canon 5D and I am often asked by other artists who like my images if I will photograph their work. Well, the answer is I would, if they would pay me, but as a 'starving artist' myself I know that I couldn't afford to pay someone to take my photographs. Perhaps one day I will offer a class on how to take the best photographs possible with the camera you have. Let me know if you would be interested in this type of class. I also began offering fused glass classes this past summer and have recently expanded my studio space to include a 'classroom' and 'shop' so that student will have more room and I can display some of my work for customers, clients and students. Classes are conducted for one to four students at this time (perhaps more in the future!) and would love to teach you how to create your own fused glass goodness. There will be more on the expanded space and classes in future posts so stay tuned!
Update :: Things have been crazy busy around Creativity Central since the beginning of December and it's not looking like it will get less hectic any time soon. Allan and I traveled Christmas Day to Jennings, FL to photograph motorcycle tracks days for four days and returned on December 30th in the wee hours of the morning. We shot well over 12000 images from 9 o'clock in the morning until about 5 every afternoon. Long days, that started out frigid, but so much fun and, we hope, profitable. I didn't know I would love photographing fast motorcycles as much as I did or that I would actually be quite good at it. By the last day I was positioning myself about 10 feet from the edge of the track and getting much better shots than when I started off the first day about 50 feet away. You can see some of the images on the ALM Photo Facebook page and as soon as they are uploaded (a ridiculously long process) they will be available on our website.
I hope you will find the 'behind-the-scenes' information in future postings to be interesting and let you get to know me (and Allan!) better. We'd love to show you the glass studio and 'shop' next time you are in the Fountain City area, so give us a holler and we will tell you how to find us.
Here are a couple of pieces that were created in December...
Be sure to check out the Sassy Glass Studio Etsy shop,
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