Glass!! EEEeee!! :0)

To add to my millions of other artistic endeavors I am now working with Glenda, a really cool glass artist to learn more about glass and how to make things bigger than jewelry. I had my first session yesterday where I learned how to program a kiln, design larger pieces (I am currently making a 12" bowl), use the glass saw and belt sander, kiln wash a shelf, and set up a rack melt (my first melt will be blues, purples, pink, and white - I'll cut up the piece when its done to put in other larger projects). The first firing of the bowl and the rack melt will be out of the kiln tonight. Oh, exciting. Its pretty cool. I am trading services with Glenda which is way cool b/c taking glass classes normally runs about $100 an hour for training. I am taking pictures for her and creating/updating a portfolio blog for her and she is teaching me to work with glass and letting me use their equipment and kilns. She's been working in glass for 30 years now so she knows quite a bit. :0) Here are a few of her "smaller" pieces. They are about 15-18" in diameter. I am still working on her portfolio blog but it should be available in the next couple weeks. Cool, eh? And I'll still be doing pottery this fall and all my other things. Yes, I might have bit off more than I can chew -- but hey, its fun. :0)~