Working Glass

Working Glass, originally uploaded by BlackWater Designs.

Love the way he caught the glow of the flame up the rod!

Hey, you glass girls out there, guess what color I was using????

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another NDN girl…

Jami is so talented: glass, silver, and fiber, oh my!!!

http://www.jamihamilton.typepad.com/

She’s also another Kansas City area NDN girl.

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We all hang on to the familiar. What is your staple glass object you continue to make and why? Blog it!

Today was the 1st day I was able to melt glass in 2008.  Being a returnee to graduate school, working full time, and having family obligations make glass a luxury sometimes.  It’s not such a luxury that it’s “only a hobby” because it’s my salvation, my therapy, and my sanity.

My staple today apparently was making Valentine or Heart beads.   I often make these even when the holiday connected to it is not right around the corner, but I had fun making them today.  I found myself making familiar olive bead shapes with my most used marver/press, the Val Cox Marver by Zoozii’s.  But I also found myself looking at my other Zoozii presses and realizing that I have “outgrown” them.  I am considering selling most of them or trading them for larger versions of themselves.  I more frequently make large beads and focals rather than sets, thus the “outgrowing”. 

 Now the decision point, do I sell or trade them or do I keep them and stretch myself into the unknown of making sets, thus developing my skills in “consistancy” or do I continue where my heart takes me and keep making honkin’ focals???

 This is also my first blogpost linked to the Flaming Hot blog.  Go over and check out the work of some of the most amazing women in glass today!  They are inspiring, not only in their glasswork, but from their hearts as well.  See where I get that heart theme???

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2007 Glass Shots

2007 Glass Shots, originally uploaded by ltsexpressions@swbell.net.

This and more at my flickr page:  http://www.flickr.com/people/ltsexpressions/

and for sale on my etsy page:  http://ltsexpressions.etsy.com

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“Potawatomi Girl Playing with Fire”

This phrase is a lighthearted twist on the Potwatomi’s place as Keepers of the Ceremonial Fire for the nations of the Potawatomi, the Odawa, and the Ojibwe. Stacy is quite serious though about not only her ancestry, but her glass, and considers each piece she creates a personification of her thoughts and prayers for the eventual recipient. As the daughter of a quilter and granddaughter of several artists, she has been creating seed bead art since she was a child, and flameworked glass art since 2004.  LT’s Expressions is the culmination of this artistic journey.

By profession, Stacy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and works as a Research Associate in the Program in American Indian Community Health at University of Kansas Medical Center, a regional resource for Native Americans in Missouri and Kansas. Stacy often combines her experience as an artist and her social work to teach relaxation and stress reduction through the arts to clients and others. 

Stacy is a founding member of the Midwest Prairie Fires, a local artisan group dedicated to promoting their favorite art!      

Stacy also owns and participates in 3 other private businesses, Acorns to Oaks, her clinical social work private practice, and DivaS, a consulting partnership with Dr. Dona McKinney to promote intercultural competency.

She assists and supports her dear husband’s endeavors in his business, BlackWater Designs, a photography, digital art, and design business.

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