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| AGASC Newsletter Spring 2020 |
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| Highlighting Our Sponsors |
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Be sure and visit our website to learn more about us!
You will find a list of our members who have websites
and teach art glass.
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Letter from the President
I hope this newsletter finds you safe and well. The AGASC for 2020 has been rather quiet due to the Covid19 virus. We had planned to have several events for our members this year but everything is on hold, despite that, hoping you are still able to keep creating art.
At this time we have very little happening in the AGASC. We are therefore, making this issue of the newsletter about our sponsors. I hope you visit their websites and FB pages to support them in these uncertain times.
The Board will meet on June 14th to discuss the annual Gallery 21 Show. We will give an update on how the show will proceed when the city lets us know when Spanish Village will open back up. AGASC is going to hold our next general meeting on Sunday, June 28th on Zoom. So, mark your calendars and plan now to join our next meeting. We will contact you on how and when to join our Zoom general meeting.
Jack Wade
President AGASC
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FACTORY & RESOURCE CENTER
3610 SE 21st Ave
Portland
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97202
(503) 232-8887
RESOURCE CENTER
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805 Early Street, Bldg E
4514 Hollis Street South Pasadena, CA 91030
Santa Fe, NM 87505 Emeryville CA 94608 (323) 675-1006
(505) 467-8951
(510) 595-1318
We collaborate with a community of artists around the world to produce quality art glass and promote quality glass art.
Let's learn from one another! We welcome makers of all skill levels to join us in discussing topics related to using Bullseye glass: kilnforming, stained glass, mosaic, torchwork-you name it. Share questions, inspirations, and any information that could help others improve their glass techniques.
What Is Glass ? (A YouTube Video) Glass is a unique art-making material. In this lesson you will learn about the fundamental properties of glass, the basic forms of art glass and their uses, and how art glass is made at Bullseye Glass Company.
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Passionately inspiring creative expression since 1992.
Serving premium Glass & Tile world wide through joyful distribution.
Uroboros Glass makes art glass - thousands of combinations of color, textures, and styles - for stained glass work, hot glass fusion, and architecture.
Posting in the Uroboros Glass by Oceanside Glass & Tile Facebook page
May 7, 2020 - by
Tristan and Leanne Triggs
Our industry is long overdue for an announcement of excitement and positivity, so we are pleased to be the bearer of good news. Youghiogheny Glass, together with Oceanside Glasstile, is announcing the acquisition and launch of Uro by Yough, a resurrection of the Uroboros line of both traditional art glass and 96 compatible fusible glass. The machines and all of the equipment have arrived at our Connellsville factory, and we are just about ready to start production.
We would like to thank Oceanside Glasstile for approaching us with this opportunity. Their transparency and cooperation throughout the entire process has resulted in a second thrilling announcement; a collaborative resurrection of the System 96 brand of fusible glass and products including Oceanside Compatible, Uro by Yough, and Y96!!
So what this means is that Youghiogheny Glass will produce URO by Yough and will collaborate with OGT to resurrect the System 96 brand. The new agreement will allow for the most comprehensive product selection of hand rolled art glass And a complete line of System 96 compatible fusing glasses and accessories.
The last 5 years have been tumultuous. Our passion for glass and the industry drove us to fill product voids created from the upheaval and expand Youghiogheny's palette. We viewed this time as an opportunity for growth and expansion into the 96 fusible market with our Y96 product line, even though the future seemed uncertain.
In less than a year from the release of Y96, we unveiled the True Dichro line of Art Glass. This had been a 10 year experiment and an outstanding breakthrough in art glass manufacturing science. This was quickly followed by a line of Textured Streaky Art Glass and then Art Glass Irids. Finally, we expanded color options in Y96, more than doubling the original offerings. At the end of 2019, we thought we had done it all. However, opportunity arose once again when we were approached by Oceanside GlassTile regarding Uroboros production and System 96.
Youghiogheny has a long history of producing high quality, handmade sheet glass and is the ideal landing spot for the products previously produced by Uroboros. Our niche and strengths are the perfect complement to OGT's continuous ribbon and accessory products in order to expand the System 96 palette. The name Uroboros Glass carries a heavy weight with us. The brand and legacy created by Eric Lovell is of the highest quality and held in the highest regard. We consider it an honor and great challenge to properly reintroduce Uro, by Yough.
