November

Looking ahead to the featured artist in November.   Hope you can come by and look at this new style of glass I have been making.

Introducing Raku Glass by Sonja London-Hall, Organic Glass and PMC

 Raku Sampler with timed exposure

 close up

 Agave

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Photo Book

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Shutterfly photo books offer a wide range of artful designs and embellishments to choose from.

Great success for open studios..... see you all at First Friday.

Open Studio's, 2012

Thanks for visiting this blog site for Open Studios.  My "Organic Glass" art will be on display at the Dave Last studio for Open Studio's touring this year.  If you like what you see I have commissioned many "organic glass" pieces; taking you into the process of selecting your glass,  feature items, and sometimes even the "stick" itself.  PMC jewelry will be on display along with recent Steampunk items you can also find at Arizona Handmade; Fire on the Mountain.

Come by map gallery  #44 for Open Studios and check my work out.  Demo's daily from noon to 3:00.

 Butterflies in Shadow

 At Brandy's for Open Studios

At Brady's in the Window

 Detail work of 3D Organic Glass

 Sold but more where that came from...

At the Center for the Arts Exhibit, 2012

Detail work on recent commission.

At  Mountain Oasis Window for Open Studios

Recent Commissions

 Install of large commission piece.

Copyright "Curly Girl" sellout favorites from Arizona Handmade.

Copper PMC with Sterling wire wrap; original concept and design.

 PMC Silver Pendant

Steampunk Selections

 Wire Wrapped glass

Opened the Flagstaff Live arts page to find my glass front and center.... sadly no credit to the artist  or glass but it is mine. 

Artists’ Coalition of Flagstaff Gallery

Though the Artists’ Coalition of Flagstaff has been a resource for artists in the community for more than a decade, the gallery space the Coalition manages turns three this month. Celebrate by cruising works by this month’s featured artist, Sonja London-Hall, as well as an Artists’ Coalition members exhibition, honoring the gallery’s anniversary. A dozen artists are associated with keeping the Coalition strong, including many who are Art Walk regulars. 13 N. San Francisco. For more information, call 522-6969 or visit www.flagstaff-arts.org.

Gotta love learning new techniques.

New glass created on Saturday under the ongoing tutelage of Cathy Claycomb. 

First Friday Art Walk - Flagstaff, Oct. 7, 2011

Come one, come all to the happen-ist place in Arizona.  First Friday is a scene.  Featured artist this month at the Artists Gallery downtown is Moi.  Come see some of my new stuff..... check out the squares!!

Decorative Solder 101

This is a short video on how I made the exhibit entries for Night Visions IV. 

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Night Visions IV

There is still time for folks to enter the Night Visions exhibit.  Application deadline is July 21 and can be found in the Flagstaff Cultural Partners site.  Here is my entry.  The roundelles are Raku and were created by Karen Myers.  Looks like Earth and Mars, don't you think?

Coming Events for the Flagstaff Area

Flagstaff is a hotspot of activity during the summer months.  If you are visiting the area make sure to check out the website  http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/events_calendar.html

June:  I will be one of approximately 15 Juried artists at the High Altitutde Conference center.  Join me for the June First Friday Artwalk.  Mention the blog and I will gift you a small glass item.

July:   come check out Art in the Park July 2, 3, and 4.  I will be sharing a booth space with Elvira López Del Prado Rivas (check out her stuff:  http://www.lopezdelprado.com/  and http://www.flickr.com/photos/elviralopezdelprado/ )  Like - WOW!

My stuff will be similar to the glass items you see on my website with the addition of some recycled art:  SKateboard jewelry, beltbuckles, purses.   FUN!

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The Big Reveal

The final entry in regards to my friend and her total makeover:  Kara Lee had a great makeover experience with the Oprah team.  The show airs in Arizona on May 12 at 3:00.  It's nice to see a friend get the attention she deserves.  As I said earlier, her original hair inspired a jewelry line called "Curly Girlz".  She wore a piece during her makeover and also gave the item labeled in an earlier blog to Ms. Winfrey.  If you are interested in owning your own "curly girlz" they are available at Arizona Handmade; Fire on the Mountain. 

http://azhandmade.blogspot.com/

Kara's hair was done by Ken Paves.  Designer clothes, shoes and bag by Diane von Furstenberg.

The Hair inspired jewelry

Hair you gotta love.

 Gift for Oprah

 

And this is my friend Kara.

The muse for the jewelry you see above.

Oprah Winfrey and Kara's Hair

This blog entry can only be classified as a point of personal privelage. I have a great, grand friend Kara who has hair that all her life could be called "unruly". So my friend Kara, long story short, will be on the Oprah show for a big makeover. She flies out May 3 for 4 days in Chicago with makeover and taping scheduled.

The side story to this very fun adventure my friend gets to participate in is this: as an artist you can't help but be inspired by Kara's hair. I designed a pendant line called "Curly Girlz" to remember Kara's hair. It's crazy. It's curly. It's a great head of hair worhty of fine art.

New Gallery

It is time for a new post. I am happy to annouce I have my wired and PMC jewelry at Arizona Handmade Gallery,http://www.azhandmade.com/. This is a unique and eclectic gallery owned and opperated by George Averbeck.

Glass and Bead Expo

It's that time of year to register for the Annual Glass and Bead Expo. The classes are pricey but taught by world class artists. A picture from last year as I reflect on winning 1st Place in the Professional Stained Glass category.

Valentines Day is coming

For folks looking to buy a unique, lasting Valentines gift, come by the Artists Gallery downtown. I put in some new seasonal, fused items that would look good on you or someone special. All fused glass, silver wrapped pendants have been marked down. Good time to buy now with the cost of silver on the rise. Take a look at some of the pendants. Also available are some unique fused glass items and my Organic Glass creations.

New Glass and Exhibit

If I have not told you already, I have glass on exhibit on campus at NAU. It is in the High Altitude Conference Center adjacent to Drury Inn. There are three very nice samples on display. The glass was juried in via a competitive local selection process. Items will on display until October 2010.

Glass and Bead Expo 2010

Wow, so the Annual Glass and Bead Expo in Las Vegas was great, as usual. It was great to see some of my mentor glass artists again. I picked up a few new tricks and some completely new mediums as well. It's always good to know everything you can about your craft and I do love Glass.

Here are some new pics from the expo and pics of my award winning piece. Enjoy.