'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! 

Glass Blowing - Swan

This one is amazing.

Patterns

Need a new pattern?
Here is a nice site with a bunch of freebies.

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.

www.glassart.org

Hey,
Here is an interesting site with some interesting pieces. we suggest you click here have a look and become overcome with inspiration.

Get a new sink

Get yourself a custom Glass Sink for your bathroom
Here some beautiful designs for wall-mount bathroom sinks. LINK but fear not you do not need to travel across the country to get one. We actually do that right here in Campbell river too.