An undertaking of this magnitude for our company will be a challenge, one of excitement and optimism. This is an area where we ask for your help. Any insight that you can provide us with from your previous years of experience with the Uro line of glasses will be helpful. The expansive line of art glass, with the many combinations of colors and textures, has many products that are very similar or identical to items currently produced within our existing product lines. Uro by Yough is striving to recreate the most sought after products previously manufactured without creating duplicates of what is currently available. With your valuable input we will be able to determine a production starting point more quickly.
We thank you for your continued support and loyalty and look forward to providing you with even more excellent products.
Stay Well,
Tristan and Leanne Triggs
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856 N. Commerce Street
Orange, CA 92867 USA
PHONE:
714-538-0888
Mon. - Fri. 8am TO 5pm PST
Dichroic Glass Manufacturer since 1996. We coat finished glass pieces, crystals, ceramic & more! Follow us on Instagram @artofdichroic.
Coatings by Sandberg, Inc.
Dichroic by Design Contest
First Place 2019
Andrew Lang
"Big Bang"
Special Dichroic Extract Category - 2013
Kate MacLeod
"Sea Stars"
First Place 2012
Ken Shrimplin
"Fascination"
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Glass Accessories International
10112 Beverly Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
A new generation of self-oiling professional glass cutters
In 1975 Sam Shupper started Glass Accessories International (GAI) with his son Jack, daughter-in-law Lynne and nephew Gordon Raine. Soon after the company was started, John Alexander joined GAI as the director of marketing and grew the company significantly. Together they introduced the Original brass TOYO Supercutter® - the first of a new generation of self-oiling professional glass cutters. When introduced, the Supercutter was radically new in design, utilizing revolutionary wheel technology developed by Toyo in Japan. This tool offered the advantage of an incomparable wheel life plus a patented 'oil-feed' system for a cleaner score.
With surging popularity, Toyo and GAI developed a series of innovative handle designs and performance improvements. The most recent advancement, Tap-Wheel Technology®, is making glass cutting easier than ever before.
There are Supercutter models to fit every individual from the beginner to the professional. Toyo glass cutters are high quality tools that will last many years of cutting and are the preferred cutter by glass professionals.
GAI has always been a family run business and is currently run by Sam's grandson's Jeff and Steve. The company prides itself on outstanding customer service and stands behind all of their products.
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955 Park Center Drive
Vista, Ca 92081
Monday-Friday, 7:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 800-729-9478
Fax: 760-727-2986
Rayzist is the world's leading manufacturer of photoresist films and sandcarving equipment.
They makes photomasks to transfer you favorite graphics to your art glass. You can click on the following graphic to see a video on how to make the transfer masks yourself.
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Rayzist Virtual Tradeshow, Art Glass
Live from Rayzist Photomask Workshop. Incorporate detail designs into fused art glass using photoresist film. Glass artist Susan Hirsch shows the process adding images into fused glass by sandcarving and firing enamels.
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Finished product using the sandcarving and firing enamels.
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Rayzist's Virtual Tradeshow, New to Sandcarving
Liz Haas demonstrates photoresist films and the sandcarving process.
This video is an introduction to sandcarving.
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2000 Riverside Drive, Suite 19
Asheville, NC 28804 USA
Monday through Friday,
8:00am to 4:00pm EST.
Phone: 828-254-2559 or
800-914-7463
We started as a hot glass shop in the early '80s creating paperweights and larger sculptural pieces. We moved to laminated optical sculptures in the late '80s that required us to develop diamond laps to achieve a flatter surface for laminations than were possible with slurry grinding at the time. Once we developed these diamond laps we offered them to our other glassblower friends as well, and thus began His Glassworks' diamond tool division.
Over the years we have grown our coldworking offerings as customers have requested items and we now have several thousand products and a small staff with well over 3 decades of coldworking experience. It's our goal to provide you with the same advice and service we would expect ourselves as glass artists.
Let us help, inform, and support your glass working adventure.
We provide cutting edge diamond tools, adhesives, machinery and supplies to glass coldworkers the world over.
His Glassworks has over 50 instructional YouTube videos, which you can watch to help you with your coldworking. They cover everything including how to use diamond saws, polishing and engraving on lathes, belt sanders, flat lap grinders, sandblasting and bonding glass using HXTAL NYL-1.
Here's two.
