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'Tis the Season

99.7 THE RIVER'S 2ND ANNUAL RIVER RELIEF TRUCK

It's Back! The River's own Dave Reynolds will, once again, move into an empty 53 foot Van Kam transport trailer at Merecroft Village Plaza for 99.7 The River's 2nd annual River Relief Truck in support of the Campbell River Food Bank and Salvation Army. Starting Wednesday, December 1st, Dave will live there 24/7 until the truck is full of non-perishable food donations.

Last year, generous Campbell Riverites donated over $150,000.00 worth of food in just 11 days, which kept the Food Bank going from Christmas until the end of June!

Sadly, this year, the need is greater than ever. Please get together with your family, friends, neighbors, community groups, sports teams, or businesses and bring your non-perishable food donations to The River Relief Truck at Merecroft Village Plaza.

Lets make sure that no Campbell Riverite go hungry this Christmas...and beyond!

** I took this right from www.97theriver.ca I heard this on the radio and thought I'd share this with all of you.  No one should be hungry, theres no excuse.  Do what you can! Happy Holidays! 

Its about time!

The Secret to Tide Line

As most of you all know, Tide Line is made up of two ladies... a mother - daughter team.  One who is incredible with the soft glass, a pro solderer, and a laugh that can only be  recognized as the one and only Vicki.  And well the other, the glass blower, sand caster, and experimenter.  

But what you guys might not know is that the heart of the operation goes to the finisher; Glen.  The husband to Vicki, a father to Toni.  He is the one that builds us protective gear for the grinders, wooden frames for our stained glass pieces, and welded stands for our fused and sand casted pieces.

He's a heavy duty mechanic by trade, but for TLG is our God sent.  A fantastic wood worker.  Here is some pictures of his cedar chest.  This summer two of his nieces and one nephew got married, so he built each one their own cedar chest.  

There are some of Glens small wooden boxes on display at the Gallery.  And bigger ones he makes on order.  Just email us, call or drop in! Great Christmas, wedding, birthday, or just because gifts!

Fall 2010 Classes come to an end...

Stained Glass Beginners Class

I would have to say that the classes here at Tide Line were a success! There was fun and some fabulous pieces that went out of here.  Here are some pictures to share with you from some of the classes offered.  If you have any ideas for next years classes let me know...

Barbara at the Snow Flakes in Three Hours Class

 

 

Amanda Parkers Kiln Casting Class

Sand Casting Class

Call for Artist - Gathering Glass

Call for Submissions
Gathering Glass Art Show & Sale

 

Calling all Glass Artists. This is a unique opportunity to have your artwork on display and for sale through the Museum Shop at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. The Art Show and Sale described below is open to all local and regional artists. Deadline for submissions is December 3, 2010.

The Whyte Museum Shop will be hosting an Art Show and Sale entitled Gathering Glass,to be held in the Whyte Museum Shop and the Swiss Guides room, from January 22, 2011 through March 1, 2011. The Opening Reception for Gathering Glass is January 22, 2011, 1 to 4 pm.

Gathering Glass

This is an open invitation for works in glass which explores a broad range of contemporary glass expression, including blown, kiln-formed, stained glass, and lampwork. These pieces will be on sale by consignment. The gallery space is suitable for pedestal, wall installation (with some limitations), and covered showcases for jewellery or smaller pieces.

Artist Eligibility

All Alberta Glass Artists are invited to submit.

Artwork Requirements

All artwork must be finished in a manner that is professional in appearance as determined by the Manager of Retail Operations. The artist will be responsible for the delivery of the artwork to the Museum, and pick up at the exhibition conclusion.

Pricing of the artwork must be negotiated with the Manager of Retail Operations. A standard commission of 40% will be charged on all artwork sold.

Artist Responsibilities

The artist will be asked to provide the museum shop with jpeg images (4” x 5” at 300 dpi if possible) of their artwork for the purposes of advertising and promotion. The artist will be asked to provide with a guest list for the purpose of advertising the exhibition opening and reception. Artists are asked to attend a small reception at the show’s opening, if they are available.

Museum Shop Responsibilities

The Museum Shop will advertise and promote Gathering Glass through e-invitations, our website, and in newspaper ads, and will host a small reception for the Art Show and Sale. The Museum Shop will pay commission on all artwork sold normally within 30 days of selling the piece. The Museum retains the right of refusal for any artwork at their sole discretion.

Submission Specifics

·         Deadline for submissions is December 3, 2010.

·         Completed application form required

·         A brief artist’s statement included

·         A current C.V. included

·         A maximum of five digital images of the artwork, on CD. All images should be clearly labeled and the required information must be provided. To determine suitability for mounting and exhibition, the size and weight of the pieces must be included in the submission.The CD will not be returned to the artist.

Do not bring or send original works of art.

All submissions should be forwarded to:

Lorraine Noel-Clark, Manager of Retail Operations

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

111 Bear Street, Box 160

Banff, AB  T1L  1A3

Phone: 403-762-2291 ext. 312

Fax: 403-762-8919

Email: lnc@whyte.org

www.whyte.org

*** Email me at tideglas@telus.net and I can send you this and the application form in doc. or pdf format!

Did you know?

