The SHOP HOP Event....

If you're in Minocqua on Thursday night, the 17th of June be sure to stop by Bassett Jewelers for the After Hours Island SHOP HOP Event by participating stores. You can see these 2 pieces there along with myself and the other local artists who have their work for sale there. You can get more info if you click on Bassett Jewelers on the right of this entry. There are 4 other establishments taking part as well.

The pendant is an oxidized Fine Silver piece on a rubber cord. The earrings are gold hoops, with a pewter colored disk bead and oxidized Fine Silver disks.

In Memoriam.....

Briary Nan Furda, fondly known as "The Nannercakes" left us on Thursday June 3, 2010 just before her 15th birthday. She will be greatly missed by  all her loved ones and her best buddy Mick.  We'll be thinking of you often.

So What's New This Season..........

Well, I do live in Wisconsin and what do you think we eat a lot of here? Yes it's cheese! We have access to some of the best cheeses around. If you haven't tried some award winning Artisanal Cheeses from places like Carr Valley, Sartori and many of the smaller cheese makers in our state, you really need to. One of my favorites is from the Uplands Region in Southwest ,WI called Pleasant Ridge Reserve from the  Uplands Cheese CO.   http://www.uplandscheese.com/   It has a wonderful creamy taste and it's made from the milk of their own cows who have grazed only grass. So production only takes place when there's grass to be eaten, obviously. Hook's Paradise Blue Cheese is another favorite and is located in the Mineral Point area. Salads have never tasted so good! So I think...... special cheeses need special knives. Both of these have one of my Lampworked Glass beads on the end, one is done in a Silver glass, the other with lots of Silver Leaf, Fine Silver mesh and colorful Murrini. You can find one at Chocolates & More in Mincoqua, The Rodd Umlauf Gallery in Lake Tomahawk, and Center for the Visual Arts in Wausau, WI.

New At Bassett's......

I recently took some new work up to Bassett Jeweler's in Minocqua, WI. Check to the right for their website. Here's a pair of earrings with some silver glass round Lampwork beads. What makes these special? The glass has a high silver content which allows it to change colors when exposed to high heat. The rod for this pair started out as a Transparent grass green rod and changed to some wonderful metallic colors in blue and pinky purples. They are a bit difficult to photogaph, but I think you can get the picture. The caps are made from Fine Silver and they're suspended on a hammered heavy wire.

There's a New Home for these....

These little gems found a new home last week in Mercer, WI. Small Sterling hoops with Handmade Fine Silver textured disks that have been oxidized. May you wear well!

Artistree Gallery's First Stained Glass...

Also at the Artistree Gallery in Land 'O Lakes is a few pieces of my stained glass. This piece is a small window with one of my Lampwork beads, a Moss Agate, beveled leaf shape and some lucious deep grass green mottled glass. If you look closely at the bottom view you can see what inspired me for this piece.

Yes that wonderful little Moss Agate seems to have a landscape all its own.

Land 'O Lakes, here I come....

Recently I was accepted into a new Gallery called Artistree. It's located in Land " O Lakes right on the Wisconsin and Michigan border. The entire Gallery is composed of and run by all sorts of Artists ranging from Fiber Arts, Jewelry, Oils, Watercolors, Pottery and now Stained Glass. I had the opportunity to meet some of the artists at the Bi-annual meeting on Wednesday night and thoroughly enjoyed myself. They are a very ambitious group and have a delightful space right on the main street. I was hoping to have some photos , but I ended up a little too rushed , so my next trip up there I'll be bringing my camera. I had to laugh because the meeting was held at the Chamber there and not more than a half block away was the "Welcome to Michigan" sign. When I say this town is on the border....well I really mean it. This is one of the pieces I took with me.....it has a rubber cord with a handmade Fine Silver twisted bail and Lampwork bead. The bead has silver leaf, glass shards and Murrini with clear "wings".

A Pair of Windows....

I haven't had any Stained Glass here for awhile so I thought I needed something a little different. This pair of windows I did for my sister and brother-in-law for their front window. The purpose was to have 2 windows that celebrated their oneness and accentuated their uniqueness. They each chose something they liked, as you can see the center stones are different, but the colors and choices of glass are similar. When hung side by side they also flow one into the next. The colors are soft ambers and smokey greys with lots of texture. Enjoy.

A couple night views and a shot of the luxurious fireplace that worked beautifully and gave off some nice heat, for cool Nov. evenings. Hope you enjoyed the tour and you can visit the site at http://www.sethpeterson.org/

More Seth Peterson Cottage

The bedroom, pictured here, again has built in storage and sandstone walls. Note the corner window where the glass comes together and the corner disappears. Even the biffy is spiffy, with a stainles steel shower with the head pointing backwards, and the drain right in the flagstone floor. The photograph is an original signed Pedro Guerrero. He was the photographer to Wright, as well as to Alexander Calder ( famous for his mobiles) and a few other famous people. It was exciting to see an original print.More Nov. foliage.