Classes 2008 Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center Frederick, MD (register through their website) I will add more dates for classes as they are added to their schedule. March 8, 2008 - Introduction to Glass Beadmaking - 9:30am-4:30pm March 15, 2008 - Introduction to Glass Beadmaking - 9:30am-4:30pm March 22, 2008 - Glass Beadmaking II - 9:30am-4:30pm April 12, 2008 - Using Metals In and On Lampworked Beads - 12:30-4:30 pm (mini-workshop) May 31, 2008 - Lampworked Glass Beads - Florals - 12:30-4:30 pm (mini-workshop) BIG Change in Plans!!! I will be having knee replacement surgery on June 2, 2008, so will have to cancel the classes for June, July and August. If all goes well, I will begin teaching again in the fall. Please keep an eye on this schedule. 
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May 11, 2008 - Happy Mother's Day!!!
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. I sure hope you have a special day. I am getting ready for the VisArts Fine Arts Festival in Rockville, MD. There will be some new work - of course! - but what?? I have been challenged on the ISGB forum to use retro colors. Below is the first example. Looks like a fun direction for summer and fall. I will be trying to have even more color combinations by May 24th - in time for the show! 
April 29, 2008 Beth and I just got back from the Virginia Hot Glass Festival at Sunspots Studio in Staunton, VA. W had a really nice weekend. Storms threatened but it only rained in the evening and over night. Tempertures were delightful and lots of people came to the Festival at Sunspots. This is the third year we have attended and I already have it on the calendar for next year! It was so good to see Doug and Caroline, Linda and the rest of the Sunspots crew and Nolly, Claire, Norma, Lisa and Chuck and all the other artists that we see so rarely. Thanks, everyone, for a fun event. Beth and I also feel very honored to have had our latest piece selected as the first place piece in the Flamework divison. Wow! We just finished this piece on Monday, sold it on Thursday but brought it along to get reactions to this asysmetrical creation. Well, looks like the judges liked it! And we got lots of positive reactions from our customers. I do think this may be a new direstion for us. 
(Click on the first picture of the necklace to see the matching bracelet and earrings) We are going to be concentrating on the VisArts Fine Arts Festival in Rockville, MD, during May. Mark your calendars now to come see our latest work on May 24th & 25th. And continue to check out the "Galleries" page top see where you can see our latest work. We often put new things in our galleries before they are seen at a show. But, of course, we always have more of our work at shows then in the galleries. So it is a toss up as to where is the best place to see what we are doing. And, if you need something special, we do special order pieces all the time. Hope to see you soon! April 25, 2008 I am leaving later this morning for Virginia Hot Glass Festival at Sunspots Studio in Staunton, VA -- this Saturday (tomorrow), 9am-6pm and Sunday, 9am-5pm. If you are in the area, please come and see Beth and me. The flowers are blooming! The trees are beginning to leaf out. Should be a terrific weekend. Don't forget the Farmers Market on Sat morning in a neighboring parking lot. And there are other activities this weekend all around town. Below are some of the new items we will have for sale! I love when Beth and I work together on a project! 
April 17, 2008 Spring has sprung here in mid-Maryland and I have a yearn to make flower beads. But much as I like the beads I have made other years, I always want to do something different. Plunge flowers are not new, but I have never felt the urge to make them. This year I did. But to put my own twist on them, I am making them on copper tubing. This puts a burgundy core through the middle of the bead and for that to show, the beads are mostly very transparent. So, yes, they are thick beads, but they look very light! I have put a bit of dicro glass in bedded in some to add sparkle, too.  These are the first ones I made. I started adding end caps of a darker glass to "frame" the flowers - click on the link to the left to see more. The first place I will have them for sale will be at Virginia Hot Glass Festival at Sunspots Studio in Staunton, VA -- Saturday, 9am-6pm; Sunday, 9am-5pm. As I have said before, this is a really fun show and a good way to enjoy a beautiful spring weekend. So, if you can, come see us!  This is one of the new pieces I made using the braided cords pictured below. I am still working on other designs! As always - enjoy each day to the fullest! Debby |
