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I’ve been busy moving and setting up a new, and much smaller, studio in our new home. But here are some new vessels I’ve created. I’m calling these…
I have recently finished my first project in a new technique – pressed glass. Here, I’m creating unique patterns in multiple layers of glass that are fired at…
Now, this is my idea of gardening. These 10″ and 12″ glass flowers are blooming in my garden, at the entrance to our home, and inside as well. …
After a month of ennui, these two glass tapestry pieces, got me back in the studio. The amount of detail, the complication of the designs, and the need…
I’m so delighted to have three pieces accepted to the 2020 Open Juried Art Show of the Thousand Oaks Art Association. The show runs from February 4th to…
It’s that time of year again! Hope you can join us for our annual Open House.
I have packed these three pieces to take to Burbank for a show that will run the month of September. It’s a show being mounted by the Thousand…
Pleased to be having several pieces in a show sponsored by the Thousand Oaks Art Association in cooperation with Burbank’s Creative Arts Center/Gallery, and especially pleased to have…
The third in my series – HINENI. As I Holocaust Survivor, I am using my art to express my growing anxiety at watching refugees and new immigrants being…
When I saw this first image of a black hole in space, and I knew right away that I had to translate it into glass and, now that…
I am so pleased to have my work included in the 2019 California Open Exhibition at the TAG Gallery during the month of August. It’s truly an honor…
Now, here are some flowers for your garden or table that are truly maintenance free – no watering, no fertilizing, no pest problems. This one is 18″ long…
Are these magic or are they fused glass art – both! The wine bottle is held in perfect balance, seemingly suspended in mid-air, while depicting a landscape done…
“BROKEN…A HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN FUSED GLASS” is a multimedia project consisting of six annotated glass panels, an oral history by my Mother, Rose Horowitz for the Shoah Project,…
For the past few years I have devoted myself to creating a project that tells my story as a Holocaust Survivor and memorializes the lives of my parents,…
These lovely new bowls and platters could be the beginning of a new series of floral tableware. It’s a complicated and time-consuming process but I love the resulting…
I’m thrilled to be honored as “A Woman of Valor” by the Jewish Federation and Family Service of Ventura County for my work on the project I have…
On October 28th, The Ventura County Jewish Film Festival will be hosting the premiere showing of my fused glass project called “BROKEN: A HOLOCAUST PROJECT IN FUSED GLASS”. …
When the Santa Paula Art Museum asked for artists’ submission for a show called “The Wall” in order to explore the nature of boundaries and walls, I was…
Join us on June 9th, at Studio Channel Islands, to celebrate the amazing women in Shannon Hogan-Cohen’s newly published book S.H.E. Share, Heal, Empower and to meet the…
I finally got around to doing a fused glass box, and I’m so happy with the results. It’s a fairly complicated process but rewarding when the results are…
I’m ready to schedule a new round of beginning classes in June. These are 3 hour classes, with only 4 students and they fill quickly. We always have…
I’m so pleased that my Garden Art “Full Spectrum” is to be featured in the upcoming spring catalog from Delphi Glass, a supplier of material and equipment to…
As many of you know, Ventura County, our home for the past 45 years, has suffered catastrophic damage from multiple fires in December. Many of our friends and…
I’ve been very busy getting ready for our annual Studio Open House and Holiday Sale. We’ve extended to 3 days this year so we can enjoy more time…
What fun! A four day class in Phoenix with a teacher I’ve been wanting to meet for a long time – Lisa Becker – at the Milkweed Arts…
I’m thrilled that three of my pieces were accepted into the upcoming show at Studio Channel Islands in Camarillo. I know it will be a beautifully curated show…
I’m so pleased with my show at Fox Fine Jewelry in Ventura. Three of my pieces have sold so far and the show will still be running until…
This just out of the kiln – a 17″ circle of red glory! Ready for mounting as a garden piece, but it would be equally fabulous in front…
Here’s my latest menorah – glass formed in the kiln – all mounted and ready for candles.
