by Bob Lercari | Sep 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sandy and I have always been interested in expanding our repertoire of glass art shapes. We have been concentrating on bowl shaped pieces using a variety of fused glass techniques (mosaic, pattern bar, drop pot, bubbles, coral and carousel baskets) which are described...
by Bob Lercari | Apr 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
We have often been asked about what do we do with scrap glass, and in particular, broken pieces. “Can we recycle the glass?” YES, we can, to a point. There are a limited number of times the glass can be fired before it starts changing properties… either in terms of...
by Bob Lercari | Sep 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve been observing a strange phenomenon while tending our display of glass art at the Marriott on Mondays. It seems that each week some one piece on our table draws just about all the attention and praise from visitors. What’s interesting is that it isn’t a case...
by Bob Lercari | Aug 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
We were just back from our vacation and filling in for another artist at the Marriott. Lucia (our “handler”) asked us to fill in for Chip who couldn’t make it on a Thursday. The spot was different than our usual Monday spot. As we were unloading the glass from our...
by Bob Lercari | Jan 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
In my last blog (…gosh, two months ago…where does the time go???…), we shared our misadventure in trying to develop a blue version of our tortoise shell drop pot bowl which was purchased by a couple from Oklahoma. I say “misadventure” because even though we put...
by Bob Lercari | Nov 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
A drop pot bowl that was admired by many before it was sold to a nice couple from Oklahoma was our Tortoise Shell Bowl shown in the first photo (upper left). We had documented the mixture of glass used to create the piece including color, transparency, and weight....
