Wall Installation

Another one shipped! Love the greens....

Ocean Galleries

Here we are! L to R Georgeana Ireland, Cynthia Miller, Randi Solin, Kim Miller (Owner), Joan White-Spunner, Lisa Palombo and me..... An amazing group of talented women - so fun and inspirational to get to know.

Ocean Galleries

Ocean Galleries in Avalon NJ - at the beautiful Atlantic shore, have an outstanding display of our glass for their current exhibit, Women in the Arts - July 15, 16 ,17. Six artists are participating and it is a wonderfully compatible mix of paintings and glass. We are happy to be a part of it!

Wheaton Arts

A whole day at Wheaton Arts in Millville NJ - an old glass making town. I enjoyed watching and exploring. They have an extensive museum of American glass from the beginning - 1739 to current.

Fawnridge Release Party

Friday evening Fawnridge Winery held a special event featuring our new artist label on their 2009 Proprietor's Blend. This year they featured an image from our Torso Series. They also "unveiled" their new Nicholson Blown Glass chandelier. LOVE their wines! Wildlife Rescue released an adorable (intense!) owl. A very special summer evening.

Hot sculpture

Here is this Saturday's work in progress as we continue to experiment. Fun but HOT!

Ritz Carlton Naples Florida

We just shipped a wall piece for the Ritz Carlton in Naples Florida. I am anxious to see a photo when it is installed!

Summer

Rain the end of June? Unheard of in Auburn. But the Daylilies are loving it! And the plums are juicy and sweet! Cool weather - great for glassblowing today.

Notte Bianca

We happened to be in Florence for the European celebration of Notte Bianca. All of the museums were open all night for free! The streets were full of locals and the piazzas were full of music. Action everywhere! We made it to 1:30am and only one museum - Palazzo Vecchio, the Medici palace. A magical night!

Santa Croce

Back to Italy! Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence is where some of the finest minds of mankind are buried - Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Dante.......

Sizzling Summer Saturday Sculpting

We are having fun creating new work! Saturday is our play day...

Greyt Balls of Fire!

Saturday night was the Greyt Balls of Fire fundraiser for Greyhound Friends for Life. I love watching the intense glow of the furnace and the glass after dark. We should blow glass at night more often except it's more challenging to get up earlier the next day! Queenie enjoyed meeting people too even though she is far from a greyhound in mind and body. You may notice from the photo that Matt is back with us for the summer! We'll be open and blowing on Saturdays but not into the late hot afternoons.

Cars

I love the transportation in Italy - walking, biking and all of the small cars, scooters and motorcycles! No cars on the freeways because people take the trains! (gas is $8 a gallon) We live so far out in the countryside that we will always drive cars but ...something has to change!

Playing with sculpting

We are playing with glass sculpting on Saturdays now and on through the summer. Refreshing and fun!

New Sinks are in Florida

I just received photos of a newly renovated bathroom in Florida with two of our sinks. They are truly unique - with a hint of gold dichroic.

Florence Horses

Show me anything to do with horses and I'm happy. Still in Florence, these photos are inside and outside the Palazzo Medici. Cosimo mounted. Medici Money is the most interesting book I've read in a long time and relates to the politics of today. Still, I am grateful for the Medici's investments in the arts!

Ready to work!

We're back in the studio and ready to work! GAS Conference in Seattle was wonderful. Seattle even had sun! We watched Richard Royal and Dante Marioni make big glass. Visited the Glass Museum, Tacoma Art Museum and the Seattle Art Museum. Chihuly's glass everywhere. All the big names of the NW. Lino Tagliapietra at the Wm Traver Gallery. Bought tools, visited galleries. My favorite was Elin Christopherson's bottles full of yeast and bubbling sound at the Foster White Gallery. Just like the wine in our basement! And Beth Lipman and Ingalena Klenell's Glimmering Gone glass forest at the Tacoma Glass Museum. KeKe Cribbs and Ross Richmond gave an interesting demo. Also Jenny Puhlman and Sabrina Knowles were inspirational. Rick took a class from Karen Willenbrink Johnsen and Jason Johnsen. Amazing team so Rick is all inspired and ready to BLOW GLASS! We couldn't do it all but we did all we could. Stayed with cousin Nora and cousin Camp and family. Great to see everyone! Back to the furnace.

GAS

Off to the GAS conference in Seattle for more inspiration! Furnace on next week - then the weather will turn hot - guaranteed!

We began in Florence. My cousin, Nora, met up with us and we explored. The Duomo, Basilica and Baptistry were all right there in front of me and awesome to take in. I stood for a long time in front of Michelangelo's David. I had dreamed of seeing David for years and it is amazing to study the size and detail in person. Everything is so old certainly compared to California that I found it hard to comprehend the timeline. The skill levels of the artisans are also so off the charts that I was overwhelmed.

Biegert Group Installation

We're still at it. This installation just finished!