Karrie, the woman who made these two pieces, is new to sea glass. She has been bitten though and now thinks sea glass. She wonders about the colors, the rarity, the difference between real and tumbled. She’s thinking of the beaches she can go to where she can collect more. But, she’s also MAKING ART and she’s brand new.
Isn’t it amazing what can be done with enthusiasm and sea glass. In this wind chime, Karrie used sea glass, shells, a few pottery shards, a rock and the invisible super glue and fishing-line type wire. It is a time-consuming process to wrap thin wire around each and every piece of sea glass, apply glue, move on.
Karrie said that over the last week the chime has held up nicely, is hung in her house where it makes a nice and all natural sound. I have to say I am THRILLED for her. Being in a clinic, hands on, where it’s not clear what will be made is wonderful. I can be a control freak but after a one-week tutorial on pendants, Karrie knew she could play and practice on her own at home. She wanted to learn new and different skills and so, a stunning chime, her first, is the result.
But, Karrie has generously allowed me to show off her work and I’m so happy to do so.
Karrie has the love and the bug for sea glass which thrills me as well! She’s a mom, a partner, an employee and an incredible woman with talent and resilience in her personal life. But, when we get together in the clinic we just two “sea glass girls” loving the glass and the craft and making art and having a blast!
The So. Shore YMCA at Mill Pond in Hanover will be offering another 3-week sea glass clinic. Depending on what the students want to make we’ll work on jewelry, mosaics, sea glass sculptures or chimes. Or, if people want to wire wrap jewelry all three weeks, that’s o.k. too. I’ll post the info. here as to when the class will run going forward. If you want to be on the waiting list, please call me at 617-962-0036.
This piece is a work in progress. The chair is actually tiny, and the space one used to hold a small photo (3 by 5) and she’s making two chairs with totally different color glass and wire and different styles.
We started on wire sculpturing as fill in to existing structures. If one wanted to use a thick wire (say 16 guage) and create a shape, such as a star or heart or cicle or mermaid that would work. You could wrap one piece and add on another, or wrap several pieces all together and insert them in specific spaces and adhere the wired glass at the end.
Catch of the Day: the enthusiasm and contagion of someone with passion, skill, talent and joy in the creation process. Thanks Karrie!!!
awesome
This is awesome.