LeTort Glass ~ Deb Feller, Artist

The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass! Everyone at The Studio are there to help you have an educational and enjoyable experience during your class week or weeks. Prior to students arrival in Corning, the instructors have been thoroughly interviewed about equipment and material needs for their class. The students are urged to ask  for any special needs or requests that my develop as you being your study at at The Studio.

This is a list of what you can expect while participating during your class Studies

Access to The Studio: The Studio opens front doors at 8:00 am to 11:15 pm Monday – Friday and 8:00 am to 6:15pm on Saturday during your class.

Hours of operation: Classes generally run from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, the Studio is open for practice time Monday through Friday evening until 11:00 pm. The Studio closes on Saturday at 6:00 pm.

Parking: The Studio has plenty of free parking for students all week or weeks.

Museum Membership:  signing up for a course at The Studio brings the added advantage of free one -year Museum membership if you aren’t already a member. Membership entitles you to free entry into the museum, discounts at the retail and bookshop, and museum mailings about upcoming events.

Library: The Rakow Library has a large collection of books, journals, slides and videos on the history of glass, glassmaking  and design, available for your use in the Library.

Photography Room: The Studio’s photography room is available for your use. The service is free to students.

Critiques: Critiques are available by instructors, as well as Tina Oldknow, curator for modern glass.

Internet Access: There is a computer available for yo to check e-mail .

Lockers: Lockers are provided for you to store your personal belongings. This service is also free.

Videos: The Studio has videos for your viewing pleasure. Also available is a extensive listing of videos available at the Rakow  Reserch Library.

Massage: Twice per week by PK Smith, a local massage therapist, who will give a 20 minute chair massage for fifteen dollars.  This is a must.

Shipping: The Studio offers pre-paid shipping options for domestic U.S. destinations.

Meals: You can opt for hotel/meal plan, local restaurants provide your meals. Plenty of restaurant’s available in the area.  There is the Houghton Park Cafe just outside the doors to the left in the building that is shaped like a butterfly, great Food! The coffee bar at the Corning Museum of Glass offers a few grab and go options for breakfast during the week as well…they have great coffee’s.

Lunches: are brought into The Studio Monday – Saturday by noon.

Dinner’s are served at several restaurants which you are given a list.

Schedule of Events:

Sunday: 7:00 PM Dinner at Houghton Park Cafe

Monday: 8:30 am Orientation in The Studio Lecture Room – 7:00-8:30pm Tour of the Museum

Tuesday: 12:30 – 1:00pm Introduction to the Rakow Library – 7:30 – 9:00pm Instructor presentations in The Studio Lecture Room

Wednesday: 8:00-9:00am Museum Buyer- 11:00-12:00pm Live Stream Demo with Loren Stump- 12:00- 1:00 pm Chair massages- 4:00-6:00pm Critiques – 7:30 – 9:00pm Teaching assistant and student presentations in The Studio Lecture Room

Thursday: 12:30 am – 1:00 pm Museum curator talk during second half of lunch- 4:00-6:00pm Tour of large scale sculptures at  Corning, Inc. headquarters building

Friday: 12:00 – 1:00 pm Chair massage- 12:30 – 1:00 pm What to do with your pictures after you take them  2:00 – 8:00 pm Photography room available

Saturday: 10:00 – 4:00 pm Photography room available -4:00 pm Full shop clean -up ^:00 pm shop closes

Sunday: The Studio is open to pick up work

The Studio at Corning is such a Worthy Experience filled with many rewarding opportunities!

Endless Mountains – Ulster, PA

Sunsets give you Peace

Christmas Eve Saturday December 24th 2011 5:30 PM

Christmas Night 6:00 PM

Masonic Lodge – Chambersburg, Pa.

George Washington Lodge No. 143- 3703 Pampas Circle- Chambersburg, Pa. 17202

Founded 1725-1727 by Benjamin Chambers-

I have been contracted to build 11 Custom Windows

All the windows will have the same pattern design with different icon’s and donor plaques.

Sometimes in Life we have certain opportunities that come our way that we need to be open minded and maybe take a risk.  On October 22, 2011 I had one of those opportunities. They leave you with since that something has changed in your life or even that someone has changed your life, even if it is just a little change.

New people new friends. Laporte, Pa. has left me with wonderful memories and hopefully new friendships.

The Art of Dove Bradshaw: Nature, Change, and Indeterminacy. She is a major force in the development of the artistic concept of indeterminacy. Her work is held by world-class museums including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art (Washington DC.), le Centre Pompidou (Paris), and Moderna Museet (Stockolm), and is in the private collections of numerous discerning individuals including many well-known artists.

” Dove Bradshaw’s work is always provocative in the sense that it accomplishes one  of art’s primary functions-making us reconsider the boundaries and definitions of art.” Edward Albee

San Sebastian- Playa de la Concha – this is one of Spain’s best beaches tucked away in the middle of nowhere, requiring a car or a stay at a resort hotel if you want to visit. La Playa de la Concha in San Sebastian, the best city beach in Spain (perhaps the whole of Europe)

San Sebastian is home to the region’s best pintxos, the Basque name for tapas, giving you something more to do after a day at the beach.

