Articles by Sheila Farnell Morley

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Glass Line Magazine~Boogie down Beads! April/May 2007

The cover shows a piece

by JDC Roman, who writes a fantastic Article on the art community. --------- >

<---One of the first boogie down beads 2006

The Article;

Boogie Down Beads: Relief Style Glass Sculpting - by Sheila Morley Ц When we apply the techniques learned in other artistic fields to glass, amazing things can happen. Glass can be melted like wax, applied like paint, drawn, centered and sculpted like clay, even welded like metal when under the torch. Even when glass is cold, it can be sanded like plaster or stone. Not only is molten glass as beautiful as a pot of molten bronze, it is as colorful as a ceramic glaze when it is done. It is the most versatile material I have ever stumbled upon. You can learn to control the reactions of the glass right in front of your eyes. Because ceramic glazes are made up of the same materials as glass, it absolutely amazes me that I get to hold glaze in my fingers and create art with it, without needing the clay...

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