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TurtleCreek Art Glass
When "combing" hot glass I must work quickly before the glass cools.
8106 - 30/31 Side Road
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
L0M 1P0
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Phone # — 705 445-8191
Email — eleanor@brownridge.ca
Website — http://www.turtlecreekglass.ca
Classes/Workshops offered by TurtleCreek Art Glass
Beginner and intermediate fusion glass workshops
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About TurtleCreek Art Glass
Eleanor creates custom-designed stained glass panels and windows, as well as fusion glass architectural pieces and functional serving dishes at her studio in the Pretty River Valley just a few miles south of Collingwood. Studio tours by chance or by appointment.
"I've chosen glass as my medium because it is so dynamic. The finished art is always changing. Daylight through a window transforms translucent red into gold; intensifies blues and reveals the complexity of browns. Clear bevels fracture a sunbeam into a rainbow. At night, room light bounces off an opaque sculpture; the patterns on transparent bowls are mirrored on the table. This interplay of light and medium is also what mesmerizes me as I look at nature's patterns particularly the trees in the Pretty River Valley. Therefore in my designs, by choosing glass of varying intensity, colour and texture; and by manipulating the glass at molten temperatures, I try to replicate the movement and chameleon nature of the world around me. "
I particularly like to use "combed glass" in my designs. This is created by heating mixtures of variously-coloured glass pieces until molten (about 1700F). Then, protected by a welder's mask, leather apron and asbestos gloves, I open the kiln and stir the glass with a poker. At that point the glass is red hot so I don't know what the effect will be until the glass cools. I can guarantee that no two pieces will be alike!"