One of these joined my glass pumpkin collection.
And one of these as well. There were also a couple of five dollar, made in China pumpkins that tagged along. I'm branching out from the traditional orange.
Purty!
Who doesn't need a cyclops glass, breast bottle, or octopus?
Fun floats!
You never know who might be glass gazing! You may recognize the dynamic, tireless, and talented Tom and Linda from Linda's blog Linda Letters. It's always a pleasure to see them!
Saturn! The glass eye makes paperweights of all of the planets in our solar system.
Starfish with dichroic frit. Fun.
Island Art Glass was among the affiliated vendors that brought glass to sell at deeply-discounted prices. You may recognize their work from the Northwest Flower and Garden Show, Sorticulture, or a number of other venues.
One of the many independent glass artists who set up shop on the street approaching the Glass Eye sale.
Cleverly, the line to check out winds through a variety of vendors who were happy to share interesting information. This dry-looking iridized finish was created using glass with high silver content and working the outside with a reducing flame. The effect is similar to the raku technique where a reduction chamber is used to achieve somewhat similar results.
Hope your weekend is free from great pressure, heat, and stress but is beautiful nonetheless!
Particularly like that "raku" vase because it is beautiful without adding flowers. My kind of vase.
ReplyDeleteYour last line has left me smiling, and that's a good thing, as I'm actually reading your post in the MORNING, after listening to the latest news from our destroyer-in-chief. I'll work on letting that go.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to see you at the glass sale. Next year we'll come prepared to wait in line as we shop.
Looks like you had fun! I plan to have a great weekend, the weather people are saying it will be our last sunny weekend for a while.
ReplyDelete"I don't need another glass object..." followed quickly by "One of these joined my glass pumpkin collection..." then "And one of these as well..."
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good time!
I loved the octopus!
ReplyDeleteThe iridized glass vase is gorgeous. It seems that, in addition to being a mecca for plants, the PNW also has a lock on glass production. I featured a local exhibit in my post today - there was pretty stuff but you'd have to sell an organ to afford it.
ReplyDeleteOne can never go to these sales and come home empty-handed! ;)
ReplyDeleteAmazing glasswork! I've recently added some glass items to the garden and I love the way they look. My only concern is a rogue windstorm blowing debris down to shatter them. I'll probably take them down for the winter, but they're so beautiful. Glasswork in the house is awesome, too. One of my bucket list destinations is Venice--partially to see the amazing artisan glass creations. Love the pumpkins, the vases, and the floats you photographed!
ReplyDeleteI want one each of the blue articles I saw in your pictures. I am going through my blue phase ya know. Seeing all this I no longer wonder where you get all your glass items that are in your garden. That vase with the silver is fantastic. What an unusual idea to make all the planets in glass. I love glass objects but I am death on glass.
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