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July Newsletter

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July
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The heat of Summer is finally here. I’m looking forward to a day at the beach.
We installed the window for Lennox Island last week,

I’m very pleased with it, there will be a special Sunday celebration we intend to attend http://www.lennoxisland.com/ExperienceLennox/Experiences.html
I had only one response to the request about supplies so for the time being I will not be stocking stained glass supplies. There are a few tools and some glass available so drop in if you are looking for these items.
We have started our Off The Street Program Off The Street Fusing Classes
No Prior Sign Up Needed
20 Min Glass Fusing Classes at Firehorse Studios
Take an Impromptu class, learn the basics of Glass Fusing and take home your own Fused Glass Project

Class Number One
Fused Glass Pendant
Design your own Fused Glass Pendant
We will finish it for you and you can pick it up or have it mailed.
$35.00

Class Number Two
Fused Glass Suncatcher
Design your own or follow one of our easy patterns
$30.00
Shipping $10.00

Class Number Three
Fused Glass Coaster
Set of Two
$40.00
Shipping $10.
Classes start on Friday and there will be a sign up sheet if you want to pre-book. These classes will be taught by our newest employee Ashley Dickie. Ashley is a native islander from Summerside she is enrolled in a Fine Art and Art History Program and brings her own designs and skills to the classes.
The Summer Score Magazine is here
http://www.spectrumglass.com/stained-glass/score/Score111.pdf
Courses and Workshops
New York
http://oatkaglass.com/index.php?q=classes-Bullseye-Glass-fusing-classes
Glassifieds
Help wanted!
Experienced glassblower wanted for volume production blowing.
Temporary position for 4 weeks in August/September Room and board provided.
Please contact Eva at Tsunami Glassworks
519-258-7620 or eva@tsunamiglassworks.com for additional info
www.tsunamiglassworks.com

June Newsletter

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June

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Well summer is finally here, let’s hope the sun comes along too. It has come to my attention that some of you are still looking for local stained glass supplies.  Can you tell me the three top items you’d like for supplies and if there are enough responses I can stock them. There are a number of cruise ships in this month and as always the torch is available for free on Cruise Ship Days, http://www.historiccharlottetownseaport.com/cruise-ships/cruise-ship-schedule/

We will be starting our Off The Street Program in the summer too. Come in on days that it is offered to take a quick introduction to Fusing Class. These are mini classes lasting about 20 min, for $25.00. There will be three projects to choose from and the results can be picked up or shipped to the students. Look for these to start in July and August.

Conferences  & Workshop Info

The Glass Art Canada Conference was last week to see more info visit their magazine online

http://mag.glassartcanada.ca/

Stained Glass Stuff, Ottawa is offering a Jayne Persico workshop.

http://stainedglassstuff.com/learnstuff/jaynepersico.php

http://www.jpglassworks.com/artist.html

Peter McGrain is offering Fall Work shops and has a new website finally! Yeah Peter, http://petermcgrain.com/

Grants and Funding

The Craft Development Program provides financial support to assist Prince Edward Island craftspeople

expand and diversify the production of quality crafts for local and export market demand. Through this program, government will provide assistance to individuals, businesses and groups engaged or plan to be

engaged in craft production and who wish to exploit new market opportunities as a means to creating full?time employment.  If you have any questions please contact Innovation PEI.

http://www.peibusinessdevelopment.com/photos/sites/innovationpei/file/Craft%20Development%20Program.pdf

Glassifieds

From time to time folks have equipment to sell here is a fantastic deal;

Hi- I have glass-cutting items that I want to sell-

Cutting oil, 5 design books, sanding blocks, solder paste, Morton layout block system, transfer paper, soldering iron, packaged copper foil, nails and pins, 2 spools of solder, box of glass pieces, work station, cutting board, plug-in with dimmer, lamp positioning block. Please call 367-0608 in the evening.

May Newsletter

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May Newsletter

Hello and happy Spring to you all. Australia was lovely warm and sunny. I hope we’ll have lots of that here soon.       April was busy in the shop Cathy Krolikowski gave me a hand completely reorganizing the store.   I t really looks super. We have doubled our jewelry displays and brought in a new selection of paintings by my mum Ambkia Gail Rutherford, http://www.redoakarts.ca/roa_gallery/ambika.html

We have expanded into the back room and have lots more work by Laura Cole and Mae Bain there. I still have a few items on sale in the very back room, A set of 14 colours of Glass Line glass colours with pen tips, The Glassline Pens are used as a lining and shading material for glass. They’re simple in design, easy to use, and can be thinned with water. A metal tip set is recommended for fine line drawings on glass. The Tip Set consists of one each of the following size tips, find, medium, and bold. These tips are placed on the 2-oz applicator bottle and used to achieve a variety of line widths. The Glassline colors can be applied between multiple layers of glass or on the top surface for a complex dimensional look. To further explore your creative edge, Glassline colors may be sprayed to achieve subtle shading variations on glass. Glassline products are lead-free and food safe when fired..GA15 – BASIC COLOR KIT GLASSLINE PENS

$126.76

GA15 -  BASIC COLOR KIT GLASSLINE PENS: The Glassline Pens Basic Color Kit comes with the fourteen standard colors, White, Black, Grey, Dark Blue, Turquoise, Light Green, Dark Green, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Pink, Crimson, Purple, and a tip set. Comes in fourteen 2-oz bottles.

