Hi There! We were lucky enough to have everyone's favorite Toronto explorer; Deepa from BlogTO pay a visit to the studio last week! She's great company and an absolute natural with the hot glass. We did a bit of a crash-course in glassblowing before she headed off to her next Toronto adventure. Thanks Deepa! And thanks to your editor for not using the full clip of the glass pony I flubbed. (Shhh, don't tell the other glassblowers!). Keep an eye out for the lovely Lana Filippone blowing a massive glass bubble! Ps: Everyone keeps asking: "Who are you wearing in the video? Who are you wearing?". It's getting kind of old so I'll tell you. The Seagull shirt is...
After nearly four years (!!!) of building, I'm proud to announce that Turnstyle Glassblowing Studio is finally up and running! Classes are already filling up but there are some spots available. If you're interested, get in touch! The first beginner session is slated to start on April 26th! Dates and times for that course are as follows: Friday, April 26th: 6pm-10pm -Safety Instruction, Short Demo and First contact with the Glass Saturday, April 27th: 10am-6pm -Demo & Intro to Hot-Sculpting/Colour Application -Break for Lunch (1 hour) -Demo & Intro to Blowing Sunday, April 28th: 10am-6pm -Demo & Intro to Bitwork (Handles and Decoration) -Break for Lunch (1 hour) -Final Demo If the intensive weekend workshop doesn't fit with your schedule,...
If you've been paying any attention to the studio via social media or otherwise this past year, you've noticed that things have come to a bit of a stand-still in terms of progress. The delays have been largely out of my hands which is frustrating but I feel as though things are back on track since the new year!Lest anyone think I've been loafing in the interim I'm putting together a series of posts titled Side Hustle to illustrate what it takes to keep things afloat when the build doesn't go your way. In this entry: Going Once, Going Twice...Gone! As I've mentioned in a previous post, I did a stretch of about a year and a half working as...
Hi There! I just wanted to take a moment to post some photos from last week's Craft Awards Ceremony hosted by Craft Ontario. I was lucky enough this year to receive the Pattie Walker Memorial Award in Architectural so I would also like to give a big thank you to the organization and it's various associates and volunteers! Congratulations to all the other award winners: Pamela Allen Amanda McCavour Marie-Eve G. Castonguay Andrée Chénier Naomi Clement Lisa Creskey Stephen Dalrymple Jerre Davidson Reid Ferguson Suendrini Goonesekera Joon Hee Kim Jing Huang Heidi McKenzie Lindsay Stead Jessica Steinhäuser Nurielle Stern Jake Whillans Click here to link to the official announcement page with a list of all the recipients. Below are...
Who needs a hot shop with this weather? Wow! For once I'm not feeling the pressure to light that furnace up. I got some great news last week from Janna aver at Craft Ontario: I was chosen as winner of the Pattie Walker Memorial Award in Architectural Glass for my oversized Lite Brite installations! Very honored and can't wait to exhibit some of my work at the reception. For a taste of what's to come, here's a video I made when I first conceived of the pieces. Not so sure anymore about the royalty free music I used, but nevertheless, enjoy! Here's another one I found. A music video someone made with a regular sized Lite Brite. Pretty impressive...
