Glassblowers’ Local 503 will be at The Artisans’ Village at the Oregon State Fair from August 26-September 5. Matt Clark, Lucy Blue Berger, Zoe Bacon, Elin Sanders, and me, Jo-anna Horn (I’ll be there Labor Day Weekend only 9/1 – 9/5) will be doing glassblowing demonstrations until 9pm every day. Come see the hot glass in action and enjoy the many other artisans and their work in the village. Don’t forget there’s also music performances on the Artisans’ Village Stage. More info here: Oregon State Fair
The creative minds over at CMD Agency have released a CD of Winter “chill” music. It features recordings (found sounds) from all over the Portland area, including The Saturday Market, The Timberline Lodge, The Grotto, Zoolights, The Christmas Tree lighting at Pioneer Courthouse Square, and others.
You can stream it, download it, or they’ll even send you a free cd.
Check it out here.
Update: The link now leads to CMD’s 2008 Christmas creation…
Q: How do you get the glass into the furnace? A:This particular furnace is filled by shoveling it in. Paper bags are filled with solid chunks of glass and then those bags are shoveled in one at a time. The furnace is over 2200 degrees so the paper bag instantly catches fire and burns away. The glass chunks melt into molten glass in a big pot inside the furnace.
Q: What kind of glass is it? A: It is a glass that is specially formulated for glassblowing.
Glass Blowers Local 503, a group of glass blowers from the Portland area joined together and re-opened the hot shop in the Artisans Village at the Oregon State Fair for the first time in 4 years. Check out an article in the Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon here. The members of Glass Blowers Local 503 are Elin Caughley, Zoe Bacon, Matt Clark, Lucy Blue Berger, and Jo-anna Horn.
Good music is what you need. Here’s some of what’s been keeping time for the creations at Elm City Hot Glass. Some of these artists are independent, including some locals from New Haven, Connecticut and Portland, Oregon.
