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R.I.P?
Over My Dead Body!
Butch Young reviews the Awards and Recognition show
in Vegas - and reveals her resulting epiphany.
Max Roland Erlacher: Masterfully Engraving a Lifetime
of Art
When Debbie Tarsitano first met glass engraver Max
Roland Erlacher, in Corning, New York, in May of 1976,
he was engraving a "Minuteman" before a captivated
audience attending a Boston glass convention. Erlacher
continues to impress the glass art community with his
elegant and detailed style of engraving. He has created
countless true to life engravings now in prestigious
public and private collections. |
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Carmen
Lozar's Flameworked Celebrations of the Everyday
Taking a hot bath. Eating voraciously out of the
garden. Sleeping with someone you love. Carmen Lozar's
flameworked sculpture reveals diminutive celebrations of
the everyday, small pieces that venerate daily life. In
this conversation with "Glass Art" magazine, Lozar
discusses the evolution of her career in glass and the
key to successful narrative flameworking.
Real Stained Glass, Real Profits
A number of top-notch, production-oriented stained glass
purists are bringing the art of real stained glass to
the public today. Author Del Williams writes, while
stained glass treasures such as cathedral windows,
Tiffany lamps and the homes of architect Frank Lloyd
Wright are out of reach to most consumers, now a range
of elegant and affordable stained glass works of art are
available.
Casting: Part VII
Making a Silicone Rubber Mold with a Mother Mold
The next two articles in Milon Townsend's series on kiln
casting glass will focus on the creation of a large
scale work made using 30 pounds of glass. The first
article illustrated the making of a mother mold, and
this article demonstrates how to make the glass casting
itself.
Important Domain Name Strategies
A domain name is an Internet address given to identify
and to locate a specific Web page. Your domain name
affects how people perceive your company, how they find
you and how they ultimately do business with you. A
successful domain name gives people an intuitive sense
of what kind of business you operate. Ann Sanborn
reports.
Relays: Mechanical Vs. Mercury Displacement
John S. Hohenshelt, President, Paragon Industries, L.P.,
presents the second in his series of articles on
"Killing the Kiln Myths."ÿ This summary explains the
different types of relays available along with their
benefits and detractions.
Faux Wrought Iron
This article, by John C. Emery, Sr., was inspired by
Wardell Publications' second book of Preston Studios'
work, "Windows of Enduring Color," to be released in
June 2008. Imported wrought iron entrances are both well
designed and quite handsome, as well as plentiful from
at least three major sources. How can you answer this
onslaught of new and direct competition in residential
entrances? |
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