Via Zoom: What have you learned about teaching glass?

Have you noticed something in classes you’ve given or taken that those who teach glass should know about? Is there something students should know about evaluating a class? Come share your experiences.

You don’t have to be a Guild member to join the discussion.

You’ll also be able to ask questions about applying for a booth at Gathering of the Guilds.

See the event page for more info

https://www.pnwglassguild.org/event/general-meeting-what-have-i-learned/

We thought for our upcoming March newsletter we’d do something fun and colorful to celebrate Spring by showing off the many ways we make glass flowers! We’d like as many members of the guild as possible to send us a few photos of flowers you have done in glass with a VERY SHORT description of the technique or process used.

It would be fun to see flowers from cold glass techniques (mosaic and applique), hot glass pieces (blown, torchwork), and of course there are SO many ways to create with kiln work: using sheet and frit, enamels, molds, kiln casting, and kiln forming! *If you used a particular ebook, webinar or instructor as an inspiration feel free to mention where you learned a technique. This might also give you some good ideas for Mother’s Day presents! The can be realistic, abstract or imagined. Please email photos and info to Greta Schneider and please add a subject line that says: GLASS FLOWERS. If I could get them by March 1st that would be great. Thanks! -Greta

l) Save the date: the annual Gathering of The Guilds show is currently planned to be in-person May 6th – 8th, 2022, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland OR. As of now masks and showing proof of vaccination or negative Covid test at the door will be required. We’ll let you know if that changes.

2) Details of how to apply for booths etc. are available here.

3) As always we’ll need volunteers to make this work: Fill out the volunteer form to let us know how you want to join the fun and help us pull off another great glass event.

4) Make a new glass friend: we’re looking for Portlanders to host out of town glass artists and volunteers for Gathering of the Guilds so they don’t have to add a hotel to the cost of doing or helping with the show. If you can host a glass guest for the 4 or 5 days of Gathering of the Guilds (May 4-8), please fill out the form https://airtable.com/shr9DeBNTehO3cj5D

Get the rules and packet of things you need to incorporate in your entry for Northwest Garden Bling’s 7th Annual Mosaic Challenge from shop owner (and Guild Member) Athena Hornsby in Concrete WA. Entry Fee is $25.00. Yes, she will ship the packet for an additional fee to cover postage and handling but you must deliver the finished piece to the shop by April 26th, 2022 (This is not a virtual show). Ribbons awarded for first, second, third place and a People’s Choice award. Stop by the shop or call NW Garden Bling at 360-708-3279 for more details. Address is Northwest Garden Bling, 44574 Highway 20 in Grassmere Village, Concrete, WA

There will be a juried display of the winners and other entries at the shop from April 29th through May 10th, 2022.

Since we are sure most of you can hardly wait for Spring to arrive….we thought for our upcoming March newsletter we’d do something fun and colorful to celebrate Spring by showing off the many ways we make glass flowers! We’d like as many members of the guild as possible to send us a few photos of flowers you have done in glass with a VERY SHORT description of the technique or process used.

It would be fun to see flowers from cold glass techniques (mosaic and applique), hot glass pieces (blown, torchwork), and of course there are SO many ways to create with kiln work: using sheet and frit, enamels, molds, kiln casting, and kiln forming! *If you used a particular ebook, webinar or instructor as an inspiration feel free to mention where you learned a technique. This might also give you some good ideas for Mother’s Day presents! The can be realistic, abstract or imagined. Please email photos and info to Greta Schneider and please add a subject line that says: GLASS FLOWERS. If I could get them by February 22nd that would be great. Thanks! -Greta

Guild members and their families will gather via Zoom at 3:30 pm this Sunday for our annual Holiday Party. You can even gather at a glass-friend’s house and Zoom together. Yes, we will do an optional white elephant gift exchange again. Choose something small enough to mail easily. Log in and go to the event listing for the Zoom link. https://www.pnwglassguild.org/event/holiday-party-21/

Stop by the Friedman Glassworks’ studio this weekend to purchase glass seashells and handmade beaded jewelry in-person,10am to 5pm both days. 2841 NW 70th St. Seattle 98117, 206-781-0608, https://www.pnwglassguild.org/my-profile/charles.friedman/

One of our member benefits is alerting our members and subscribers to the week’s glass related events every Tuesday. Members can log in and fill in the “Submit Calendar Event” form: https://www.pnwglassguild.org/contact-us/#event
If you’re not yet a member, you can chose “join” from the top menu and be a member in just a few minutes.

We apologize for sending in out the wrong link to the September newsletter last week. For those who didn’t figure it out, here is the correct link: https://www.pnwglassguild.org/article-cat/issue-2021-09/

MEMBERS are welcome to list their event on our calendar. If you log into the website and fill out the form on the second tab of this page https://www.pnwglassguild.org/contact-us/ by the end of the week, we may be able to work mention of your glass-related event into the newsletter and tell about 150 people.