frit
Making art as part of a collaborative community is an ever-changing, unpredictable, and always inspiring process. In this series, we celebrate the unexpected outcomes of studio cross-pollination, collaboration, mishaps and coincidences. Today, Pilisa gives us the inside story on a piece that took a year to finish… Pilisa’s Seasonal Journey It all started with…
There’s something magical about talking to an artist in the middle of their creative process – when the initial inspiration has flowed into action, but the finished piece is yet to take shape. Today we were lucky enough to catch Pilisa right in the middle of a glass piece that will become a garden stake…
I hope that everyone had a great New Year’s Day. Speaking of holidays, here is one last piece of holiday fused glass: my poinsettia bowl. It measures 13.5 inches in diameter and 1.75″ deep. This piece was one of my favorite bits of holiday glass this year, even though it wasn’t finished until after Christmas,…
It’s been a crazy few weeks, trying to get several pieces completed in between traveling and meetings. The first successful large frit ball bowl, entitled Sedona Sunset, just came out of the kiln this morning. I really like the end result and hope all of you do as well. (You can click on the images…
I thought it might be a nice idea to add a picture of what the frit looks like on the shelf before it goes into the kiln to be turned into frit balls. Since I forgot to take a picture of the clear frit before it went into the kiln, this is a picture of…
Not really – this isn’t water, it’s glass. Specifically, it is a kiln shelf full of frit balls. Let me take a moment to explain… Frit is glass maker’s jargon for crushed glass. Frit comes in all different sizes from extra coarse shards to very fine powder. If you take the large, coarse frit and…
Wow, what a lot of information, ideas, new people, and just plain fun! I just returned home from BECon 2013, which is Bullseye Glass’ biennial conference held in Portland, Oregon at Portland State University. This year the theme of the conference was Chroma-Culture, the intersection of color and culture. There were two and a half…
As I was making various plates, I wanted to include one that supported my creativity, especially since my creativity fuels the process of doing what I do. So this plate is the result of that thought process. I know that it looks like it’s either navy blue or black, depending on where in the photo…
I took a bunch of glass out of the kiln the day before I left for 10 days of travel and classes (more on that in upcoming posts). Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to take photos of the new pieces before I left for the trip, so this post had to wait for my…
