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…
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…
If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been that I haven’t posted in a while, I’ve mostly been in the studio (with the brief exception of a houseboat trip on Lake Powell) frantically making work for my next show. If you’re in town next weekend, Sedona will be hosting the 2015 Sedona Arts Festival again and…
First of the studio updates, and most important to me, the construction has begun to split up the other half of the studio into four working artist spaces and a gallery for all of us to show off our work. The photo on the left shows the framing in progress that will be the walls…
I’m still enjoying my explorations with these architectural pieces. Unfortunately, this river light sconce developed a crack during the slumping process, as you can see in the photo to the left. The crack runs directly across the piece from just above the brown area on the left across the green area all the way to…
I’ve created two new light sconces with frit balls over the last week or so. This blue light sconce had a few challenges along the way, but I made some repairs and adjustments to deal with the issues. In the end, I think that it turned out quite lovely. This blue light sconce split –…
Well, we’ve got the lights and the camera going here, anyway… since I didn’t create a video, I’m not sure the post qualifies for the action part. Anyway, I’ve been working on some different types of lights for my new home lately. In this post, I wanted to share some of my thoughts after working…
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