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What is a Dressing Stick and How Do You Use it on Diamond Tools
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Cutting and Grinding Wine Bottles into Drinking Glasses
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6521 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92115
Phone: +1.619.280.6123
The Glass Orchid was established in 1987, and since then we have been serving the San Diego art glass community. Robbie Santolucito's extensive knowledge and of glass art and its techniques are available to the public. Offering stained glass and fused glass design classes, workshops and studio time, as well as the sale of art glass and related supplies.
Glass Orchid was started in 1987, doing custom stained and fuse glass, and a full retail shop for all you glass art needs.
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619-223-1895 or 619-224-4622
Pat's 1502 Glassworks Brief History
Nearly 49 Years, So Far
Max and I moved to Ocean Beach in 1968. In 1972 when our second child, Carrie Warren was born, one of my friends from Mission Beach called me to come to Stained Glass Class, evenings at Mission Beach Elementary School through a Community Schools grant. She told me how good I was with my hands and would love it and leave Max at home with the kids. Seemed like a plan and I accepted. She said, "Oh great, because we have to keep 10 in the Class and we are down to 9". I loved it and took all the classes they offered. Max even joined a class or two and our baby sitter visited her grandmother in France twice on our money.
Bent Antofte was a guest artist occasionally. We had bought a broken stained glass panel at a flea market and I asked him if he would repair it for me. He told me that I probably couldn't afford him, but he told me that since I could put a stained glass window together, I could take it apart, repair it, and put it back together. I am not an artist. I'm an artisan who realized then--what a concept. With practice and thinking outside the box often, I knew that the others in the class could make better new glass art than I could, but I knew that I could repair any of them. My business has survived the downturns of 48 years because when things aren't really good, people will have broken glass repaired rather than buy something new. And the law in California is that you can't sell a house with broken glass doors or windows.
Max had a day job, but used to design for me and we would go together on weekends to repair, and learned how to repair many pieces in place. When Max retired, we worked together after that. Carrie had grown up and after college worked at a commercial glass company, then at Alpine Glass and started her own business. I was first Pat's Glass House (worked from home), then just Pat's Glass. Carrie 's business was 1502 Glassworks (1502 means OB in numbers in the alphabet). We decided to go into business together and she wanted the 1502 and I thought that people would remember the short woman with the short name, so we decided on Pat's 1502 Glassworks. She and Max and I worked together for 12 years until Carrie had the opportunity to start working with Jeff Johnson, whom she had known at Alpine Glass. Max and I started slowing down and helped out when they needed us. They worked together until she married and was going to move to Texas, so we all met and Carrie decided that she could do the computer work from Texas and Jeff was willing to be to be the Offices Manager. We are so glad to have him. He can do anything. He bids jobs, sends his proposals to Carrie and she emails clients. He does excellent designs, knows glass, does repairs onsite and in the shop, fabricates beautiful pieces, can sandblast and the list goes on.
I meet clients weekends and when Jeff is not in the shop. I do paperwork and phone calls at the shop and since our studio is in four 1920's garages in one of the Sefton Mansions in Ocean Beach, it is a great place to be. In 1972 I started working out of a shed in my back yard, moved to Bay Ho in a commercial glass company. Carrie and I then moved into a warehouse near Point Loma HS. After she moved to Texas, a long time friend of mine bought the mansion and offered me the garages. I host the first AGA Business Meeting and fun fest each year and hope you will join us next year. Susan, the owner, lets us use the mansion, lets us tour the grounds and gives tours. This is a really delightful, pastoral place to be and work. I am still in business and having a good life in Ocean Beach. Call me and I can meet you on weekends. Our house is only 5 minutes away.
Pat
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629 W. Grand Ave.
Escondido, CA 92025
Gallery Hours
Wednesday through Saturday 11am to 6pm
P. 760-294-7447
An special article written by James Stone about these times with Covid-19 and how it is affecting his glass business.
In case you missed it. The video of his Pop-up event from May 22 in on his
Facebook page
Our studio & gallery reopens for regular hours
on Wednesday, June 3.
Wednesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm
In keeping with Public Health Guidelines, we ask that you use a face covering and maintain social distancing when you visit the studio and galley
We are reaching out individually to students regarding glass blowing classes. If you had a reservation for a class that was affected by the stay at home order feel free to reach out to us by phone 760-294-7447 or email
info@stoneandglass.com.