I also have a Glastar Grinder going for only $156.00 you can’t beat that price. There are also assorted tools at 40% off.

We are kicking off the season on May 14th so come on down ,

An Invitation to

The Olde Charlottetown Artisan Studio Walking Tour

Open House

Join Us

Friday May 14th 3:30-8 p.m.

We want you to know us. Come and meet Charlottetown Artisans in their Studios.

Enjoy Craft Demonstrations, Food and Wine in a relaxed setting.  Enter Draws for Prizes at each Studio.


The shop will be open seven days a week starting on May 3rd so come see all the changes.

Here is a link to a new online Newsletter, http://www.glassartnetwork.com/page/mayhomecover

Tips for Eliminating White Mold

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April 4, 2009 9:00 amtoMay 30, 2010 9:00 am

This is the first in a series of tips on this subject from Mae Bain. Today’s tip is that Mae restores here foil to a fresh burnish by dipping in a mixture of equal parts salt/water and vinegar then rinse with water and dry before you solder. Mae does  this for every copper foil piece in her work. She also emphasizes that it is very important to burnish each piece very very well as it is flux and residues under the solder that cause the ‘white mold ” or oxidation of the piece.

From Mae Bain, Careful cutting and Grinding

The better your pieces fit together, the less time you will spend fussing over your solder bead.Every time you resolder a line, you push the adhesive from the copper foil out from under your solder bead, making it more likely your foil will not stay tight to the glass.

Careful Cleaning After Soldering

I use dishsoap first (Sunlight Liquid) and an old toothbrush. I spend a lot of time brushing th esoap into my solder bead. both sides. I rinse well, dry with a flannel rag. I take an exacto knife with a #11 blade and check both sides of the glass for overlaps, trim evenly, and use the tip of the blade to scrape off any adhesive that has collected.

Shine the Glass

Shine the glass using a glass wax, dried to a haze and a flannel rag. I use a nail file with a rag wrapped around it, to go over each piece of glass as close to the solder bead as I can get, flip to the other side.

These tips will help reduce corrosion for years, but time works away at all the solder and every few years I clean my own pieces again, through all processes abd it really keeps them looking great. I have some pieces that are sixteen years old and look like new.

Good Luck , Mae Bain

February Newsletter

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May 1, 2009 10:00 amtoJune 30, 2009 12:00 am

February

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We were closed for January while I attended the PEI Buyers Market and took wholesale orders. I also finished a little custom piece.Custom Window

There was not a straight line in the house so it was a challenge but I think the swirling of t he baroque glass gives it some life.

I have been steadily cleaning out the back room and we will have in renovated by the end of April. There are still some sheets of glass going for $5.00 a square foot and I will continue to have some on sale until April.

I am now back in the shop Wed-Sat and you can come in for retail items or supplies while they last. Mr. Bowlan at Bowlan’s Stained Glass on University is the closest supplier for glass and materials. You can also buy from Paragon Stained Glass in Cornwall.

You can also order online from Atlantic Stained Glass http://www.atlanticstainedglass.com/index.asp or Cranberry Stained Glass http://www.cranberrystainedglass.com/

You might want to order from the Glass Place in Montreal too they have the largest selection east of Toronto, http://www.glassplace.com/

I will not be giving classes this year, but you are welcome to come in for advice or to ask technical questions online on the web site.

Just use the comment forms on the posts.

In stained glass I have some sites to share, a whimsical and technically brilliant artist Frans Wesselman in the U.K. http://www.fwstainedglass.com/Glass.html

A very early film on the making of glass, which is a trip into history,http://www.blip.tv/file/700988

Everyone it heartbroken for Haiti and artists on PEI are donating to all sorts of events and Auctions. I have donated my Yemaya pieceYemaya

So far the bids are up to $500.00 you can get involved by coming to the Alibi tomorrow night in Charlottetown. The Silent Auction starts at 7 p.m. and ends at 9:30 folks are pre-bidding on Face book, at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=263841587492&ref=ts, my other item is a Fused Bowl, Eight for a wishEight for a Wish

A belated Happy New Year to you all. The year of the Golden Tiger starts on Feb 14th. So remember your Valentine with a Tiger Pendant and have a good time in the snow. Susana