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SC Artisans Center

I am excited to announce that Glass of Sherry pieces are now available at the South Carolina Artisans Center in Walterboro, SC. I’m looking forward to participating in events at the Center and am honored to be associated with this amazing organization! Since 1994, this non-profit center utilizes a retail shop, interpretive displays of Southern folk-life, live demonstrations, and educational and information programs as venues to communicate South Carolina’s culture to the public. By promoting the indigenous fine crafts produced exclusively by South Carolina artists, the Center works to create a better understanding of our rich and diverse cultural heritage.

Housed in a restored eight-room Victorian cottage, the center showcases over 300 of the finest Carolina artists, emphasizing traditional and indigenous folk art and contemporary crafts.

Address: 318 Wichman St
Walterboro, SC 29488
Hours: Monday-Saturday 9 am – 5 pm
Phone: (843) 549-0011

The works above can be viewed and purchased by visiting the SC Artisan Center retail shop during it’s regular hours. I will also be participating in some of the upcoming events at the Center, held every month on the third Saturday from 10am – 2pm.

WB Moody Foundation

Win this Surfin’ Starfish window at the William Brian Moody Foundation Golf Tournament after party raffle!
When – May 6, 2023
Where – The Golf Club at Westcott Plantation
More info / tickets at:
https://event.gives/wbmgolf/items

Surfin’ Starfish

Do you love this Surfin’ Starfish window? It can be yours! It will be available in the raffle at the W. B. Moody Foundation Golf Tournament on May 3rd at Wescott. Even if you aren’t a golfer, you can enjoy the 19th Hole – Kentucky Derby Viewing, Raffle Drawing and party! Learn more about the foundation and the event at https://wbmoodyfoundation.com/tournament/

Beach themed scene in a recycled window. Mixed media – includes sea glass, sea shells, glass chips, frit and starfish set in resin. Approx 30 5/8″ wide x 28″ tall.

Two Rainbow Rows

Here is how the two small Rainbow Row panels turned out after the resin cured. These panels measure in the 5.25″ – 13.5″ range.

Resin time!

Rainbow Row with the resin poured and decorated. Just need to wait for it to cure now.

I had to re-adhere a couple of pieces on the other panel so I poured the resin on it another day. The “sky” is decorated with blue shell flakes and small, clear glass glitter.

Working on RRows

Every day I spend a bit of time adding some detail to these two little Rainbow Rows. I like to add trees, birds and flowers for decoration. I should go for a field trip downtown and get some inspiration for other things to add. After the mosaic adhesive dries, it will be time to add the resin coating.

Added some small plants and a couple of leaves on the trees

Little Rainbow Rows

While I was wrapping up the placement of the smaller transom window, I took a bit of time on the side to start working on a couple of variations of small row house panels. Since I’m in Charleston, I try to make them resemble the famed Rainbow Row. I’m comparing painting on the doors and windows to using glass for those features. So far I have the larger pieces, doors and windows in place (plus a few tree trunks), and just have the fun details (trees, plants, etc.) to add before I pour the resin. I used resin spray to seal the black paint I used for the windows and doors on the top panel, as occasionally I have run into issues with it smearing when I pour the resin.

Smaller Transom – complete

Despite the snafu where I forgot to use adhesive on the main panel, the smaller transom turned out OK. It adds some cheer to our kitchen.

Smaller Transom

I decided to try adding a border around the old smaller transom window. I made a piece of backer glass that fits the space and centered the old transom insert on it, then cut some matching pink and green glass to fit around the edge. The below photo is before I glued the border glass down.

Adding border to stained glass transom window — Laying out the border

Unfortunately I just realized that I forgot to glue the backer glass to the old transom, so there will be some tricky adjustments once the border glass adhesive cures. With three layers of glass, it’s pretty hefty.

Two Transoms

I haven’t been very productive lately as I’ve been pretty sick with the current thing that is going around of late, but I have two new projects to work on around my house for 2023. We got a new front door and a new kitchen door and both transoms are significantly larger than the old ones, so I will have to make something new for both areas. I might alter the old one for the kitchen and see how it looks, but I am pretty sure I will make something new for the front door.

The old kitchen transom is stained glass coated with embellished resin. I might set it on another piece of glass and add a border in similar white shade of stained glass to make it fit the new transom, but I haven’t decided for sure yet. I did already cut the clear backer piece of glass for this transom, though. The old front door transom was dichroic and seedy clear glass edged with lead and framed with a zinc frame on the outer edge. The new front door transom will likely feature some dichroic glass and incorporate our house number, but the design is still forming in my head. It will have to be multiple panes of glass as I don’t have any glass that is large enough to cover the full horizontal length of the front transom.

New doors / transoms — New Kitchen Door & Transom

Below is how the old transom looks when just sitting unsupported in the new front door transom window.