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Welcome. We here at the Museum of Glass are thrilled to be trying this experimental education program. Once you get a password from your instructor you will be able to read and comment on all the posts marked Protected.
We are excited to announce the launch of streaming video through the website. In the upcoming days you will be able to see what is going on the hot shop from anywhere in the world. More details will be posted soon.
The Tacoma News Tribune just published a significant article about the Australian glassblowers who will be here working with Richard Marquis this week and next. The article gives some great background on who these guys are, why they are important and how knowledge of making glass got from Italy to the Pacific Northwest to […]
Next week (Oct 12-14), famed Finnish designer Oiva Toikka joins us again. His immensely popular Birds by Toikka series for Iitalla are collected worldwide. Several members have told me they watch the calendar for what has become an annual event at the Museum: Bird Lovers’ Weekend. During this residency, Professor Toikka and […]
Our annual gala was this past weekend. Artists from around the world, most of whom have been Visiting Artists here, donated artwork to our live and silent auctions. The Visiting Artist program as a whole was featured during the live auction as well—a “paddle raise” for the VA program brought in tens of thousands.
I […]
Jeremy has a body of work that uses imagery from city landscapes painted on glass. Sometimes that imagery is painted on glass in the form of something that from the city’s landscape, an 18-wheeler or in this case a water tower.
At his Portland studio, using a special paint made for this purpose, Jeremy painted […]
Mel’s work this week was largely about memories of Australia. Currently a Portland resident, she misses many things about her home country. In this video you’ll see her working with our team to make one of a series of simplified tree forms. Several of these were quite large, and the one in […]
Here are some photos of the two artists who joined us for the last week of the Summer Series. Check out Jeremy’s water tower forms and Mel’s simplified tree forms…
Good Morning. A new day is about to start. Courtney had to leave, we now have Dan Friday to help us execute our concepts.
Yesterday’s process of “Rolling Up” Jeremy’s water towers seemed to go quite smoothly. Our pieces are still hot from yesterday, but we think they are all successful.
A quick lunch outing to Pick […]