Comments on: Getting GASsed, finale

By: Leslie Rowe-Israelson

Leslie Rowe-Israelson — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:04:10 +0000

OH!!!! those are soooooo special. You mean I actually get to touch them when I come to visit. Oh Lucky Me. Les

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:35:01 +0000

Actually, that’s not the kitchen countertop, it’s taken on one of the display cases in the glass room. I just stuck a piece of black foamcore behind it to snap a fast photo.

But yep, somehow they followed me home… I realized after I got home that I’d essentially brought home one of every type of glass art process EXCEPT casting. Go figure.

By: Leslie Rowe-Israelson

Leslie Rowe-Israelson — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:28:23 +0000

Dearest Cynthia, do I notice your beautiful black kitchen counter top and are you now the proud owner of those exquisite pieces to add to your already beautiful collection . Les

By: Leslie Rowe-Israelson

Leslie Rowe-Israelson — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:27:42 +0000

Well I am so wonderfully exhausted and so rejuvinated creatively that I cannot contain my emotions. One of THE ULTIMATE conferences ever and we owe it to all the hard working volenteers , business that opened their doors, the gallery’s , the Elements hotshop,who worked tirelessly to make this a most memorable affair. I do not want to miss thanking anyone so I think thanking Portland is the best way to make sure no one is forgotten. A great poem comes to mind when I think of conferences
Make new friends,
Keep the old,
The new are silver,
The Latter are GOLD .
This is how I always feel when I leave a conference . And this one did not dissappoint ONE MINUTE. Well done. Leslie Rowe-Israelson

By: Cynthia Morgan

Cynthia Morgan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:56:23 +0000

Thanks, Gary, but that box was NOT going to fit into the car!

Lani, the pear is by a very nice lady I met at the conference, Kathleen Elliot, and I think she made it during her demo. It just looked right sitting next to Cobi’s piece, and the two pieces are a nice embodiment of many different glassmaking techniques, so seemed appropriate to post it. The pear also looks like it’s about to morph into some of my weirder 3D stuff, with those leaves beginning to walk away with the fruit.

BTW, the black chairs WERE comfortable. I had to keep kicking people out of the queen’s chair whenever I came back.

By: Lani

Lani — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:19:20 +0000

PS. What’s the story behind that amazing pear in front of Cobi’s basket? I love it.

By: Lani

Lani — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:17:48 +0000

BEST AFTER-IMAGE: Cynthia and Gary sitting side-by-side in those big high-back swivel chairs at the Volunteer Central desk (or whatever it was), looking like the King & Queen of Smug in the middle of a Mad Hatteresque Party.

You really made it LOOK like it was organized even when many of us were frantically searching for the life boats…

Thanks to you and all the volunteers who went above and beyond and made Portland look so good.

By: Gary Brown

Gary Brown — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:20:20 +0000

It was a hoot hanging out with Cynthia… though I have to admit that driving her home, her sitting in the passenger seat next to me holding a thin piece of artwork made my heart go pit-a-pat. It was like the time I went out with the kids when the oldest was five. Seeing them with the expensive crystal on the table…. and seeing the hard, hard floor… It didn’t help when Cynthia said “Just think of it as a piece of thin sheet glass…nothing unusual.”

Much thanks to her for giving me a place to lay down my weary head.