Fused Glass Art (191)

Artists Describing Their Art:

Sandy Feder - I have always been creative. My mother and grandfather were creative and I seem to have inherited those talents from them. Color fascinates me and colored glass is the best color anywhere. I took my first glass classes in college and have been making glass ever since then. A good day in my life includes being creative in some way. I love it when I spend time with my creative friends and we talk about our interests and pursuits in glass or other media. The first glass items I made were for myself and my family. Soon, I began making glass art to give to my friends. You knew that you were a good friend if you had many pieces of my art glass. Friends doing shows, introduced me to selling my art glass and making enough to sell. So, I now make enough for friends, family and to sell. I often find myself taking a break from the task at hand, by going out and creating something with glass in the middle of another project. My outlook on life improves the more I create with glass. I will always love art glass and hope that you do, too. People...

Gerlinde Behr Johansen - A lot of my past work dealt with pain and tried to provide a visual image and shape to an ineffable experience which, to a greater or lesser extent, impacts us all. Pain is present at our birth, recurs during our lifetime, physically and emotionally, and for many of us will accompany death. Pain comes in many forms - love being one of them....