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FriendFeedI got to thinking that for the past several months, I've been discussing the failures with that sink job, both on here and on my Facebook/Twitter accounts. I've gotten comments that maybe I shouldn't spend my time making sinks. Well, it isn't that I *can't* make sinks, it's that I couldn't make *those* sinks as they had to fit a very precise position in the client's countertop.
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Sink Successes
Thursday, July 1st, 2010Nothing Blasts Through Depression Like Success
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010After working for a number of months, in vain, trying to create two matching cast glass sinks for a client, that would fit into her already made countertop, she canceled the project. I was having failure after failure with those darned sinks – getting the colors to match what she wanted, then trying to get the cast piece to drop through a mold to the right shape for her… Read the Full Story...
My Art Marketing System, Part 1
Monday, January 4th, 2010Idon’t know if it will be completely successful or not, but it combines things from years past that have been, so should be well on it’s way to bringing us some more sales. I thought you would get some insight and some tips and hints from it. If you have ideas to add, please comment!!!
The first thing I get is several calendars. Yes, several. Since I work… Read the Full Story...
Spectrum vs. ColorChart
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Recently I was asked to produce visible light spectrum pendant necklaces. The lady who asked runs a wonderful scientific website called ScienceMall and she had been selling pendants that claimed to be spectrum, but didn’t have the entire visible spectrum in them. When she called and talked with the sellers, they didn’t understand what she meant. They were not scientists, not educated about visible light spectrum versus simple… Read the Full Story...
Unique Gift for Christmas
Saturday, October 31st, 2009It was only a matter of time before our skills producing the blown glass planets for our mobiles, orrery, sculptures and ornaments would join up with our new line of wine bottle stoppers.
We decided to couple the two and make Planetary Wine Bottle Stoppers. We figured the techniques would be pretty much identical, so it would be a breeze! Wrong! The various planetary glass… Read the Full Story...
New Paintings – Wildfire Glass Art
Saturday, September 26th, 2009Last summer, I went through the most frightening thing I have ever experienced, the California Basin Complex Wildfire that chewed through much of Big Sur. I had seen wildfires on TV, but had never experienced one in person until then. My partner, BJ, detailed the advance of the fire in photos on his blog as it was happening. We were advised to evacuate, but as we tried… Read the Full Story...
New Jewelry Website is UP!
Monday, September 7th, 2009The new jewelry line came about fairly rapidly, but the website for them took a little longer (isn’t that always the case?). The site is now LIVE! – http://glasssculpture.org/artglass/jewelry/
We decided to add it to our Glass Sculpture site, since the technique doesn’t match up with my Reverse Glass painting, nor does it follow the techniques used in the art glass marbles & paperweights.
We’re… Read the Full Story...
Making Pendants and Earrings is Fun!
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009I grew up watching my dad making all kinds of wonderful things down in our basement. He was (and still is) a magnificent silversmith. He would take the odd rocks that he’d find and break and polish them into beautiful gems and then mount them for rings, pendants, and bracelets. The basement cave where he had his soldering iron and all the various parts and pieces set up was… Read the Full Story...
21st Century Makeover for Historic Instrument
Friday, August 21st, 2009August 20, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
21st Century Makeover for Historic Instrument
CARMEL VALLEY, CA — Artists B.E. Johnson and Joy Alyssa Day announced today the completion of a major art installation at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. After over a year of design, development and construction, Celestial Gears, a working model of our solar system was unveiled in the new Planetarium building, bringing… Read the Full Story...
