Vendor Profile: Glassy-Eyed Beads

It all starts with a ball of hot glass, and with that ball I can create whatever I can imagine. I have been working with hot glass since I was 19 years old. Each piece is made one at a time in the flame of my torch freehand without using molds or presses, so each one comes out unique with it's own spirit.  
My current obsession is with suncatchers and mobiles, but I still keep to my roots with a small line of laid back jewelry, and loose pendants for your own designs.
You can find videos the process of making my glass on my Facebook page and on instagram @glassyeyed

vendor profile: Glassy-Eyed Beads

I have been melting and sculpting glass for 16 years now. My suncatchers, mobiles and pendants are inspired by the whimsy of folk art, the forms of nature and the movement of light through glass.

You can find Glassy-Eyed Beads on Instagram @glassyeyed, Twitter @glassyeyedbeads,  Facebook, email or online

Spring Market Vendor Profile: Blow In the Dark Glassworks

 

 

Classically trained in the art of glassblowing, Keith Walker’s glass practice began at Glass Happens Studio in Edmonton, AB. Since then, further experience was gained by volunteering at the Pilchuck Glass School (Washington); attending a summer course at the Pittsburgh Glass Centre and collaborating with other local artists on various projects. Keith has had the opportunity to be included in group showings of new work and also held solo displays of glass work, he is mainly represented by The Alberta Craft Council in Edmonton.

His work has always had a strong emphasis on form and has been heavily rooted in the sculptural non-functional path.” I wish to create pieces that command a real presence to the viewer and evoke personality, I continue to challenge myself with the technical complexities of glass and explore glass as an installation medium”.

Most recently, Keith has become one of the lead artists at the Nina Haggerty Centre in Edmonton working with disabled adults in the flat glass studio.

Blow In the Dark Glassworks is a licensed facility within the city of Edmonton and it is where Keith teaches beginners how to blow glass as well as creating his own work.

www.blowinthedark.ca

Spring Market Artisan Profile: Glassy Eyed Beads

Erin has been working with glass since 1999, She began studying glass blowing with Mark Chapman in Palm Springs, CA. While working with Mark she began working with a torch to make glass beads. When she had her children she focused solely on the glass beads and pendants. Her pieces of wearable art have been sold through galleries through out Canada.

Erin Was born in New Brunswick, but grew up mainly in the Muskoka area of Ontario. Both her parents were involved in the fine craft community in Ontario. Erin grew working at craft shows with her parents, and experimented with many crafts herself. She moved down to California in 1999 with her parents and met her future husband there. Since then, she has set up shop in New Brunswick and now Saskatoon, Sk. Erin currently sells at local craft shows and in a few shops in Canada.

www.glassyeyedbeads.com