List of Shows

This is a list that will be updated as we are notified with all the 2009 shows and events for all the

Etsy Glass Members Internationally.

There is a button on the left column that will take you here with ease, any time of the year.

If you love glass, keep up with the show list, you may just be able to meet the artist in person!

JUNE : JUNE : JUNE : JUNE : JUNE

June 13 opening

Easthampton Bearfest & Artwalk

Crystal Popko, glass artist

Shop name: Popko!

Event location: Easthampton, Ma

Show info & website: Starting in June 2009, Easthampton City Arts will host a major public art event in the City of Easthampton, Massachusetts. The Bear Fest will revolve around an exhibit of 30+ life sized bears which will have been decorated and painted by local and regional artists. Popko! was chosen to adorn a baby bear with a glass mosaic. easthamptonbearfest.com

JULY : JULY : JULY : JULY : JULY

to be announced

See you there!

May's Featured Member- Susan Sheehan of Susan Sheehan Lampwork Glass

May's featured member is one of our team administrators and has been instrumental in guiding the EGA safely into 2009. Susan Sheehan of Susan Sheehan Lampwork Glass is a full time lampworker. She lives in Exeter, New Hampshire with her husband and 2 children. We asked Susan to tell us about herself:

When did you first become interested in glass?

It sounds terribly cliché, but I got into glass because of an artistic block. I was a photographer and for months everything I shot looked awful to me. I had lost the joy and dreaded finding new images for my note card business. I decided to take a beginner bead making class and suddenly found my creative spark.- What do you like best about what you do? I love the process. I enjoy sitting down to the torch, melting the glass and forming it the way I wish. I have an obsession with making tiny dots become flowers and colors play nicely together.

Is there a pattern in the way you select materials? In the way you use color, texture or light?

I love fashion. I’m not exactly a fashionista, but I admire clothing design and color is a big part. I browse Vogue, am drawn to small designer boutiques and often spend a day just window shopping to fill my mind with textures, form and color.

What inspires you? How are your inspirations expressed in your work?

I am inspired by the beauty of nature and my favorite places, sandy beaches and flower gardens, are often what I try to portray. Fortunately both of those are close enough all I need to do is go for a walk to get the juices flowing.

What are your techniques and style and how do these relate to the medium?

I think my style is dreamy and serene. I love the look of Monet with colors that flow into each other and let the viewer define their shape. I find my techniques lend themselves to less control and more submission to the glass and its ways.

What do you find most challenging about your work in the glass arts?

There is always something new to learn. It is what keeps me excited and motivated. Whenever I feel I have mastered something to the point of boredom I can throw in a new technique to spice things up. I think of the great masters and realize generations later their offspring are still rediscovering a new way to do what has always been done. I’ll never know it all.

How did you find Etsy? What do you like most about it?

I heard about Etsy from another bead maker. I love the interactive nature of selling on Etsy. Never would I have believed the amount of conversation I have with customers through e-mail. I really feel a personal connection and that is pretty amazing.

Want to win a big pendant??

edit: THANK YOU to all who entered! The winner is "shrimpsaladcircus". Congratulations!
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First and foremost, thank you to our many valued customers that took part in our fabulous Spring Bling sale!

The Etsy Glass Artist's have an ongoing monthly draw for a variety of items made by our members. This month's prize is donated by Groovyglassgirl.


EGA BLOG prize
Originally uploaded by groovyglassgirl

A large fused glass cabochon enveloped in a decorative stained glass soldering technique.



HERE'S HOW TO ENTER:
Leave your name and email address or some way to contact you (should you be the winner) in the comments section of this post.

Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter on the left to be notified of any upcoming sales and events. Also use the egateam tag in the Etsy search box to locate all of our listings for sale.

Winner of the "Spring Trees" Giveaway!

The winner is Micaela, who left a comment in this post about SPRING TREES made by PoPkO!Congratulations!

I will be notifying you via email and sending you your choice,

a fused glass necklace with spring trees on it!

Join us here for the next Monthly giveaway.

Its easy to participate, when you see the next giveaway post, leave a comment. Simple!

Etsy Glass Artists Spring Bling Sale

The Etsy Glass Artists (EGA) is having a "Spring Bling" Sale from April 18th through the 24th. See each shop's Announcement and the list below for their particular offerings! Please use the code "BLING" in your notes to buyer upon checking out so you can get the sale price. This is a great time to purchase that perfect gift for Mother's Day or a little treasure for yourself.

Etsy Glass Artists "Spring Bling" Sale

April 18th through April 24th

Participating Members:

http://glasscat.etsy.com/ - Dichroic and Fused Glass BOGO 1/2 off, All stained glass 10% off

http://groovyglassgirl.etsy.com/ - Free Shipping
http://susansheehan.etsy.com/ - Glass 10 to 25% off as marked in sale section of store
http://chickadeebeads.etsy.com/ - BOGO 1/2 Off
http://jewelrybynatsuko.etsy.com/ - BOGO 1/2 off
http://mycabincreations.etsy.com/ - 20% off everything
http://rwillisglassartist.etsy.com/ - 20% off all glass items
http://paulasstressart.etsy.com/ - 20% off entire purchase
http://colorshoppestudio.etsy.com/ - 20% off all stained glass jewelry
http://giapet.etsy.com/ - BOGO 1/2 Off
http://glasscircus.etsy.com/ - 20% off on all my glass

*BOGO = Buy One Get One 1/2 off

Come check out our new EGA website http://www.etsyglass.com/.

Use the word egateam in the search box on the Etsy front page to find a listing of all of our members creations.

Thanks so much for your past business and support of our shops!

New Etsy Glass Artist Member - Glass Circus

The members of the Etsy Glass Artist Street Team would like to introduce our newest member Martina of Glass Circus. She makes colorful, unique kiln formed fused glass items and has a wonderful shop. We hope that you will all stop by and say hello to her with a purchase :).

Here are some of her colorful creations.

Spring and Easter Challenge Prizes

Etsy Glass Artists team members decided to creatively challenge one another to come up with their interpretation of Spring and or Easter. The last month has seen several beautiful and creative entries and now we are down to the last week for comments. Let us know how you feel about our art by leaving a comment. Everyone who leaves a comment will be entered into a random drawing to win some handmade glass goodness from several of our shops. We will have several winners too! (one entry per person per post. In other words you can enter once every time we post a new product!!!) Be sure to check back on the blog on April 10th as we will announce the winner that day. Entries will be accepted until midnight April 9th.
Here is a list of the entries. Be sure and leave your comments for a chance to win some glass goodies.

Spring Challenge Entries - enter to win at each link

• Fused Glass Wall Vase - RWillisGlassArtist
• Easter Egg Vessel Pendants - Chickadeebeads
• Tokyo Spring - JewelryByNatsuko
• Bird Suncatcher - Groovyglassgirl
• Sweet Spring Beary - MyCabinCreations
• Easter Owl - StudioMarcy
• Tiger Lily - TheVenerableBead

Here are the prize donations that you will have a chance to win.

"Sakura Poppy Earrings"
www.jewelrybynatsuko.etsy.com

A Beautiful Pendant
www.chickadeebeads.etsy.com

Lovely Earrings
www.MyCabinCreations.etsy.com

This pod shaped pendant was made in the flame of my torch using borosilicate glass. It was annealed in my kiln for everlasting love and enjoyment. It measures 30mm in length and is a lovely purple pink orange and yellow. It comes strung on an 18 inch gunmetal chain with lobster clasp. It's a color packed wee drop of a pendant. :)
www.Venbead.etsy.com

Fused Glass Barrettes
www.paulasstressart.etsy.com