Join PNWGG members on Wednesday, June 25th at 1:00 pm for a Sherlocking/Scaffolding meeting. Bring one of your glass pieces and get feedback from your fellow “Glassies”. We will also try to put this on Zoom
RSVP at therieffs@gmail.com for Margie’s address. RSVP’s would be very nice. Non-members are welcome!
There are quite a few glass events coming up this week, with opportunities to learn from PNW Glass Guild members, and shop for beautiful pieces made by member artists. More information for each event can be found on the Guild’s Events Calendar.
Wednesday, November 12th at 12:30 pm is a Sherlocking/Scaffolding meeting at member Margie Reiff’s in Fairview, Oregon (East Portland). Bring a piece that didn’t work out the way you expected and learn from other members.
Friday and Saturday, November 14-15th, you can shop and talk glass with member Pat Bielenberg at the Christmas Bazaar in Albany, OR.
Saturday and Sunday, November 15-16th, you can make fun holiday fused glass ornaments in a class at member Mark Brody’s Portland studio. If you aren’t available this weekend, he is offering a Mosaic class the following weekend, November 21-22 as well.
Sunday, November 16th at 3:30 pm we have an online Guild General Meeting in which you can learn about COE 82 fusing (i.e. fusing with window glass). Thanks to sponsor Glassy Cuts for sharing your expertise with the Guild!
We hope to see you at one or more of these events!
Topic will be how to use enamels in our glass work. Gill Reynolds (owner of sponsor Fusion Headquarters), Greta Schneider and Rae Williamson are among the speakers. See the event link on the Guild calendar for more information.
Join us for our June PNWGG Board Meeting on Monday, June 5, 2023 to help guide your Guild.
January 26 @ 3:30-5:00pm. Pacific Time : Via Zoom
Basic glass photography tips followed by how to get the image off your cell phone and onto a website with a bit of photo-editing thrown in too. Our Members’ Gallery will be the specific example but the tips are going to be widely applicable. Bring your own examples and questions.
Zoom Link
11 am at Karen Seymour’s house 1 block west of the Seattle Zoo, 5415 Greenwood Ave. N*
• Bring a dish to feed about 10 people.
• If you want something other than water to drink bring that too.
• If you have glass related tools, molds, scraps, etc. that someone else might find useful we can set up a free/trading table (YES, you have to take it away again if no one wants it).
• We’d also love to see what you’ve been working on if you have something for show and tell. Or if you have a question on how to do something or why something happened, you can ask the experienced glass folks attending.
Anyone willing to discuss glass, shows etc. is welcome
There are 2 other Guild picnics this summer if you can’t make it to this one:
August 16 Guild Picnic, Independence OR (SW of Salem)
August 30 Guild Picnic, Fairview OR (NE Portland, date changed)
We hope to see you at least once!
NOTE: *there may be a construction detour on I-5 northbound at the Ship Canal Bridge this Sunday (it’s re-routed to the North-bound Express Lanes which put you off at 42nd St instead of 50th St). Ask Karen for directions if you are coming from the south and don’t know your way around Seattle.
Topic will be how to use scrap glass. Get inspiration from other people’s projects and contribute your own. Our speakers will be Lyn Kennison and Shirley Bishop.
Lyn has been doing glass for 20 years starting with stained glass . She makes jewelry as well as functional & nonfunctional art. She creates lots of scraps and has been chopping up & refiring pieces she doesn’t like. She will be sharing how she makes thick pieces with scrap & then what she does with them afterwards.
Shirley has been creating glass for 10 years and opened Studio13 Glass Art in 2013. She loves creating with glass and teaching others. She will share how she uses scraps in creative ways.
We all want to see what you’ve done with your scrap. Contact the VPs, Barb Kienle and Carlyne Lynch, to get on the speakers list: things run so much smoother when they know who to call on next.
See the event listing for more info and Zoom link.