With social distancing and cleaning protocols required to prevent the spread of COVID19 we are restructuring our classes. Content will be the same, the same great experience of joining the team on the bench to create in hot glass. Classes will be smaller, private classes, private groups or individuals of the same family or group in a single reservation. Class calendar
www.stoneandglass/book a class
To make a reservation for 3 or more please call or email with preferred date and number in your party.
Thank you for your support, we look forward to seeing you soon.
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606 Concepcion Avenue
Spring Valley CA 91977
My art is the culmination of some of the best and worst times of my life, combined with the mastery of skills, craft, and the attempt to manipulate light in ways that no one expects. My fascination with light has been a lifelong passion that is evident in every piece I make. When I start a new piece my desire is to control the light, and therefore the appearance of the piece, in a way that beckons you to see more around the comer and surprises at each tum. Much of my artistic journey stems from my desire to produce pleasing shapes that flow, reflect and refract the light like that little spot on the horizon that catches your eye, making you keep looking back to watch it dance on the edge. Glass is it as far as I'm concerned. Love it. One of the most interesting materials in the universe, it is structural yet fragile, transparent or opaque, seemingly unaffected by time.
Albeit incredibly tedious at times, the process of grinding and polishing glass is meditative for me. l can turn up the jazz, turn off my brain and just go ... reassured in the back of my mind that what was once just a pile of sand will become a shimmering gem sitting proudly in someone's home. It does make me smile.
One of my favorite things to play with is the manipulation of negative space. Quite a powerful element when used correctly. Often it is the major element that explains the "story" of my sculpture; most notably, my "Tear For Henry" which I dedicated to my father. I have learned that inspiration can come at the most inopportune times in life, and you just have to let it flow through you. Some pieces are a direct reference to an exact moment in my life, while others are reflections of finely tuning my craft, exercising painstaking detail, and attempting absolute perfection of the process. I strive to incorporate new processes into my work that no one else uses or sees fitting to make art with. Investigating the possibilities I see in glass keeps my blood flowing and my brain ticking! My hope is to share that energy with each sculpture I put into the world.
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Recent Works
24" "Tear for Henry" Starphire Dichroic Sun Burst
"Wings" 24" Starphire Dichroic
"Seven's Home" on a Black Optic Crystal Base
(18"H x 9 1/2"W x 9 1/2" D) 45lbs
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968 Rancheros Drive Suite S
San Marcos, Ca 92069
Private Lessons and Workshops
My personal objective is to never stop learning, continue to experiment with glass and explore its possibilities without limiting myself to traditional methods.
The following photos were taken at some of the many classes Patty teaches around the country:
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Combing demo at Uroboros Combing demo at Uroboros
Combing demo
at Uroboros Coatings by Sandberg class
Some of the glass from the Coatings by Sandberg classes
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Some of us are lucky enough to find inspiration early in life. I'm very grateful to be a part of this minority. My journey has been one of constant and ever-passionate experiences with the arts. Being raised by photographers and art connoisseurs, my youth was filled with color. I was fortunate to have a great degree of exposure to many of the art forms that I now hold so dearly.
In 2014, kiln-formed glasswork came into my life as an outlet for some of the challenges that I was facing. The simple act of cutting and breaking glass served well as a way to vent, but these acts eventually came to be something more. I sought the knowledge necessary to create the objects that circled in my mind, and slowly, I began to learn the craft.
With this, I've been fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from so many talented and unique glass artists. Each has helped me to find greater passion for the art form, and for it, I am eternally grateful.
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1055 W 7th St #3333
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 271-9318
The Reeves Law Group is a large, well-known, and respected law firm dedicated exclusively to representing victims of injuries and accidents
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Welcome New Members!
Jessica Engelman
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
June 28
AGASC General Meeting (ZOOM VIDEO)
August 25-
Art Glass Association of Southern California
Sept 7
Annual Members' Exhibition
Gallery 21 - Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park
11-4pm daily
Oct 10 & 11
Art Glass Guild Fall Patio Glass Sale
Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park
10-5pm both days
To submit events that may be of interest to our members contact us!
Share your experiences at a workshop, show or event with all of us at AGASC!
This is your newsletter... We would love to hear from you!
Deadline for Articles and Events for Summer Edition is August 30th
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Susan Hirsch Newsletter Designer
Art Glass Association of Southern California
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