Events and Contests

D & L Art Glass in St. Augustine, FL, will be hosting renowned glass artist David Alcala in its studio on October 6 and 7, 2012.

David will be sharing his innovative techniques of working with frit in the vertical along with his revolutionary new product Flexi-Glass. 

Join D & L for David’s “Sand To Glass Tour 2012” and walk away with a new sense of creativity and inspiration.

The Crafts Report Magazine is currently sponsoring a Cover Contest for its October edition. Through the end of May, contestants can post photos of their best work on to The Crafts Report Facebook page wall for a chance to win.

Read the complete contest details for more information.

Crafts Report staff will choose the preliminary finalists, but Facebook fans will ultimately choose the winner by voting for their favorites.





 

This past weekend, Delphi celebrated its 21st Annual Art Glass Festival at the Lansing Creativity Center. We had a fantastic turn out for the artist's reception!

At our catered breakfast, artists had the opportunity to meet and mingle with one another and winners were recognized and awarded prizes.

Delphi also awarded each entrant an exhibitor pack. This year was a bit different, because artists were able to create their own goodie bags at the exhibitor pack station. We also awarded more than 15 door prizes.

View more pictures from the event.

Boyce Lundstrom has been a well-respected name in fusing since the late 1960s. In 1974, he founded the Bullseye Glass Company.

Since then, he's published several books that have become essential guides for fusing artists.

His latest release, "The Best Bottle Book Ever" showcases whimsical art made from discarded bottles. He outlines technical aspects of cutting, breaking and fusing bottles, and addresses compatibility issues and firing schedules.

We're giving away the book! Along with the new G2 Bottle Cutter and a popular ...

Delphi China is exhibiting at ChinaGlass 2012, April 2-5. It is the 23rd Annual International Glass Industrial Technology Exhibition and the largest of its kind covering more than 80,000 square meters. There are 853 exhibitors from more than 23 countries including USA, Germany, Italy, France, Finland, Austria and Australia.

Companies will be demonstrating new products, technology and equipment.

Delphi is proud to be showcasing its wide variety of fusible glass, supplies and educational resources.

View more photos from the exhibition.

 

Here's a great idea for a night in with the ladies...Jennifer Newman, Delphi's Director of Merchandising, recently hosted a Mosaics and Wine night for a few of her friends. It was a fabulous event (all of the ladies are now addicted to making mosaics!) Here's how you can plan a similar experience for your closest friends.

1. Send out invitations. You can use a free service like Evite to send out stylish invitations to your girlfriends. We recommend no more than a dozen people. Ask them to bring an item to mosaic (a flowerpot, a wooden box, a small table, a trivet, etc.)

2. Plan your menu. Snacks and beverages like sangria, beer, salad, artichoke dip, veggies and chocolate covered strawberries are always well-received. Make it a pot luck and ask each lady to bring a food item or beverage.

3. Gather your supplies.  You'll need a few pairs of ...

There are some fun events coming up at the West Michigan Glass Art Center, so I thought I'd share...

1. Battle of the Glass Blowers

Friday, April 13, 5 p.m.-10 p.m. and Saturday, April 14, noon-6 p.m.

Battle of the Glassblowers is a high energy glassblowing "battle" in West Michigan Glass Art Center's Hot Shop to create incredible glass blown objects.  Winners also receive bragging rights!  Fast paced team glass blowing competitions and individual competitions are judged by a panel of esteemed judges from our Kalamazoo community.   To pique your curiosity,  our timed categories include, "Fastest Goblet," "Fanciest Goblet," and "Mystery Winged Object."  Come out and cheer on your favorite glassblower!  Event is Free!

2. Glass Art Center Auction

Saturday, April ...

Choosing a winner for the Light Up Our Blog contest was virtually impossible. With more than 30 unbelievable entries, how could we choose just one? Ultimately this peacock gem stole our hearts. Daisy C. from Tucker, GA will receive a Flower Power premium glass pack from Uroboros. You can read her story below.

We'll be featuring many other entries on our blog and in our catalogs in the future, so check back frequently and thanks to everyone who entered the contest! View other entries on Facebook or view a slideshow of entries.

I am Daisy Comer.  I leave in Tucker, GA.  I have been working with Stained Glass for about 10 yrs.  I started with class at Colonial Stained Glass in Marietta, GA.  Donna and Susan taugh ...

Thank you to everyone who entered our Art Glass Fairytale contest. I'm continually amazed at the creativity of our customers - I had no idea our artists were writers too!

It was very difficult choosing a winner for the Fused Glass grab bag. Many of you shared personal stories of hardship or tragedy and how you overcame them through glass. Thank you for inspring us!

Congratulations go to Jude Wilder-Roberts for her tale of Uroboros and the Very First Rainbow. You can read her story below. We may also be featuring other entries in future blog posts or catalogs - so stay tuned!

Once upon a time in a dreary, colorless land lived a girl named Uroboros. Since there were no colors in the town of Youghiogheny, where she lived, everyone was sad. One day while collecting drift wood on Kokomo beach, Uro found a piece of beach glass. The pale green of the stone made her smile. This was a very strange and unfamiliar sensation to Uro, but she liked the way it made her feel. Uro searched the beach for more of the beautiful ...

Once upon a time in a land far, far away…

Goldilocks grew up to become a glass artist. She heard tales of amazing works of art - fused and formed in magical kilns, and she decided she must try it. So she set out to find her very own kiln.

Now, we all know that Goldilocks was particular.

She didn’t want a kiln that was too big for her cottage, and she didn’t want one too small for her creative aspirations. She didn’t want one too complicated, but she didn’t want one too limiting.

So she went to Delphi – where she found the kiln that was “just right”, and she created happily ever after.

Check out our selection of sale kilns or our complete listing of kilns.

Do you ever get so lost in your art glass, you feel like you're living in a fairytale? Email your art glass fairytale to ...