My “art only” site is under creation, and this page will have a link to it…eventually…really…

In the meantime, click on the cigar box to see one of the dioramas I make AND you can play the video that I made at Pilchuck Glass School, Summer 2008. See? You can have tons of fun on this page while my “whole art” site is being created.

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I put together a video slide show of my time at Pilchuck Glass School the summer of ‘08. Pictures were taken in the casting shop (yes, that’s me in the leathers!) and other images of life on campus. There is music accompanying it so turn up your speakers!

You’ll need Flash to play it, click here if the video is not showing up.

Incredibly fascinating back story to the video:

From 1990 to 1995 I worked on staff at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington. Pilchuck is only open during the summer, from May – September. My job there was Librarian. But, since I really wasn’t an actual Librarian (I’m an artistá for gawds sake), I was more the Library Personality. It was a great job, my official duties included video taping the instructors during class demos, setting up the slide shows for the evenings entertainment, taking care of the library space and buying cool books. During the sessions, staff had access to the hot shops on the weekends. I loved that job and I loved Pilchuck. Eventually, I got too busy with my own glass work to take off summers to be at Pilchuck, and then I morphed into a web designer, but still kept a glass studio at my house to mess around in.

In the summer of 2008 I got a chance to go back to Pilchuck and be the Library Personality again. WOW, what a gift! It was 5 weeks of heavenly indulgence, worked like crazy and cast glass every weekend. It was glorious. These images were taken May & June 2008.

Pilchuck is one of the most amazing places on earth, it’s not just the glass studios, or the location – all stellar – it’s the people who are part of this community that make it magic. They are kind, generous, hysterically funny, amazingly talented and some of the most delightful humans I have had the pleasure of knowing. I’ve also done a lot of web sites for many of those artists now – sweet!

A lot of work I did at Pilchuck is based on a song that I love, Flowering Spade by Sean Hayes. I made glass drawings (I pull glass stringers and then use a little torch to make the drawings) and cast them into glass tiles using glass powders and frits for the background colors.

I also did some sand castings. Not everything I did was based on the song, like the “Venus” stuff, but most of it was. I plan on incorporating the pieces that I cast into larger multi-media objects d’ art, eventually culminating in a hugely successful show at some swank gallery. Stay tuned.

Enjoy!

To find the song you’re hearing, Flowering Spade by Sean Hayes, please visit Sean’s websites, buy his albums and see him in concert!

Sean Hayes web site
Sean Hayes myspace

K9 agent

I also have a side job as a “secret” agent repping Karen & Jasen Willenbrink-Johnsen’s stupendous glass dogs.
Why, you may ask, am I doing that?
Because it’s fun and these dog sculptures are truly amazing.

Click here to go to the K9 Agent web site to see what I am talking about.
Then, call me up and buy your very own glass pooch, or have Karen make a custom one just for you. I can arrange that y’know.

Bird Dog
Blown/Off-Hand Sculpted Glass
13”H x 17”W x 7”D