http://blog.artfulhome.com finding the work of talented artists and making it part of our lives Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:04:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wanganui 1 Vessel (Red-Orange) by Brian Russell Glass is natural, ancient, and beautiful—a symphony of heat, earth, and creativity that has seduced us for centuries. As an art form, there are very few pursuits that can match the history of glassmaking and the ingenuity of glass artists. Generatlly speaking, artists work ... http://blog.artfulhome.com/index.php/2010/06/02/cast-glass/ While visiting Boston over the weekend, a friend and I got to spend time with artist Amy Nguyen at her live/work home/studio in Boston. The excuse for the visit was to review some pieces of wearable art we intend to show in the Fall 2010 Artful Home catalog, but ... http://blog.artfulhome.com/index.php/2010/05/27/contemporary-shibori-designs/ Visiting Molly Stone and Michael Cohn at their studio in Richmond, California has been an occasion to which I've looked forward forever. I always seem to be out of town when they open their studio and gardens to the public, so I was very flattered when Molly allowed me ... http://blog.artfulhome.com/index.php/2010/05/25/visiting-molly-stone-and-michael-cohn/ Tutti Frutti Wine Powder Twist Goblets by Robert Dane For 3,500 years, glass vessels have been a hallmark of human civilization. When the ancient Syrians began blowing molten glass around 50 BC, they took the medium to a whole new level of delicacy and translucency. Glass-blowing technology, using a long thing ... http://blog.artfulhome.com/index.php/2010/05/18/blowing-glass-goblets/ Born to an artist and an engineer in Florence, AL, Cal Breed has spent his life trying to reconcile the dichotomy. He started down the path toward a degree in marine biology, but eventually felt the calling to do something expressive with his hands. In 1994, he discovered the medium ... http://blog.artfulhome.com/index.php/2010/05/17/featured-artist-cal-breed/ Slant Perfumeby Kevin Kutch and Mary Ellen Buxton The art of the perfume bottle is as old as perfume itself. The ancient Egyptians used a variety of materials including gold, colored glass, stone, and alabaster to contain their precious fragrances. Some perfumes were also stored in clay pots in the shapes ... http://blog.artfulhome.com/index.php/2010/05/13/the-art-of-the-perfume-bottle/ Like many glass artists, Chris Mosey started out in ceramics. At Tennessee's Appalachian Center for Crafts, he spent his early student years throwing pots. Stepping into the glassblowing studio to fulfill a graduation requirement, Mosey suddenly found himself stoked with a new passion for glass. "I got totally sucked in ... http://blog.artfulhome.com/index.php/2010/05/12/featured-artist-chris-mosey/ Uranium Foglio by David Patchen In the past decade, art glass has enjoyed growing interest from artists, galleries, dealers, museums, and collectors in the United States. The momentum has continued as its popularity has expanded to audiences in Japan, Korea, and Australia. The many unique and contradictory properties of glass as a ... http://blog.artfulhome.com/index.php/2010/05/11/collecting-art-glass/ The Chair by Michael Wilson Are you sitting down? It's hard to imagine, but chairs are not as common everywhere as they are in our culture of office work and television watching. A life without chairs is not a question of money—in some places even the elite sit smack dab on ... http://blog.artfulhome.com/index.php/2010/05/05/are-you-sitting-down/ Totemic Dreams by V. Shaw A garden tended by a green and patient thumb is never ordinary, but artful touches large or small can make it extraordinary. Cast aside the notion that art should only hang on a wall or sit on a shelf awaiting routine encounters with the feather duster. ... http://blog.artfulhome.com/index.php/2010/04/28/incorporating-art-into-your-garden/