At his workshop, he has two eager students: Yasmin Darwish, 15, and her mother, Basma Majzoub, 41. They used to work in sewing, but they fell in love with glassblowing after visiting the workshop. "I faced some challenges at first, but I found joy and passion in creating glass obje...
Safely Blowing Glass During Covid-19 Breathtaking, free daily demonstrations, open-working studios, cutting-edge facilities, and first-class workshops instructed by master-craftsmen. One of only two teaching studios in the country offering the safest way to blow glass wearing a mask. ...
Hot Glass: Imagination in Glassblowing: A New Ethnographic Look at an ArtO'Connor, Erin
Blowing glass is much different than hunting down quarterbacks every Sunday. "This is way different. First of all, it's way hotter," Judon said. "This is just unique. You watch yourself on film and think, 'I can do this better.' With this, you let ...
I still haven’t seen any pumpkin orange cinnamon ferns, but this group had a tiny bit of orange in it. Ferns can be very pretty in the fall no matter what color they are. They are another reason I say spring and fall always start on the forest floor. It’s too bad the busloads...
Review of Dear Elizabeth, New Haven Theater Company Sarah Ruhl’s Dear Elizabeth, now playing at New Haven Theater Company for four more performances—tonight and next Thursday through Saturday—has an unusual remit: to present the story of the friendship between Robert Lowell (Ralph Buonocore) ...
Based on the best-selling 2003 novel written by Dan Brown, Ron Howard directs the film version of The Da Vinci Code (2006). Since I haven’t read the novel at this writing I cannot fully give a fair assessment from the perspective of comparison but my hunch is that the book is superi...
Of note: What is a gaffer anyways? It is a person involved with glass blowing. Cornell Heights (Ithaca) Bridges Cornell Heights via Facebook Cornell Heights (Ithaca) Similar to the also mentioned GE Realty Plot in Schenectady, theCornell Heightsneighborhood in Ithaca was created to house faculty...
FIREWORKS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT Stunning fireworks displays bloomed at iconic locations like the Acropolis in Athens, Greece; reflected in the sleek glass walls of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates; and accompanied a...
Encased in glass with soaring 18.5-foot ceilings adds to such a phenomenal home. Furniture Included Wade Weathers and Meg Kauffman of LandVest Furniture Included With such a unique home, the custom furniture from local Vermont craftspeople is included in the $17.5 million price tag dropped to $...