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Transformation Orbs

February 5, 2025 By Ruth Bushman

Transformation Orbs are an interactive tool designed to permanently hold handwritten notes written by you or your loved ones.  I use mine for intention setting, and sometimes to send a note to a pet I’ve lost, others have used them for prayers or at weddings and in ceremonies. …

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Questions from the Hot Shop, pt 1.

August 10, 2022 By Caliente Hot Glass

Friendship globe glass blowing class artist instructor adds a dab of molten glass to the piece.

Questions about glassblowing Have you tried one of our glassblowing classes? We keep them small and offer classes almost all year with both seasonal and standard offerings.  Many thanks to our inquisitive guests who have brought us the best questions from this week: How does the weather affect …

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Stop Working So Hard!

July 19, 2022 By Ruth Bushman

Stop Working So Hard Stop working so hard! Here’s how I did it. I come from corporate. Everything was a fire, I was a great firefighter. The difference is, real firefighters, usually have time between fires. Glen is an artist - hopelessly so - always has been, always will be. Glen continues to …

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Introit. What is is and how to do it.

July 12, 2022 By Ruth Bushman

Introit. Never heard of it? Well neither had I, but Glen has a penchant for interesting, and often archaic words. I first started taking notice in 2017 when Crepuscular Rays came into our vocabulary. And it's become common practice to co-opt fascinating words for use in the hotshop. Recently we've …

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Stuck Train Part 2

July 5, 2022 By Ruth Bushman

Train at Hackberry and Duval

How do we continue to learn from the trains? Read the first half of this post here. When you strive to apply everyday philosophy, our new friend provided us a great opportunity to see that sometimes the trains don’t come and go, they stay - and so does that sound she found so irritating. Prior to …

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