Whispy, ethereal, and affordable! You can find this challah plate and more at the Taste of Art and Celebration of Art November 22 7-9:30 pm and November 23 10:30am-4:30 pm at the MJCC in Portland, Oregon.  

Over 20 amazing artists will have beautiful and affordable art available for purchase. Customers will receive a free raffle ticket for every $25 spent on art! Two amazing gift packages can be won. Winners need not be present at the Sunday afternoon drawing (4 pm)

Saturday will also feature live music by the band "The Noted", and free food and drink samples from  awesome places like Chickpeadx, Widmer Brewery, Eastside Distillery, and Sip D'vine.

Come check it out!   Visit my booth, mention this blog and get a free token of my appreciation.

Silver turns to Gold

It looks a little like a science experiment!

When you heat up silver foil it will often take on yellow/gold hues. It depends on the glass it's being fused on heat, and other factors in the kiln. 

This is a close up of a piece of silver foil between some white streaky glass and a clear cap.

Can you see various patterns on the foil? That's air trying to escape.....tiny bubbles are an indicator that escape was no easy matter! Silver foil is 4.8 times thicker than silver leaf. Supposedly it is easier to handle...but I must say, it is fragile and hard to work with !

Silver foil is ever so delicate, but should not be confused with silver leaf ! Silver foil is 4.8 times thicker than silver leaf. Supposedly it is easier to handle...but I must say, it is fragile and hard to work with ! This precious metal isn't cheap....but oooooh weeeeee....it is wonderful stuff and always adds a bit of eye candy to a piece.  

SOLD!

A new customer saw this challah plate and fell in love with it. They asked me to round up the edges for them, which I did  (great idea!) and before I had a chance to take a photo of it, it was out the door on its way home.

Don't hesitate to ask me to modify a design or custom design a functional piece of glass. I want to be sure you are happy and have something of heirloom quality to hand on to the next generation.

In the meantime, Shabbat will be a little nicer for the new owners of this plate!

New Challah Plate

The photo doesn't do justice to the shimmer of the abstract pieces layered onto the white background glass. Iridized glass flashes different colors as the light strikes the plate.


Perfect for you Shabbat Challah!

NEW CHALLAH TRAY

This is one of my newest designs in my collection of Shabbat/Challah trays. The patterned iridized glass shifts in the light as do the letters which are cut from dichroic glass. 


The glass letters are all cut from the same glass but you can see the color shift in this photo......tilt the plate slightly and the letters all shift color again!


Look closely because the picture doesn't clearly show the six dichro dots of glass that point to Shabbat. 


Like the tray but not wild about the colors? Just contact me and commission what you want!