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Contact InformationTo contact Rich with questions about any of the hand blown glass, request a solid glass mushroom or tree or a blown glass pumpkin or a blown glass heart or a blown glass vase, or just to say hi, send email to Rich. We currently take checks, money orders, and PayPal. Mostly Paypal, though! To contact Renee with questions about her sanity for being around Rich or even venturing into the studio, send email to Renee. To contact the photographer about any of the pictures, send email to Rich. To contact the Webmaster about the site...yeah, send email to Rich. He does that too. Rich is typically reasonably prompt in responding to email, so if you haven't heard back, try Renee. Rich has been having some strange email problems lately. So before you cuss him out for ignoring you (feel free to cuss him out for most any other reason), email Renee. LinksFollowing are links to relevant glass companies and people. |
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Glass Studios and Glass Supply Companies |
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| The Bay Area Glass Institute is a public studio that teaches glass (blowing, fusing, slumping, torching, and cold-working), does community outreach, hosts shows and events, and rents time to crazy people like me. It's where I make most of my stuff.
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Michael Angelo Menconi (you must be an artist with a name like that) is a fabulous glass artist who taught me a great deal about color and cane. Especially using duro from Gaffer. He has a great sense of humor. | ||
| Every year BAGI puts on the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch in Palo Alto. It's such a cool show! If you're local (or plan to be in the Fall), you can track the dates at their site.
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Another wonderful glass artist is Marc Petrovic. He is an incredible sculptor. You have got to see his glass birds! He also has a great sense of humor. | ||
| Gaffer Glass is my favorite color supplier. If you go to their site, you'll see that the palette available to us glass artists is fairly limited. Glass color is not like paint, where we can mix blue and red to get purple.
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| C&R Loo is another great source for color. They carry different manufacturers, as well as tools and other supplies.
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| San Jose State University has a glass program. I am angry that I did not know about it!
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| Bullseye Glass produces sheet glass for fusing and slumping...and also for fusing and rolling up and making into strange objects! Woo hoo!
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| Franciscan Glass is my local supplier for sheet glass. Very nice people, and very helpful.
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| HIS Glassworks is a great resource for cold-working equipment and supplies.
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| Jeff at Cutting Edge Tools makes the best shears! I have his duckbills and his diamonds, and they are the best.
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