May I present – Her Majesty and her Ladies in Waiting! The three lovelies are framed and ready to go out to her audience – one of my…
I’m thrilled to have 3 pieces in the current show at the Faulkner Gallery in Santa Barbara, and to be one of the 23 artists whose works are…
Here are my new Chagall homage pieces. One was for my son-in-law, Adam Sperber‘s birthday, and the other was “just because” The colors and vibrancy of Chagall’s work…
Abstract works are fairly new for me, but they are challenging and I’m always up for the challenge of trying something completely new. I’ve completed a number of…
We had two classes for beginners in fused glass this weekend and had so much fun! And even though most people start out making excuses about not being…
I am so pleased that my work has been juried in to the hardcover edition of “Best International Creatives 2016”. This particular piece, EYE NEBULA is one of…
I’m so pleased that this work has been accepted into the THOUSAND OAKS ART ASSOCIATION 2016 OPEN JURIED SHOW, from Feb. 1st through Feb. 27th at the Thousand…
What a wonderful time we had in the Beginning Fusing class in my studio yesterday. Having four enthusiastic students to share my passion is so exciting for me!…
I’m excited to have had two pieces accepted into the show starting next week at Community Memorial Hospital. The show, entitled CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ will run through April 10th….
I’m thrilled to start 2016 by having three pieces accepted to the Santa Barbara Sculptors Guild annual show, entitled “+SPACE” at the Faulkner Gallery in Santa Barbara. The…
It’s that time of year again – we’re gearing up for our Studio Open House and Holiday Sale on December 11, 12, and 13th. It’s been a very…
I’m thrilled to have had my work accepted into the Abstract Art Collective, a group of extremely talented artists in Santa Barbara. There will be some exciting shows…
I’m thrilled that these two works have been selected for “Autumn Colors”, a new show at Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura, from October 4th, 2015 until January 10,…
I’d like to let all you know about a glass workshop I’m teaching in Santa Barbara in August. It’s a 3 day workshop at the beginner / intermediate…
I’ve completed 3 pieces in my Daydream series now and they are so exciting for me because they are such a departure from my comfort zone. I want…
This 17 x 20″ piece just came out of the kiln – still a bit warm, but couldn’t wait to share! It’s a new direction for me, but…
I have 5 entries accepted into the 17th Annual Collage, Digital & Mixed Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition, hosted by UpstreamPeopleGallery. It’s a world-wide competition and debuts on line…
I just finished the long process of making my first drinking vessel, and now, of course, my husband wants a whole set, and wouldn’t they be beautiful? Or…
I’ve been playing with “melting” glass lately and the results are fascinating. After melting the glass, I’ve placed each piece in a plexiglass “tray”, added more bits of…
What a wonderful and gratifying week. First I heard that the largest piece I’ve done to date, Spectral Harmony, has been sold and installed in the offices of…
Two new pieces recently completed – “Somis Sunset” is a 12 x 24 wall hung panel and “Earth Panel” is 12 x 36.
“BIRTH OF A PLANET” has been accepted into a show at the Orange County Creatives Gallery in Laguna Beach. The show runs from March 3 to March 27,…
This piece “Festivo” which I completed for the Ventura Music Festival last May was just featured on the cover of the latest Delphi Glass Customer Appreciation flyer. Three…
This new bowl is still warm from the kiln. I love the open weave and all the beautiful blue and purple tones. It’s already listed on the fine…
This lovely cast piece is ready for my Studio Open House this weekend. Couldn’t resist sharing it with you!
This just out of the kiln! It’s an example of the work we’ll be doing in a weekend fused glass workshop I’ll be doing at Santa Barbara City…
I just finished hanging 4 of my Homage Series in a grouping on one of my red walls in my home / gallery, and what a grouping that…
SPECTRAL HARMONY is a an expression of the strength that can result when a myriad of diverse elements exist in harmony. The work contains over 450 hand cut pieces, …
Good news from several fronts this month as my work has received recognition from varied sources. First, I’m thrilled to have had 3 of my works accepted to…
Arrived home from a week away to find this beauty waiting for me. I created the glass, sliced it and composed it into a thick slab, and then…
I’m thrilled to have my beautiful “Buniq” selected for the “Real People, 2014” show in the Chicago Area and I sent her on her way this afternoon. As…
I have just added 4 interesting new pieces for sale – 3 new bowls and a Hanukkah menorah! Do take a look – I hope you like them…
I’m so pleased that three of my works, “Festivo”, “Homage to the Village” and “Omega Nebula” have been selected for the “16th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition”. The…
First, I learned today that I have been accepted as an artist member to the Los Angeles Art Association! It’s hard for me to believe that 10 years…
How exciting! My work was selected in the 16th Annual Contemporary Art Juried Online International Art Exhibition. Upstream People Gallery celebrates this month the “16th Annual Contemporary Art International”…
Introducing “Once in a Blue Moon” and “Venus”. I’ve been waiting to unveil these two new pieces until the custom stands I had made for each of them…
I’ve finished two new pieces to add to my “Cosmos” Series and each piece I finish is more exciting to me than the last. Having just sold 3…
What an exciting Sunday afternoon I had sharing my passion for fused glass with a fabulous group from Santa Barbara Planned Parenthood. They were a bright, charming, and…
My new 20″ platter, dichroic and dazzling, I think!
