Brand new site, brand new blog...

Written By Kelly Yeats Hoover

Hello!!

I've been working tonight on this site, as well as a myriad of other things.  Getting ready for a couple of weekend markets.  Glass Guild duties. Updating my inventory list since I dropped off a whole bunch of it at the Cultural Arts Center yesterday.  Crazy, crazy days.  My kiln has been running pretty much nonstop for the last couple of weeks, and it's still not enough!!   Sigh,  If only I didn't have to sleep, or work during the day.  But, until such a time as those things aren't a necessity - onward.

I've changed my web editor to another location due to frustration with maintaining the other one - LONG story.  This one meets my needs for now.  I'm sure as times change this one will change as well.  I got a whole lot of super advice from the web developer extraordinaire, Greg Robinson, which I've taken to heart.  Thanks Greg!  I've decided not to take the time to move my old blog  here - would have taken too  much time.  If you want to read up on what I did over the winter with a glass challenge, you can find it at copperglassworks.blogspot.com.

Anyway,  I just pulled this group out of the kiln today.  Ready to be prepped, photographed and placed in inventory.  Yay - I've got several people asking for Seascapes, my stock is very low.  Who knew it would be such a big seller?  Plus some other really pretty pieces, if I do say so myself!  Most will be at the Scratch Made Market on Saturday, and the Orenco Farmer's Market on Sunday if you want to stop by.

The other big information to mention is that until my domain host gets the change all straightened out, my webpage might be hard to find.  The domain created that will eventually get linked to my old website is kelly-yeats.squarespace.com.  If www.copperglassworks.com is down for more than another day or two, try the other one, that one will always work.  Please e-mail me if you run into any trouble.  I'm also still working on the shop page, since my inventory has just changed quite a bit.  I should have it completely updated in the next few days.

Thanks!!

Kelly Yeats Hoover
I see the potential for glass creations in most things: a road sign, the sunset, when I walk my dog. I have always been intrigued by shape and color. My interest may have started when I learned to quilt as a teenager. So many different things inspire my art. Emotions, events, forums, colors, travels - even the mundane day to day. I work with glass because its properties are so fascinating. It goes from solid to liquid and back to solid based on a heating schedule, and how you set up that heating schedule (and your glass) determines your results. Many, many times I've had epic fails, happy accidents, and the exact results I expected. You never know what you're going to get. Glass artists talk about the "kiln gods" a lot, and it's scarily true. Every time I fire up that kiln, I hope the kiln gods will be good to me at the end of the schedule. I think those that see my work are most interested in my techniques. Although Portland has it's share of glass artists, my processes have been compared to stones and gems. Viewers are are interested to see how I get to the finished product. I select colors that may not initially seem harmonious, add additional elements and manipulate all the components until the entire composition is pleasing.
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