tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75579395210388927662024-02-23T20:03:00.619-06:00Calyx Glass BlogWhere I divulge the inner workings of my glass studio...talking techniques and documenting the processes of glass art. <a href="http://www.calyxann.com">CalyxAnn.com</a>Calyx Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370709377152439984noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-1253869490388425402016-03-08T11:42:00.001-06:002016-03-08T11:42:25.318-06:00artVenture 2016 - Girl Scouts fundraiser
"Abduction Hour" by Jessica, Megan, and Rhianna12" x 12"; fused glass
For this year's artVenture workshops, I invited Daisies and Brownies to the studio for one session and Juniors and Cadets in for another session. During the studio visit, I like to bring them into Architectural Glassarts so they can see a real, working studio.
"Amazing Life of a Girl Scout" by Kyleigh, Steph, and CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-49620913569551105622015-12-06T10:31:00.000-06:002015-12-06T10:31:25.860-06:00Nebraska Landscape Commissioned Lightbox
Detail of fused glass hills, mosaic flowers,
painted church and cloud.
During my last visit to Flowing Stone Art Gallery in Beatrice, Nebraska, I was able to slip into the public library to see my piece installed. The remodeling of the library has taken a bit longer than planned, so the piece has been waiting to go up for awhile. It looks so great on the wall, all lit up in it's own CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com1Beatrice, NE 68310, USA40.2659269 -96.74669130000000940.1690014 -96.908052800000007 40.362852399999994 -96.585329800000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-84341041687697206162015-08-19T22:02:00.000-05:002015-08-19T22:02:38.021-05:00Creating an Art Research Journal from a Paper Bag
How to Make Books: Fold, Cut & Stitch Your Way to a One-of-a-Kind Book
by Esther K. Smith
Making an Art Research Journal is a great way to document process and record ideas. I like incorporating Art Research Journals into my artist residencies because the students are generally collaborating on an art project that they won't be taking home. With a journal, at least they have something CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-18045989739107223702015-05-18T16:41:00.000-05:002015-05-18T18:01:15.968-05:00Floral Mosaic Serving Tray
Napa Glass Therapy is hosting me for
this Father's Day 2015 weekend workshop.
I am so excited to be "coming home" to Napa for a Father's Day weekend workshop in mosaic making! This is going to be a very fun class where we'll complete a luscious wooden serving tray mosaic at a relaxed pace over the course of the weekend.
A commissioned mosaic tray made with my signature CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-4281293291601856792014-10-20T10:00:00.000-05:002014-10-20T10:00:00.078-05:00Children's Books on Bugs - Woderful Worms
"Wonderful Worms" by Linda Glaser
"Wonderful Worms" by Linda Glaser, Pictures by Loretta Krupinski
Of the two books I looked at this week that depict worms ("Diary of a Worm" is the other one.), I prefer this one. Not only does it meet my criteria for showing levels and layers (both underground and above ground at the same time), it teaches a little about what worms do. It also has CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-90318976723670127082014-10-19T09:39:00.001-05:002014-10-19T09:39:24.569-05:00Children's Books on Bugs - Diary of a Worm
"Diary of a Worm" by Doreen Cronin
In my continuing quest to find books that illustrate the natural world (i.e. garden and outdoors) for my mosaic kiddos, I picked up "Diary of a Worm" by Doreen Cronin, Pictures by Harry Bliss. What I'm looking for in the books are some good illustrations of layers and levels, like underground, above ground and sky. I'd like the illustration to spark some CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-80293728509021293402014-09-29T15:02:00.000-05:002014-09-29T15:02:30.029-05:00Nebraska Art Teachers Association Fall Conference ~ Mosaic Glass Workshop
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CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-73794036675553902982014-08-31T16:08:00.000-05:002014-08-31T16:08:07.089-05:00Children's books on gardening and growing
I'm on the search for some good books to introduce plants and their growing cycles to my littles...
I did a quick search and found some links from other blogs to different books. I should qualify the following reviews by letting you know what I'm looking for in a good book:
Shows plants, critters, stages of life and/or life cycles.
Shows above ground and underground. I wantCalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-31275826648956913442014-08-14T14:02:00.003-05:002014-08-14T14:02:49.159-05:00artVenture 2014 - Girl Scouts and Fused Glass
Interpretation of Wassily Kandinsky's "Circles and Squares"
This year's artVenture collaboration took place once again at Architectural Glassarts in Lincoln, Nebraska. For the collaborative pieces, the girls picked a master's painting to interpret with fused glass. Check out this great article in L Magazine to read all about it and see more pictures!
Interpretation of Claude Monet's "CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-973789377227437022014-07-28T11:37:00.000-05:002014-07-28T11:37:00.430-05:00Fused Glass Nightlight
Fused Glass Nightlight made with 96 Cane
CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-22373755066366750332014-04-07T11:40:00.003-05:002014-05-13T09:48:55.067-05:00Henri Rousseau and The TigerThis post is for my niece, Adi…I wanted to introduce her to the paintings of Henri Rousseau and share a few of the projects that I've been working on with my art students. The book, "The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau" written by Michelle Markel and illustrated by Amanda Hall, tells the story of Henri Rousseau with beautiful pictures inspired by his style of painting.
"The Fabulous JunglesCalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-11214006664611336202014-02-26T21:02:00.000-06:002014-02-26T21:02:19.620-06:00Taking and editing self-portraits ~ CLASS co-op art class
Step one ~ Take a "selfie" or have someone else take your photo. Make sure that you have a monotone background. A wall works really well for this. If you've got a photo that you'd like to use already, you can adjust it to work for our self portrait purpose. Here are several photos that I looked at:
Several pictures that I had that I thought might work...
