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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Decorating


Bowls, crystal or glass, are beautiful things to decorate with. I notice a lot of glass being used for decoration lately. It can be functional and beautiful. When the bowl or vase is empty it can still be stunning when the light catches the glass or even better when it has a design or some special meaning engraved on it. I do quite a few bowls for wedding and special anniversary gifts or just decorative pieces to dress up a room. A bowl can be a wonderful commemorative piece as well. These bowls shown, have a west coast flavor to them. They were both commissioned wedding gifts. They are intaglio engraved, which means they are quite deeply carved into the thick glass and have a very 3 dimensional look to them. They become functional art pieces.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Signs of Spring!

The snowdrops are a first sign of spring in my gardens, I love them and they are very pretty engraved as well. This is a little candle holder available in my studio should anyone need a spring gift or just something sweet on your table. I have several projects on the go at the same time with different deadlines. I look forward to sharing them with everyone. As spring comes on and the weather gets nice the energy picks up and more people venture out and about. Most of my work so far has come from word of mouth advertising and I`ve been pretty low key so far, however I will be venturing out quite a lot from now on. This year I have started a custom engraving business and have yellow page advertising coming out soon. My job is to educate people about hand engraved glass. All the engraving in my area is machine engraving and I`m always very excited to show people what I do. I love belonging to the guild of glass engravers and am very proud to be an elected craft member. My advertising mentions the guild and I like to share it with people and get people in my neck of the woods interested in hand engraved glass. I have several precious patrons who frequent my studio for their gift needs and are always tooting my horn out there to others. The 2010 Olympics are in our area this year, very crazy in Vancouver now. The weather is not co-operating unfortunately too wet and mild. We are located about a 5- 6 hour drive away. There is quite a buzz in the air!

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Cherubs for Valentine`s day

This little cherub paperweight is heart shaped and multifaceted to shoot rainbows as it catches the light. This one is currently available in my studio should someone wonder in for a gift for their sweetheart. I always engrave as much as I can in between commissions, for people who would like to stop in and buy a gift or pick it on line and I can send it. I will post these items periodically on this site for spontaneous buyers. Everything that is left at the end of the year will be available at the Naramata Christmas craft fair held every year at our beautiful Heritage Hotel on the Lake. This paperweight could have a name added to it as well. Of course cherubs are very popular for Valentine`s day gifts, also botanical vases, a perfume bottle engraved with the name of your sweetheart would be fabulous as well. I also like using recycled pieces of thick glass for paperweights and recycled eye glass lenses to make pendants. I have quite a lot of glass that are scrap pieces that I love to reuse and make them beautiful. Happy Valentine`s Day to everyone and don`t forget a little special something for the one you love.