Glass Artist
Louie Via is a glass blower who makes glassware that is decorated with curved, linear patterns that resemble wood grain. He begins by blowing a multicolored vase, which he wraps with a thin drizzle of black glass. He ... [... more]
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Wood Block Artist
Although the process is detailed and complex, often taking weeks or months to complete a series of prints, she demonstrates her method in a simpler manner. First, she draws the image she will be carving onto carbon ... [... more]
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Glass Blower
Wren Helwig, a glass blower in Hollister, Missouri, creates mouth-blown Christmas ornaments. He heats the glass, rolls it (sometimes incorporating the use of other colors), then blows the glass into a sphere. Helwig ... [... more]
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Fused Glass Masks
As the name suggests, fused glass is the process of taking sheets of glass and attaching or "fusing" them together using the heat from a kiln. Forsen makes various types of fused glass wall hangings. For the show, ... [... more]
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Glass Artist
BJ Katz fires sheets of glass in kilns, using the heat to slump the glass into textured architectural pieces for homes. She creates doors, bathroom sinks and counters, shower spaces, indoor water fountains and ... [... more]
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Mosaic House
The Carol Duvall Show camera crew is on the road to visit the mosaic house of ceramist Beverly Magennis. Magennis is one of those people who creates just for the sake of being creative. She has covered her entire ... [... more]
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Shoebox: Spool Tables
Meghan has decorated many of the tables with ceramic tiles that she purchases at tile and carpet stores. She mentioned that she usually goes to the back room where she can buy individual tiles rather than having to ... [... more]
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Flame Worker/Glass Artist
Ellie Burke is master of an unusual craft known as flame working, a type of small-scale glass blowing that is used to create beakers and test tubes. She uses the same techniques to create decorative goblets and ... [... more]
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Glass Artist
It is not known exactly how these early pieces were cast, but experts believe materials containing silica were mixed together and heated. A nearly glass-like substance formed and once cooled was ground into a powder. ... [... more]
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Mosaic Artists
Mosaic artist Bonnie Mann works side by side with her daughter, Courtney (figure A), to create mosaic backsplashes, floors and walls. This dynamic duo is shown building a decorative centerpiece featuring Celtic ... [... more]
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Glass Artist
Glass artist Stephen Powell lives in a glass house that is filled with rainbow-colored glass vases, windows and columns that he has created. He works with tiny beads of colored glass called murrini. He heats and ... [... more]
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Reclaimed Birdhouses
She begins by constructing the basic form of the birdhouse with cypress. Once painted, she turns to the embellishments made of metal. Flowers that decorate the front of the birdhouse are cut out of scrap metal, ... [... more]
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