Step two ~ Edit the image using a CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-18677572276362198382014-02-20T15:52:00.000-06:002014-02-20T16:38:56.522-06:00Studying Chuck Close Portraits - CLASS co-op art class, Session 1For the first project of our spring semester in art class, we're working on self portraits in the style of Chuck Close. Chuck Close is a portrait painter whose style has changed over the course of his career.
Vocabulary for this week:
portrait
value
tint
shade
tone
hue
In order to start talking about color, we need to speak the same language. This week's vocabulary terms are related to color. CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-70552599969299982212014-02-18T18:12:00.001-06:002014-02-18T18:12:47.758-06:00Fused Glass Weekend Intensive ~ Architectural Glassarts, Lincoln, NE
Valentine's Day Weekend, 2014
Architectural Glassarts
Lincoln, Nebraska
Woven glass preparation - slumping the strips for our "Warp" pieces
I was very excited to see interest for this kind of a class in Lincoln! Yea! Fused glass is coming! I can schedule more intermediate glass classes as long as there's interest, so let me know if you want more!
The first day was a very busy day! WeCalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0Lincoln, NE, USA40.806862 -96.68167900000003140.6145425 -97.004402500000026 40.999181500000006 -96.358955500000036tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-63551706685870311272014-02-06T11:27:00.002-06:002014-02-06T11:27:23.512-06:00SchoolArts Magazine ~ March 2014Exploring Hundertwasser by creating abstract landscapes
http://www.schoolartsdigital.com/issue/255091/40CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-17431587950429203522014-01-09T11:07:00.001-06:002014-01-09T11:07:50.435-06:00Fun Collaborative Re-Use & Re-Purpose Project for the ClassroomJust thumbing through the February 2014 digital issue of SchoolArts Magazine and found a great collaborative project using "yarn scraps, plastic shopping bags, bubble wrap, onion sack netting, magazine pages, and old CDs" to make a hanging curtain installation.
http://www.schoolartsdigital.com/issue/237885/36CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-88085697185986252962013-10-08T15:47:00.000-05:002013-10-08T15:47:18.480-05:00Cave Paintings
One of the examples I created for my students.
The students entered the dark classroom to see a projected image of a cave painting on one wall. We looked at several slides of cave paintings, discussing and pointing out the animals we saw, talking about how the cave artists made their art with no paper or paints like we have today.
2nd-3rd grade classroom "painting" with chalk pastels.
CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-28144028680897853632013-09-16T11:21:00.003-05:002014-07-28T11:23:00.821-05:00Lotus Mosaic Mandala Pattern
Lotus Mosaic Mandala Modification in Purple, Amber, & Blue
My lotus mosaic mandalas have been getting a lot of attention lately, which is awesome! I love making these glass on glass mosaics. I've got them at two local shops in Lincoln, Nebraska: Out of the Box and Architectural Glassarts; and coming soon to Flowing Stone Art Gallery in Beatrice, Nebraska.
Lotus Mosaic Mandala in Blue, CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-57290325929637430012013-09-16T09:44:00.001-05:002013-09-16T09:44:18.588-05:00Chihuly Art Lesson with Plastic and Heat GunsFrom School Arts Digital Magazine...
http://www.schoolartsdigital.com/issue/165813/22CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-30669995741539693212013-09-10T20:51:00.000-05:002013-09-10T20:51:19.612-05:00HOW Stuff Works: How Glass is Made
From Discovery Channel's "Some Assembly Required," visit a float glass manufacturer and see how they turn raw materials into glass.CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-67425245977201810072013-09-05T21:26:00.000-05:002013-09-23T12:02:38.084-05:00Wrapping a Glass Base with Zinc Edge Came
Several people have asked how I attach the hangers to my Glass on Glass Mosaic Mandalas.
So, here is a "short" 20 minute video lesson that describes the process. Enjoy!
View more mandalas at calyxann.etsy.com!
CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-32240705499457295412013-08-30T21:07:00.000-05:002013-08-30T21:07:26.103-05:00Prepping for Homeschool Co-op Art ClassI'm finding all sorts of great resources online while preparing for my 12 week semester of glass art class with a homeschool co-op.
Website Slideshow (and test, if you're into that) ~ Elements of Art
Let me share with you some great short documents I found relating to the Elements of Art...
The Elements and Principles of Art (PowerPoint)
var docstoc_docid="79026763";var docstoc_title="The CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-50567480869247743142013-08-25T13:32:00.000-05:002013-08-25T13:32:00.505-05:00Cutting Circles with a Circle CutterCalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-20156082567671791802013-08-23T13:31:00.000-05:002013-08-23T13:31:01.770-05:00Cutting Circles Using Mosaic NippersCalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557939521038892766.post-33812431749345544932013-07-10T14:52:00.000-05:002013-09-23T11:54:06.815-05:00Fused Glass Fun with Girl Scouts
The girls creations at the end of our 2 hour session.
As a Girl Scout Community Collaborator, I work with Girl Scout troops to create glass art. Sometimes we meet for mosaics, but this post is all about glass fusing! Earlier this year, I worked with a Girl Scout troop from Council Bluffs, Iowa. There were 6 girls able to attend the meeting. We talked about how glass is made, how to "play" CalyxAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684801827331737275noreply@blogger.com2