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In this blog (when I have some time), I will talk about my thoughts on art in general and glass art in specific.

If you have any comments on my post, please feel free to leave them. I will be excited to hear your opinion.

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I created the art process in 1978 which I refer as Crystal Imagery since the final product has a crystallized affect from the irregular shapes of the stained glass (approx. 1 mm in size).

Let me start my first real blog by answering a question I get all the time (No, not the question: “Do you ever burn yourself?”, even though I hear that question almost as often, only from people not familiar with working with 1,600 degree hot glass): "Why did you decide to become a glass artist?"

First off, I would like to say this is a wonderful site, and a wonderful opportunity!. I would like to thank Master Frabel for his efforts in making this happen. Having grown up in Atlanta, I have been a fan of his art for a long time. I especially love your clowns!

A problem I have had (maybe since birth) is that I have a tough time accepting compliments. I guess I just never wanted to be perceived as a bragger. Now, this does not seem like a problem by itself, until you, out of a wrong sense of modesty, diminish your own work and your accomplishments as an artist, by not accepting compliments or just waving them away.

Step 1: The stained glass is crushed to approx. 1 mm in size with a hammer after placing it in bags.

Step 2: The crushed glass is run through various strainers to remove the large pieces and sand.

This is the largest work I've done so far.
" Michael" is the name it measures 3 feet by 5 feet.
I had a broken ankle at the time of construction, so I couldn't move around much.
There are over 10,000 pieces of stained glass.
Check out my website

I'm starting to feel like a "Blog Hog", LOL, as we already maintain 3 blogs (Blogspot, MySpace, Webjam) about our artistic pursuits and a 4th blog for our family stuff.

My wife and I have been planning a trip to New Zealand this November for a long time now. Last month I started looking online to see what the lampworking scene was like down there. I quickly realized there wasnt to much going on with borosilicate glass, at least what I could find online. I did find one distributor who is selling Glass Alchemy colors in a town north of Auckland.