Well that rolled around quickly! I wish you a happy new year from the Glass Studio and, as we stand at the threshold of 2015, I thought an image of my glass keys might be an appropriate good luck symbol to bring health, happiness and prosperity for the new year.
I finally finished a lightbox that I made for a wedding present for a friend and sent it off yesterday. Nothing unusual about that, as I like to make special customised glass pieces for my friends, except for the fact that my friend is celebrating her 10 year wedding anniversary…. yes, that’s right, this piece is literally a decade late!
I am mortified to admit that I started this lightbox back in 2004 while I was still at college, but I didn’t finish it in time for the wedding and it has been languishing in a drawer in my studio ever since! It was about time that I finished it so it finally got photographed and wrapped up yesterday. Happy anniversary, guys!
I have been busy making samples for a new commission which I am about to get started on. I just love making samples, and it’s a really important part of the creative process in working out the transition from a paper design or an idea in my head and into the full glassy reality! Sample making can be a bit like brainstorming in glass and sometimes I come up with inventive ways of doing things because the pressure is off and the name of the game is experimentation.
This also feeds into my teaching, both because I like to share my new techniques but sometimes the actual samples also make it into my teaching box.
Lots of lovely sandblasted glass candleholders were delivered yesterday for a June wedding. I didn’t have too much time to set up the photo before packing them away so I used LED candles but they will look fabulous on the big day with real candles glowing within and – even better – they are all made from recycled glass.