Sometimes people think I actually make the glass I use when creating my designs. It would be a fantastic adventure to make my own glass, but that is a very costly operation. Luckily there are some fantastic creators of glass out there that I can choose from. In my...
Becoming Obsessed with Glass
In 2000 I toured the Corning Museum of Glass in NY. It was not a planned trip – we were driving from Point A to Point B dropping our children off at college and saw a sign for the museum. I convinced Dan to make a detour even though...
Polly Plourde’s Maine Made Fused Glass
Maine Made is what we do! I am a self-taught glass artist and am always playing around with designs, color and texture. I spend as much time as I can in my home glass studio playing with glass, and one day I got a visitor! Steve Minich of WMTW...
The Making of a Tree
I started by cutting the tree trunk with a glass saw and then gathered various shades of green to snip into the leaves. The next step is to cut the trim with a the strip cutter. I washed the glass and applied it to the base. I also added...
