Showing posts with label glass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glass. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Blog Feature

Morning all!  First, I want to let you know that this very blog has been featured!  Check it out ~ Be @ Home Best of the Web and scroll down to about the middle.  

Have a look at this awesome old glass!

Flagon, Palestine, AD 350-425.
Blue Glass, Syria or Palestine, AD 25-125. 
Mould cast 'millefiore' bowls, Syria, AD 1-50.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

Well, I took it pretty easy yesterday, since the show on Friday through Sunday was so busy! Thank you to everyone who came to the show, it was great being supported by my friends & family, and meeting so many great people - both visitors and other artists.

Here's some photos from the show, my booth in this post, and some of my favourites to follow!









 



Thursday, August 19, 2010

ROM visit part 2


Bottles commissioned by Enniskillen Wines (Niagara-on-the-Lake), inspired by ice sculptures.  Hand carved.  Middle: Brad Copping, 1994. 

Mallorytown Glass.  Made from common green window glass. 
Canada's earliest glass factory, at Mallorytown, was established in 1839.
Joseph Heath.  Staffordshire, England. 
Transfer printed earthenware platter.  c. 1850. 
Teapot.  Ironstone.  St. John's Stone Chinaware, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
Clay imported from England.  c. 1880-1895.