Artist Spotlight: Mary Harris
By Janet Parkhurst
Mary Harris is an artist from Wisconsin. She has a studio called Harris Art Glass. Mary came to my attention once before when she was winner in the Gallery of...
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THE TIFFANY CENSUS
By Janet Parkhurst
I read an article about an effort to compile the locations that have or did have Tiffany windows. It is a giant challenge but certainly a worthy one. http://www.cambridge2000.com/tiffany/index.html is...
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CHANGING THE WAY I THINK (AND SPEAK)
By Janet Parkhurst
Shoplifting becomes a topic of conversation often in a retail store. We think we have something in inventory because our computer data says we do, but when we are looking...
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Featured Artist-Remembering Fred Tenenbaum
By Janet Parkhurst
A friend of mine on Facebook posted this a picture of sandblasted panel that is in his home. He said “do any of you remember the glass artist from Canaan,...
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EGGBEATER JESUS THE STORY
By Janet Parkhurst
This week I was waiting on customer who wants to do a mosaic something that will be outside. When she asked for the correct products, I could not help but...
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Fallbrook Art Center's Galaxy of Glass
By Janet Parkhurst
A few years ago, I was in California for a wedding. After the wedding, we spent a couple of days wandering around and ended up in Fallbrook. Luck was with...
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Artist Spotlight - Miriam Di Fiore
By Janet Parkhurst
July/August 2018 Glass Art Magazine did an article on Miriam Di Fiore. Her art jumped right off the page to me. Amazing! She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in...
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HEARST CASTLE--Big Breaks in Glass
By Janet Parkhurst
The picture below is of the Roman Pool at Hearst Castle. The tiles were inspired by mosaics in the 5th-century Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy, and some...
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IN THE BEGINNING—GLASS FACTS
By Janet Parkhurst
1840s—window glass took a step forward from the cylinder method to experiment with cast and rolled glass. This allowed larger sheets. 1800-1900s—John LaFarge and Louis C. Tiffany and glass chemist,...
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ROOTS OF KNOWLEDGE.....Seriously—Prepare to be amazed!
By Janet Parkhurst
In celebration of Utah Valley University’s 75th anniversary in November of 2016, they presented a public art project done in stained glass called Roots of Knowledge. It is a very...
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Trompe L'Oeil
By Janet Parkhurst
This is a glass blog, so before I launch into trompe l’oeil, I will say something about glass. In Readfield, Maine, there is a building called the Union Meeting House....
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