Eduardo Chillida- was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works. Eduardo grew up in San Sebastian. He went on to study architecture at the University of Madrid. He abandoned architecture for art, and moved to Paris, where he set up his first studio and began working in plaster and clay. He never finished his degree and instead began to take private art lessons.

In 1950 he married and later returned to the San Sebastian area. He died at his home near San Sebastian at the age of 78.

Chillida’s earliest sculptures concentrated on the human form, his later works tended to be more massive and more abstract, producing many monumental public works. Chillida himself rejected the label of “abstract” ,  preferring instead to call himself a “realist sculptor.”

I was commissioned to create a abstract interpretation of San Sebastian and Eduardo Chillida’s sculptor in stained glass. These are some of my favorite moments in my work. I just love it when I am allowed by my customers (and they trust my abilities) to use my own creativity. Very, Very rewarding!

“Color, like music takes a shortcut to our senses and our emotions.”

Eating Well With Art

Unique hand-made functional artworks to be used at mealtime. Each is one-of-a-kind. Functional Art with The Meal- Well-conceived  art can bring about a good inner feeling. Using functional art in the eating process is like inviting an inner smile. tz

The Concept of Wellness: Making meals a pleasant event that beckons everyone. The primary goal of Eating Well with Art is bringing you good health and happiness. To have a healthy body, happy and stable mind, and contended spirit are natural inclinations in the human experience. The benefits of eating well and having a healthy body make the other two inclinations much easier to attain.  The “artistic energy” inherent in hand-made and well-made platters, bowls and wood utensils can make a simple meal a joy filled experience; one to take you along a path to good health and a long life with a positive outlook.tz

Art what is it?

A Skill that is being used to express the artists creativity, communicate an idea, or possibly tells a story maybe even evokes a specific emotion.  Some people might say that Art has to effect you, make you laugh, or remind you of something you’d almost forgotten, make a statement or bring attention to an issue that is important to you or even  dare to be different. One might think that Art has to have a uniqueness  which relates to not only what the artist is depicting but also how the artist is depicting it.

On August 21, 2011  – I had the privilege of judging the Glass category at the Harford Fair, New Milford, Pa. which is  Celebrating 154 years.

The Applicants age group went from 12years & younger  to Adults & Professionals working with stained glass, kiln formed glass (fused), mosaic’s, and cold worked glass (etched).

The process of judging others creativity in glass is new to me, so I kept  a note book as I went through each art piece.

1. Beauty 2. Skill 3. meaning 4. uniqueness 5.intent

1. repeating shapes, patterns and symmetry 2. color/color that complements

3. textures 4. composition 5. flow 6. appealing proportions 7. presentation and framing.  Sum it up: Each piece has to appeal to you and should be skillfully made.

What surprised me most about judging was how it has made me think in ways I had never expected. I am not sure I can explain this …but I am going to keep this feeling with me and just maybe it will come through my own work.

Thank You Katie for All your Help!

“Doc’s Pub”

2 medallions hand painted with multiple kiln firings will eventually be incorporated into a stained glass panel that will be a Back Bar “Doc’s Pub” As I progress with this project I will post more pictures.

The use of fired paints can add variation and emphasis to stained glass designs.

Custom Stained Glass

Door/Mission Style/Arts & Crafts

Many of my applications take an extreme amount of Labor  to achieve the best end results.  We take extreme caution when it comes to installing our custom stained glass windows. This door was built in the 1930′s. We had to remove trim and old clear window glass.

The Most Reverend Neil J. Buckon

Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA

Titular Bishop of Vissalsa

Interpretation: “On the right side of the shield (the observer’s left, being that in the heraldic shield, one considers the right and the left from the perspective of the soldier who, in ancient times, held his own shield.) a silver (Argent)star is presented, the classical symbol for Our Blessed Mother in Catholic iconography. Bishop Neal Buckon grew up in Cleveland, Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie. Lake Erie is on of the five Great Lakes., and it is a source of fresh-life-giving water. It is symbolic of the life-giving water that is offered by Jesus Christ. In Cleveland Bishop Neal grew in the Catholic Faith during twenty-two years of Catholic Education at St. Margaret Mary School, Gesu School, Cathedral Latin High School, John Carroll University, Borromeo College of Ohio, and St. Mary Seminary. In Cleveland he made his First Holy Communion, was confirmed, and was ordained a Priest. He has a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin, Mary that was fostered by the Sisters of Notre Dame, the Marianists, the Society of Jesus, and the faculty of St. Mary Seminary, Our Lady of the Lake. The waves in the point of the shield recall, indeed, Lake Erie. The blue (Azure)symbolizes the separation from the worldly values and the ascent of the soul toward God, therefore the run of the Celestial Virtues which raise themselves from the things of the earth toward the sky. ”

“OPERE ET VERITATE” – in action and truth doing what you believe is morally right through everyday actions.