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Sugar skulls are part of Day of the Dead celebrations. The Mexican holiday of Dia de Muertos, or in English Day of the Dead, is a celebration of life as well as death. The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died,…
September Artist Spotlight: Pilisa Rainbow Lady
Every month, Creative Gateways celebrates their resident artists with an honored focus on each person’s new works, source of inspiration, talent, and origin story. This month we are excited to turn the spotlight on Pilisa Rainbow Lady… Always Working Creative Gateways and AMusinGlass founder Pilisa Rainbow Lady has done many projects over her years as…
In this series, the artists working at AMusinGlass give us behind-the-scenes insight into their current works in progress, inspiration, and creative challenges. Today, we explore a new series of torch work pieces by Pilisa Rainbow Lady… Into the Fire AMusinGlass and Creative Gateways founder, Pilisa Rainbow Lady has been working as a fused glass artist for over…
In this series, the artists working at AMusinGlass give us a behind-the-scenes insight into their current works in progress, inspiration and creative challenges. Today, we look at a long and challenging project from Pilisa Rainbow Lady… Not Her First Swim Creative Gateways and AMusinGlass founder Pilisa Rainbow Lady has taken on many projects in her…
Story Behind the Pieces: AMusinGlass at Paleo Brio
In this series, Pilisa gives us a behind-the-scenes insight into her current works in progress, inspiration and creative challenges. Today, we look at a fairly large commission project by Pilisa and the other artists in the AMusinGlass studio… New Opportunities The AMusinGlass studio has produced an impressive amount of work – from pendants and incense…
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…
Visiting the studios is a fascinating opportunity to see how our artists turn sparks of inspiration into the art you see displayed. Today, Terry is sharing a glimpse of his creative process as an artist, his current inspiration and challenges. How Terry Captures Inspiration I’ve always found that time disappears when you’re making art:…
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…
In this series, the artists working at Creative Gateways give us a behind-the-scenes insight into their current works in progress, inspiration and creative challenges. Today, Marika tells us about a recent work in progress and the challenges it’s brought so far… Fall is a big inspiration to me: the colors and the changes in the…
In this series, the artists working at Creative Gateways give us a behind-the-scenes insight into their current works in progress, inspiration and creative challenges. Today, Terry’s sharing how he’s playing with using an established technique for bowl making in a different context: the light sconce. It was one of my professors at UCLA who cracked…