Finished this piece last week as a Birthday present to my darling son-in-law Adam Sperber. It was quite a challenge but completely worth the effort
Here are two new pieces in my Cosmos Series – the Helix Nebula and the Omega Nebula. I’m just finishing another one as well, but wait till it’s…
Here’s the latest in my fireglass series. These bowls are made of recycled, tempered glass, fused and slumped to create these amazing pieces. They are all thick and…
Just took this latest in my Starfire series out of the kiln and had to share it immediately. It’s a lovely, large bowl, finished on the inside and…
Meet “Gemma”! She’s a 20″ fused glass sculpture, created for the Casa Pacifica Angels, and will be presented at our Annual Luncheon on May 8th. She was inspired…
I have finished two new pieces I wanted to share with you. HELIX NEBULA is the second in my series “COSMOS”, all done with powders and ground glass….
I’ve been inspired, by an astronomy class I’m taking at Osher Life Long Learning Institute from Dr. Jerry Clifford, by the beauty of the Cosmos. I’m planning to…
Trying my hand at some mask projects and this is my first. It’s a two sided mask, very thick glass, hollow in the middle, and mounted on black…
I’ve just finished photographing two new pieces: the last of my HOMAGE #8, HELENA, in which I’ve interpreted eight of Picasso’s ladies as fused glass art, and BUTTERFLY…
Is it fabric? Is it glass? I just finished this new piece of woven glass and I’m excited to do more. This is about 14 x 18″ and…
Exciting news – and a very welcome break from the hard work of putting away all my work from my recent studio open house. Yes, all the hard…
Almost ready – everything is hung and displays are finished for my annual studio open house this weekend, December 6, 7, and 8th. I’m always a bit overwhelmed…
Two exciting pieces of news this afternoon. My “Jordan River” was awarded Special Recognition in Artquenchgallery.com in their recent “Haunted” competition. And….I have been accepted as a resident…
Great news yesterday! My work has been selected to be included in “Art Buzz, the 2014 Collection”, where I have been awarded First Prize in Fused Glass 2D….
Four of my pieces have been accepted into the on-line gallery, Artquench.com with a “Special Recognition” award. The pieces are two of my Homage Series: Adara and Freda, as…
Just received 2 new vessels that I had sent to master glassblower, Ryan Staub to finish for me. I do love this medium – I create the slab…
Meet “Gilla”, the 7th in my Picasso series. Just finished applying enamels this afternoon and she’s ready to frame. “Gilla” translates from Hebrew as “Joy”, and isn’t she…
This latest piece is based on a photograph given to me by a guest at one of my demo-lectures who is moving away from the area but wants…
Just finished the sixth in my Homage Series. So far, two of my lovely ladies have left home with new owners and I realized that I miss them…
I learned today that HOMAGE #2 was selected as a winner in the 7th 2013 Showcase competition sponsored by ARTslanT Magazine, an online artist showcase. I’m thrilled to have this…
Just finished my new piece in my Homage Series. These are so exciting to create, truly pushing me to extend what I can do with fused glass. This…
This morning three of my works made their debut on the 13th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition. (That’s a mouthful, I know). You can see…
More good news! I learned today that I had three (count them, 3) pieces selected for the 13th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition. The exhibition…
July 16, 2013 I’m thrilled that my “Butterfly” was accepted in a show being mounted by the Northwest Area Arts Council in Illinois. There were over 600 submissions…
Two of these 20″ tall vessels were made for my daughter, Cheri and her husband, Adam to incorporate shards from the glass that Adam broke during their recent…
I’ve just returned from an amazing class with Patty Grey, where I learned the techniques involved in making glass panels appropriate for “rolling up” and blowing into vessels….
This is one of a pair of light sconces I just completed for a client. The photo can’t begin to describe them, but I think they’ll be a…