Mylast jewelry show for for 2011 – 9-4 is this Sat. Dec. 10 at Concordia Lutheran Church, Hwy. 140 & 21 Circle Drive , Cottage Hills, Illinois – hope to see you there!
10% of proceeds Sat. will go to the Community Hope Center (food bank) and proceeds from one table of my discounted jewelry will be donated to the Concordia Lutheran Church.
East Meets West – Last weekend, at the 5th Annual Grafton Arts Fair, in Grafton, Illinois, I shared a tent with Pat Syano, – a delightful young man and extremely talented artist from Kenya.
We collaborated on this piece – my fused glass, his paintings. I told him to draw whatever he wanted, and he drew pictures of village life at home. (He has been in the U.S. about a year so far.) This started out as a glass plate – I got the kiln too hot and it cracked – so I re-fired, recycled it, and with Pat’s help, redeemed it!
Nyumbani – Swahili for Home
Half a world away
the shining stillness of home
golden memories
If you would like to contact Pat, you may reach him at patrophers@yahoo.com.
Photo credit: Pat K. Moore – thanks!
“Playing with glass” has opened so many doors for me – that I never expected – it has encouraged me to try new things, participate in an art show, meet other artists, try selling in my own community – broadened my perspective of who I am and what I can do.
Lately I have been making custom gifts for some very special people. I found some letters I can fuse on to the glass, so I made a piece for my genrous co-worker, who also fuses glass, with her name … I made a piece for a very cool young friend turning 9 – with a name you don’t find in the tourist shops (Ev, short for Evangeline) … and initials of a 10-year old girl with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, plus a necklace & earring set to be auctioned off at a fundraiser for her.
Don’t get me wrong – I love making a sale, so I can buy more glass - learn more, play more, and give more – those sales enable me to do glass for good causes too – it’s more than just making money, it’s making opportunities to do good in my own community.
by Kerry Ellen
http://divabuzz.designing-diva.com/2009/12/16/inspire-with-the-giving-spirit-giveaway/
This neat lady – another glass fuser – the Designing Diva, AKA Randi Sue - is GIVING AWAY some of her lovely jewelry – as prizes in her contest where you write a bit about giving back to the community and are entered in a drawing – let’s celebrate giving, and sharing, what makes the holidays mean more, much more than just commercialized clap-trap! Even the Grinch knows, “Christmas means just a little bit more than something that comes from a store…”
FASHION SHOW!
Art Glass Jewelry Sale
Thurs. July 30, 5-9 PM
Atrium of Alton Holiday Inn
3800 Homer Adams Parkway and College Ave.
Supporting Community Hope Center, Cottage Hills
