Clare Fisher, You’re Brilliant!

By Lani November 19, 2012   4 comments

Sipping a hotel room Nespresso from bed in New York, nursing a hangover (sadly NOT induced by alcohol, but by a day of ugly air travel), a Google alert (for “Bullseye glass”, what else?) takes me to the website of a designer in North Devon, England.

Just more proof that Little People make the best fusers....


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Artist Talk: Stacy Lynn Smith

By Morgan November 14, 2012   0 comments

Stacy Lynn Smith, Intersect, 2011. Kilnformed glass and steel.

Join artist Stacy Lynn Smith when she comes to Santa Fe later this month to demonstrate her powder printing technique. This method involves pressing dry glass powders through a prepared silkscreen to create images in kiln-glass with rich textures and colors that can’t be achieved with traditional printing methods. Smith will also share read more …

In the Jaws of a Rainbow

By Lani November 14, 2012   6 comments

I’m in Santa Fe again – a place where worlds, ideas, and art seem to collide in a rainbow of magic ways.

Glass is magic, but books on color are a great place to start the journey.

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Do you know anyone who deserves this?

By Mary November 13, 2012   0 comments


A perfect present for makers in glass.

The holidays are right around the corner. Surprise your friends and family with a Bullseye gift card. They’re redeemable for anything

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Get a Reaction, now with info on sulfur-bearing glass

By Bullseye Central November 9, 2012   0 comments

The new two-page article now covers sulfur-bearing glasses.

We’ve expanded our popular Get a Reaction article to include reactions with sulfur-bearing sheet glass, powder, and frit.

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New Quick Tip: Inky Blue Brush Strokes

By Bullseye Central November 1, 2012   0 comments

We’ve developed a new Quick Tip to inspire you:

Quick Tip Inky Blue Brush Strokes

Grab a brush and try it today!

Combining GlasTac and Aventurine Blue powder is the perfect way to make saturated, gestural brush strokes in kilnforming. Think of sumi-e and other East Asian styles of brush painting and calligraphy… read more …

Mulled Children

By Lani October 19, 2012   15 comments

I usually wait early January to start ruminating on my highlights of the year gone by. Seems crazy to be thinking about this in mid-October, but since June my head’s been hopelessly stuck in a kids’ project that we did with Brazee Street Glass at the Toledo School for the Arts last June.  I suspect that by next January, this will still be at the top of my Best of 2012 list.

Brazee’s Emily Repp doesn’t just know glass – she knows kids. When to teach, when to watch, when to feed!

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Steve Klein \ Richard Parrish Santa Fe NM Residency

By Morgan October 11, 2012   0 comments

Here are some pictures from the Steve Klein and Richard Parrish Residency held here at the Bullseye Santa Fe Studio.  It was fun hosting this group of artists from all over the globe.

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Special Production opalescents available in our online store – while they last!

By Bullseye Central October 11, 2012   0 comments

Bullseye is proud to announce that five new limited-run Special Production opalescent colors – colors that are rich, yet understated – are now available in our online store. Combine these in new and delightful ways with your current opalescent palette.

Limited-edition Special Production opalescents

Samples shown are fully fused 6 x 8 inch (152 x 203 mm) sheet glass.

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Coldworking in the Bay Area

By Bullseye Central October 8, 2012   0 comments

Bullseye’s Bay Area Resource Center recently had it’s first coldworking class, lead by Jeremy Scidmore. Here are a few snaps captured throughout the day.

Bullseye Resource Center Bay Area

Instructor Jeremy Scidmore and his students on the wet belt sander.

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