The history of the Glass Christmas Ball 

The first holiday ornaments were natural items like fruits and nuts or cranberry or popcorn garlands. Later, sweets, candles, paper objects and small handmade items joined the list. Glass ornaments appeared during the 1800s and quickly became popular holiday decorations.

Hans GreinerGlass ornaments first appeared in the 1840s, produced by Hans Greiner of Lauscha, Germany. The original ornaments were shaped like nuts and fruits, but soon took the shapes of stars and hearts, animals, children and even saints. The hand-blown and molded glass ornaments gained further popularity after a London newspaper published an illustration of Queen Victoria's Christmas tree, bedecked with ornaments from Germany, Prince Albert's homeland.
Importation Fuels Popularity
F.W. Woolworth introduced glass ornaments to U.S. shoppers after a trip to Germany, where he visited the Lauscha glassworks and decided to import the ornaments. By 1890, sales of the highly desired glass ornaments developed into a multimillion dollar business for Woolworth.
Other Materials
Material shortages during the second world war forced manufacturers to begin using other materials besides silver, wires and metal in the production of glass ornaments. They began incorporating paper and string into the ornaments in place of the more valuable materials.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_6795373_history-glass-ornaments.html

The melting pot

Looks like a pretty interesting site for fellow glass junkies...

http://www.talkglass.com

The Glass Blower Poem

BY the red furnace stands
Apollo mute,
Holding in upraised hands
His iron flute.
Slowly from back and brow
The bright sweat drips;
He sets the clarion now
Light to his lips,
And ever, as he blows,
Without a sound
His molten music flows,
Golden and round.

Never from herald's breath
In brazen horn,
Telling of strife and death
Or of peace new-born;
From silver clarinet
By fingers small
To lips of ruby set
In raftered hall;
From jilted shepherd's reed
Plaintively proving
How he in very deed
Must die of loving–
Never from all these came
A music sweeter
Than this bright sphere of flame
With neither sound nor name,
Cadence nor metre,
That steadily, as he blows
On his iron flute,
Trembles and swells and glows,
Gold-amber, amber-rose,
In melody mute.

~Jan Struther

There is so much you can say with glass!

One of my favorite glass artists...  check out her site Karen Lamonte

Interesting site on casted skulls...

Kiln casting... step by step

If you're interested in kiln casting... you might find this site interesting enough to bookmark!

http://www.glasskulls.com/

Twisted Sifters

Glass Cupcakes made by yours truly and Victoria for Angie and Tonie

So this Sunday on our day away from TLG, Victoria and I found ourselves on the road down to Duncan to experience the most amazing cupcakes.  I must say the peanut butter one was my favorite!  If you're passing through Duncan you must stop in for one or six at Twisted Sifters.

Glass Art Association

a great website to follow! subscribe.  read.  share.  just do it!

http://www.glassartcanada.ca

Tis the season for pumkins!

Trends

Some stained glass designers consider stained glass overlay the future of stained glass. Overlay is a modern technique used for stained glass.

"There are two types of stained glass overlays,"says David Dillian.
"A true stained glass overlay is made when you take a piece of glass that you are currently working with and you either glue another piece of glass to that (you cut out size or shape to it) or you fuse it together by melting the two pieces of glass together," he says. "That's the true stain glass overlay."
The other form of overlay is cast glass overlay, which is the oldest form of molding glass, says the Glass Encyclopedia (http://www.glassencyclopedia.com/).

"The technique was known in ancient Rome and Egypt, but in the art nouveau period (very early 1900s) it was called Pate de Verre and developed to a very high artistic level by such French artists as Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Henry and Jean Cros, Albert Dammouse, Francois Decorchemont, Amalric Walter, Emile Galle and Georges Despret," the encyclopedia says.

The technique, the encyclopedia says, involves creating a paste made from powdered glass and coloring agents. That paste is then poured into a fire-proof mold, filling it, and firing it in a furnace to melt the glass.

Orgins

Coloured glass has been produced since ancient times. Both the Egyptians and the Romans excelled at the manufacture of small coloured glass objects. The British Museum holds two of the finest Roman pieces, the Lycurgus Cup, which is a murky mustard colour but glows purple-red to transmitted light, and the Portland vase which is midnight blue, with a carved white overlay.
In Early Christian churches of the 4th and 5th centuries there are many remaining windows which are filled with ornate patterns of thinly-sliced alabaster set into wooden frames, giving a stained-glass like effect. Evidence of stained glass windows in churches and monasteries within Britain can be found as early as the 7th century. Benedict Biscop’s monasteries in Monkwearmouth and Jarrow have revealed hundreds of pieces of coloured glass and lead from as early as 680 CE.[1] Stained glass was also used by Islamic architects in Southwest Asia by the 8th century, when the alchemist Geber, in Kitab al-Durra al-Maknuna, gives 46 original recipes for producing coloured glass and describes the production of cutting glass into artificial gemstones.