Summer IS coming!

This last month of the year offers a chance to get together with fellow PNW Glass Guild members for in-person glass discussions and optional gift exchanges. Members, family, friends and anyone interested in the PNW Glass Guild and discussing glass is welcome. “These events are lots of fun and they inspire new things to try in my own work.” Karen Seymour

Dec. 7 Saturday 5 pm Guild Holiday Party in Beaverton OR (near Portland), you should have contacted Linda Gerrard about what to bring
Dec. 15 Sunday 11 am potluck Guild Holiday Brunch in Seattle WA (near the Zoo), contact Karen Seymour
Please contact the host if you plan to come: it is so much easier to get out additional chairs etc. before people start arriving.

There are also several events at which you can see individual members or their work:

December 2024
6-7 OSU Holiday Marketplace, Corvalis OR
7 NW Garden Bling Holiday Open House, Concrete WA, member/sponsor Athena Hornsby
7-8 Holiday Sale: Blowing Sands Studio, Seattle WA, member David Smith
14 Locovore Holiday Gift Faire, Bend OR, member Kathy Kollenburn
Now until Dec 29th in Lincoln City OR member Kate Saunders and her partner have an exhibition called Branchings exploring forest community interactions
Dec 26 – Jan 27th in Lake Oswego OR member Karen Azinger’s Steel Queen novel and the 6 other books in her Silk and Steel series are the theme of an exhibit of her own and several other members’ glass creations (Diane Muhly, Ann Cavanaugh, Carlyne Lynch, Linda Gerrard, Megan Cavanaugh, Greta Schneider, Dijenaire Frazer, Juliet Peterson Spaulding, Karen Azinger and Rick Holmes). There will be an artists’ reception on Monday January 13th

January 2025 Mark your new calendar now:

13 Board Meeting Monday 7 pm via Zoom. Come discuss what the Guild will do in the new year to add more value to being a member.

26 General meeting Sunday 3:30 pm via Zoom: Putting photos of your work on the website. 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.

Please come meet the new PNWGG board and help us to set the course of the guild for the next year. See the event listing in the website in the calendar of events.

The big event is the April 25-27 Gathering of the Guilds in Portland‘s Oregon Convention Center hall D where you can talk to and buy from 8 PNW Glass Guild members and around 350 members of 8 other guilds. Carlyne Lynch and sponsor Bullseye Glass are putting together some great demos for the FREE 3-day event.

There is also an April 6th Glass Artists’ Brunch near the zoo in Seattle, 11 am to around 1:30 pm
April 12-13 The Best of the NW Art Show in Seattle‘s Magnuson Park, Hangar 30
April 26-27 take the ArtInBloom Garden Art Tour and Sale at 4 north Seattle studios/yards and talk glass with 5 PNW Glass Guild members and meet about 10 artists in other media two weeks before Mother’s Day
May 2-4 at the Gorge Artists studio tour, The Dalles OR visit the studio of member Stephanie Johnston as well as studios of artists in other media
May 3 Help with the PNW Glass Guild’s storage clean out in downtown Portland so we can move to a less expensive space.

• This free event is Saturday May 11th, from 11 am to 3 pm and open to all folks interested in glass (Guild Members get discounts so join now).
• Sponsor NW Art Glass is the place: 9003 151st Avenue NE in Redmond WA. They have invited the PNW Glass Guild to hold the Guild’s first Seattle area Vendor Fair in their upstairs classroom.
• The Silent Auction features at least 16 items including CBS Dichro and other glass, class discounts from Zetamari, Blowing Sands, Glass Expressions and several other teachers, and even one of Gerald McBride’s handmade wooden display stands for your glass creations.
• Several demos including Castalot (Michael Dupille), Reactive Glass Explorations (Lael Bennett), a New Glass Grinder Design (Gerald McBride), Silicone Mold Variations (Stephanie Johnston), Temperature For Texture (Karen Seymour).
• Vendors from as far away as Turner OR are coming to sell you their glass related wares.
• See the event link on the PNWGlassGuild.org website for the most current schedule.

Let’s make it a party: there will be lemonade and various finger food from Trader Joe’s for lunch. If you bring some food to share we’re sure to have enough. We have no idea of how many folks to expect (emailing us if you plan to come will help us round up enough chairs). Come and talk glass!

The annual Gathering of the Guilds is this Friday through Sunday (April 25-27) in Portland’s Oregon Convention center Hall D. Free admission. PNW Glass Guild members Shawna Hovey, Teresa Kaufman, Lyn Kennison, Barbara Kienle, Carlyne Lynch, Daryle Rider, Linda Roman, and Greta Schneider along with about 350 artists from 8 other organizations will be selling their artwork. Carlyne Lunch and sponsor Bullseye Glass have set up an informative schedule of presentations by various members ranging from how glass is made to dichro design, frit painting, potmelts, and vitrigraph cane. See the event listing for the details and full demo schedule.

May 5 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Pacific Time: via Zoom

Kiln Carving will be discussed on May 5, 2024 at 3:30 pm

Via Zoom join us as speakers Greta Schneider, Rae Williamson and Carlyne Lynch share the process of kiln carving, which involves cutting a pattern or design in ceramic fiber paper and stacking glass on top of the pattern and firing the piece in a kiln.

Contact the VPs, Barb Kienle and Carlyne Lynch, to get on the speakers list if you want to share on the topic.

Zoom Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83686557347?pwd=Y2hwTFgwSDlOZ0t0NjFTRjFla0ovdz09