It's been a busy fall. I've been spending time making Christmas balls, plus some small vases. The latest work incorporates gold and silver leaf in the designs for an exquisite effect. Here are some pictures of my latest glassware, fresh from the Tin Shack Studio!
I've been blowing at least once a week since December 2, but have posted all the photos in this one group, rather than after each session. There's a lot of work represented here - handkerchief goblet bowls, more granite work, and some tests with a mixture of various rose colors.
Last weekend I was in Athabasca AB for a show and sale, and sold every item made on November 22 (except the 'reverse' plate which I didn't take). This past week, I've made some more large pieces, plus I now have the large plate/bowl that I picked up from Allan (the first picture, below). In addition to more Hiacynth-swirl and Rose-swirl work, I tried some new things, including a couple of smaller "Granite" vases, some handkerchief bowls and a shard pickup vase.
Sometimes, you just want to blow "heavy". This past week I paid a visit to Allan Gott, and made a large Amythyst bowl in his shop (I haven't picked it up yet). That got me thinking about "blowing large" again in my studio - so this past weekend I did just that. The first two pictures are the result; both the bowl and vase are 3-gather pieces. I also made some smaller pieces, including what is likely my last set of Christmas ornaments, plus a small plate.
Again with the new color from Sylvie! Today I made four larger (two-gather) pieces - two vases and two bowls (or a bowl and a dish). I used two color combinations, a blue and green base with topaz over top, and a two-tone green combination.
Last night's Christmas Balls, using some new colors I received today from Sylvie at Colourfusion. The two black ones feature some gold leaf decoration.
I decided to try making some clear Christmas balls with a stripe of Silver Leaf in them. They worked out quite well, in large part thanks to the high quality of the Spruce Pine Batch I use to make my glass. I also made one very large Hyacinth Christmas ball. I've shown it in two pictures; one alone and one beside a clear ball to show it's size.
These Christmas balls are quite thin - thin enough that one 'popped' (literally) when I was placing them in a cardboard container for storage, just after taking the group picture.
Still trying out the new color from Sylvie at Colourfusion - today it was R14 or Hiacynth. Pictured here are a small (6") lace vase and an even smaller (2") perfume bottle. I reduced hyacynth on the perfume bottle, which gave it a nice 'silvery' effect.
I received an order of new color from Sylvie at Colourfusion, so I just had to make some new Christmas Ball Baskets. The new colors include three light greens, 'sea green' (the darker bluish green), gold yellow and amethyst.
These pictures show my Christmas Ball Baskets, plus a spiral paperweight and a "glass brain" paperweight.
This series represents some of my recent work with reducing colors and the 'lace' optic effect.
Some Silvery Christmas balls and two smaller (9") vases that contain silver leaf.
Lots of Christmas Balls (various types) plus several gold and silver leaf smaller (9") vases. Oh, yea - I tried to make a black scuba tank, but it looks more like a stubby beer bottle!
Several pieces employing the lace optic effect, this time in medium grey (it looks green when finished).
A series of red swirled pieces - vase, bowl and paperweight.
Some very small (4") blue and white swirled bowls and dishes.
Vases made with orange and white using the lace optic. The combination of orange and white produced this wonderful peach color.
A variety of pieces, including 'peach' colored lace vases, some solid bar made from colored glass cullet (supplied by Mark Lauckner), a smokey vase, and a plate made from the blue cullet.
