What Do You Heart About February 14? 

A quote from Kahlil Gibran says “Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving”. 

I love how the trees look in winter

Rain

Drops of morning dew

Family and friends

I am grateful for those who have shown support of my work and workshops 

Jester’s Gallery, Nashville Tennessee opening February 4 

Remember the song “Day Tripper”?

It may be time for a day trip to Nashville Tennessee to check out Jester’s Gallery, making its’ debut on Thursday, February 4, 2010.  Stop by whenever you are in Nashville and introduce yourself to AL Sherick, the gallery’s owner.  

Jester’s will carry all of my work including small gift items from the studio such as crystal dew drops, other Lampworked itmes, and cast leaves which make great paperweights (and Heart gifts). 

The leaves that I love are white oak leaves from The Serenbe Project and make perfect gifts for (Heart Day) February 14. 

Refreshments will be served during the evening from 6-9 on Thursday, February 4. 

The gallery is located at 5133 Harding Pike, Suite C1, Nashville, Tennessee  37205   A grand opening is planned for later this spring.  We will keep you posted.  

If you are not in Nashville, you can call the studio 205.612.3317 and we will be glad to help you with gifts for February 14.  Sustainable artful gift wrap is available.  

We would love for you to tell us what YOU heart about February 14  your gratitude, Nashville, or anything else. 

About Tara Glass Art Studio

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Today I wanted to show more of the process of “The Serenbe Project”http://www.serenbe.com/. I have posted an ad for interns. Last week I was contacted by the Redevelopment Authority of a small town located near where I live and they wanted to offer me space in a building that they will use as studios. The Auburn Rural Architectural Studio http://jcsm.auburn.edu/whatsHappen/RuralStudio.html has completed a plan for the arts district in Bessemer, Alabama. This was good news for me, because I knew if my intern project was successful, I would soon be out of space. I am meeting with the director of the project tomorrow and hopefully will be able to use the space if interns want to work at their leisure. This space will be invaluable to me.

The first thing that I will do is to work out a prototype in order to define the process. The mold material that I had originally intended to use is not refirable, so I have ordered a material that is refirable. In a large project like this, the expense of using a material that is non-refirable would be prohibitive.

In the photo above, I am rolling out “sausages” in order to “dam” the mold box. This ensures that the investment material will not “leak” between crevices in the mold box. After the mold box was made, it was shellacked. The mold box is a minimum of 2 inches larger than my pattern. The pattern is made of No. 1 Plasticene and after you get the material warm, it is fairly easy to work with. Plasticene is an oil-based clay which does not dry. That means that it is reuseable as long as it does not have mold material embedded in it.

If you will look to the right of this post, I have listed the workshops that I will be teaching this summer, as of this date. I’m really looking forward to teaching and love doing it. I’m also working on the news release for Serenbe http://www.serenbe.com/ and will post as soon as it is completed. I’ve been looking for someone to work with me on my web site and I have found a couple of people that I believe will do a good job. My friend Debra also has been looking for someone and we shared the name of the guy that will help me. We often share resources. It is great to have a good friend with whom you can talk. Sometimes just by talking with someone else the solution becomes crystal clear. The link to the Alabama Folk School is: http://www.campmcdowell.com/FolkSchool/ Check it out!!