I have completed my piece for the upcoming Museum of Glass Red Hot Party.  My piece is titled “Winds of Change”, and here is my story about it …

“My windmill, with its spinnable blades, represents winds of change blowing through the world at large and whispering within the glass world. In the world at large is the “green” movement, the shift toward taking care of our planet. In the glass world is the ascendance of flameworking toward its apt place amongst other art and craft media.”

Scale is 21.5h x 8.5w x 13.5d inches.  It’s all glass, flameworked and sandblasted. 

My fingers will be crossed for the competition!

This week I have received an invitation to demonstrate at the 2012 Glass Art Society Conference in Toledo, Ohio.  The GAS conference is an annual get-together of glass artists, makers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, educators, suppliers, and enthusiasts.  It includes lectures, slide presentations, demonstrations of all sorts, an auction, panel discussions, and vendor sales.  I’m honored to be invited for a flameworking demonstration.

And …

Yesterday I received an invitation to teach at Pilchuck Glass School in 2012!  This is Dale Chihuly’s school, THE top glass school in the world.  I am immensely honored by this invitation!

www.glassart.org

www.pilchuck.com

The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, is hosting their second annual Red Hot Party and Auction.  The auction features glass art donated by artists around the world to support the museum’s programs.  The auction includes an important competition with a prize pool of $20,000!

This year I am making a botanical windmill.  Last week I made the vine structure, Sunday I made 14 little apricots, and yesterday I made 24 leaves.  Photos coming soon!

http://www.museumofglass.org/support/red-hot/

My first projects of the year include …

• Three pieces for Incendiary Dreams at Hodgell Gallery in Sarasota, FL
• A piece for the Museum of Glass Red Hot Juried Auction
• Three pieces for Davis & Cline Gallery in Ashland, OR
• A teapot for Teapots! 5th Invitational at Morgan Contemporary Glass in Pittsburg, PA
• A piece for Dinner on the Desert, to benefit the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ
• Participating in the International Flameworkers Conference in Salem, NJ

 These projects take me through March, and then I will be on to making pieces for an upcoming museum exhibition.  Photos and details soon!