Meet Renee Mathies

Meet Renee Mathies

Spotlight on Renee Mathies My name is Renee Mathies and I am a lampworker artist based in Knoxville, TN. I love to see the looks from people when I tell them that “I Play with Fire!” My journey started when I was doing a small church craft show. At the time I made...
Marcie Davis – Lauscha Glass

Marcie Davis – Lauscha Glass

An Evening with Marcie Davis Lauscha Glass Presentation   Thursday, January 19, 2023   Marcie Davis fell in love with glass at the ripe old age of 6 when she saw her first flameworker in Venice, Italy. Two decades later she became the final student of Cortes...
Swap #13 Hearts & Flowers

Swap #13 Hearts & Flowers

Swap #13 “Hearts & Flowers”   *This Swap Has Closed The purpose of this swap is to provide members an opportunity to experience the fun of swapping and building relationships with fellow artists while building or honing skills. This Swap is being...
Tips – True Glass Colors

Tips – True Glass Colors

But what color is it really? This month we have a couple of tips about how to know what the glass color will be after you use it. A tip, learned from Melanie Graham’s great blog, is to make a small bead or even just a paddle of each color and glue it to a...
Challenge #32 – Put Some Mittens On It

Challenge #32 – Put Some Mittens On It

Ongoing Challenge #32 Put Some Mittens On It! By Janie Jones Our very appropriate December theme is “Warm Woolen Mittens.” The first thing that comes to my mind is adding mittens to a favorite snowman bead. But you may pick your own: melted in a flame or fused in a...