Millie's Gallery Profile - Delphi Gallery

Millie's Gallery's Profile

Bio

ARTIST BIO: MILENA ROJAS STARTED AS A CERAMIC ARTIST MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS AGO IN CARTAGENA, A BEAUTIFUL COASTAL CITY IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY OF COLOMBIA. SHE WORKED CERAMIC ART FOR A WHILE, BUT ONCE I ARRIVED TO THE UNITED STATES AD I FOUND THAT GLASS COULD ALSO BE A BEAUTIFUL MATERIAL THAT I COULD TURN INTO A WORK OF ART, I DECIDED THIS WAS THE WAY TO GO. IT BECAME MY PASSION, I STARTED WORKING AS AN ETCHING ARTIST, THEN SAND BLASTING AND ENGRAVING. IN 2010 MILENA TURNED TO THE FINE CRAFT OF FUSED GLASS, WHICH GAVE HER CREATIVITY A TRUE EXCITEMENT. HER EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION INCLUDES: AMAZING GLAZE, LOCATED IN THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA GRAND CENTRAL STAINED GLASS AND GRAPHICS, ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA JEN KEN KILN, LAKELAND, FLORIDA SARASOTA SCHOOL OF GLASS, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 4) ARTIST STATEMENT: I CREATE MY OWN GLASS USING FRITZ, POWDER FRITS, FIBER PAPER AND GLASS PAINT THAT FUSIONS WITH THE GLASS WHEN IT IS PUT INTO THE KILN. I ONLY WORK WITH SPECTRUM GLASS (COE96 GLASS). ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT I UTILIZE ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SPECTRUM GLASS. ALL OF MY DESIGNS ARE ONE OF A KIND, CREATED SOLELY BY ME AND NO 2 ITEMS ARE ALIKE. ALL MY PIECES ARE INDIVIDUALLY AND PERSONALLY ENGRAVED BY ME. MY STRONGEST DESIRE IS TO CREATE TABLE SETTINGS THAT WILL MAKE ANY HOST/HOSTESS PROUD TO POSSESS AND DISPLAY THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF ART. I ALSO LOVE CREATING SPECIALTY LAMPS, SCONES AND NIGHT LIGHTS. I AM ALWAYS OPEN TO CREATING MY ART TO SATISFY MY CUSTOMER’S TASTE AND EXPECTATIONS.