The gift of glass jewelry can be a gift to last a lifetime. It can say things to your special someone in a unique way that only a one-of-a-kind piece of art glass jewelry can. Visit Glass Expressions Art Glass Gallery today to see the many designs, shapes and colors of glass in jewelry. Below are just a few of the artists and their work represented at Glass Expressions.
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Fantasy Beads Nancy Pilgrim |
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Nancy Pilgrim's creative endeavors began eighteen years ago when she learned to do calligraphy ( She still teaches calligraphy classes at the local community college), and she transferred those skills toward bead making. |
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The influence of the numerous design and color workshops she has taken over the years shows up in her bead designs. She enjoys the creative process of working with molten glass to form miniature paintings and sculptures. |
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She is inspired by nature. She loves the colors and images found in tropical locations and uses her travel experiences to influence her choices when working with the glass. |
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Renaissance Glass Studio
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Jane Barthelemy, Oregon jewelry designer and brand new glass artist, creates colorful necklaces, earrings, bracelets and pendants in contemporary, innovative, multi-layered glass designs. Jane infuses the finest of old-world craftsmanship with eclectic, energized and modern style. |
Jane creates her exciting, fashion-forward glass jewelry in an airy studio in Portland, Oregon, surrounded on all sides by 12-foot shelves of the finest quality beads and findings. Her favorite components include Murano glass, Bohemian glass, antique Japanese beads, handmade glass beads by USA bead designers and freshwater pearls. She uses superior American-made findings of sterling silver and gold vermeil. |
Jane’s exclusive lamp beads are made entirely by hand over a single flame. Many of the beads have an internal layer of 24k gold or sterling silver, which adds luminosity to the transparent colors. Each color must be layered one at a time while keeping the molten glass at a constant temperature, or the bead will crack. |
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Marco Polo Designs |
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| Penrose Design beads begin with a core glass tube of dense, opaque color, often white which gives the other colors "a lot of punch." For the vibrant colors draped over this core, the couple prefers the transparent glasses from West German manufacturers because of the clarity and "jewel-like" quality of the material. |
Penrose Design |
The intensity of
the color depends on the length and width of the bead as well as the size and
shape of the hole. The shape of the bead comes from blowing a hole through
the glass tube.
Elizabeth Cary and Rick Bernstein live in the Rhode Island town of Foster, where their business is located. |
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"Choose a gift of glass jewelry for your special someone!"
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Zero |
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Zero Gravity Glass is handmade in our studio using cathedral, opalescent, iridescent and dichroic art glasses, kiln-fired to fuse at 1500° F. Glass fusion is a 4,000-year-old technique with roots in ancient Egypt. Prized for its intricacy of design, superb color saturation, depth and clarity, our glass requires several layers, multiple kiln firings, and diamond grinding and polishing to achieve its finished look. |
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We make our glass jewels one at a time, by hand, and we invite you to share our love of glass. |
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We hope you're thrilled by the brilliant color and luscious finish that only gem quality art glass can provide. |
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Kroma Dichroics...the Original Source |
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Kroma has been dancing this dance for 30 years. Murray Schwarts pioneered the transition of dichroics from scientific applications to... |
...a fine state of the art. Rupama is the original source and creator and designer of dichroic glass jewelry. |
They love their work, have kids - grandkids and live in the woods of Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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