Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Blank Stares at Blank Pages
Head under water
And they tell me to breathe easy for a while
The breathing gets harder, even I know that
You made room for me, but it's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard to hold on to
Blank stares at blank pages
No easy way to say this
You mean well, but you make this hard on me
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving
I'ma need a better reason to write you a love song today
Today
I learned the hard way
That they all say things you want to hear
My heavy heart sinks deep down under you
And your twisted words, your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
Hello to high and dry
Convince me to please you
Made me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this
If you're on your way,
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving
I'ma need a better reason to write you a love song today
Promise me you'll leave the light on
To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone
'Cause I believe there's a way you can love me because I say
I won't write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this
Is that why you wanted a love song
'Cause you asked for it?
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If your heart is nowhere in it
I don't want it for a minute
Babe, I'll walk the seven seas when I believe that there's a reason to
Write you a love song today
Today
Monday, August 17, 2009
New Beads for Sale on Etsy
Here are some beads I just put up on Etsy.com that you may want to check out (no, I don't expect you to buy any, just admire them from afar a little).
Love you all!
xoxoxox
CLICK HERE:
OpenFireGlass.etsy.com
Love you all!
xoxoxox
CLICK HERE:
OpenFireGlass.etsy.com
Sunday, August 9, 2009
She Sells Seashells by the Sea Shore - Now Online!
We *finally* have half a dozen seashells available for purchase on Etsy.com, and thought you all might want to view them.
Click here:
openfireglass.etsy.com
You can also click on the photos below to make them bigger:
Hope you enjoy!
Click here:
openfireglass.etsy.com
You can also click on the photos below to make them bigger:
Hope you enjoy!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Experimental Poetry: December 2008 Edition, Volume III
UNTITLED
12/30/08
We are out of food
That we want to eat
Though if our favorite food was canned green beans
We’d be in for a treat
And if you like lettuce and tomato sandwiches
You are in luck
Because we ate all the cheese and turkey some other time
Before today
We could have spaghetti
If the noodles weren’t wheat
(Mike “would rather starve”)
We could have a salad
If I knew how to prepare a beet
We could have enchiladas
If we had some more cheese
We couldn’t even have enchiladas
Because we don’t have sour cream
(Mike only likes enchiladas if we have sour cream)
As I was thinking up this
Mike brought me a toasted tomato sandwich
It was delicious
See he’s a good man
(Was there even a question? I thought this was about food.)
12/30/08
We are out of food
That we want to eat
Though if our favorite food was canned green beans
We’d be in for a treat
And if you like lettuce and tomato sandwiches
You are in luck
Because we ate all the cheese and turkey some other time
Before today
We could have spaghetti
If the noodles weren’t wheat
(Mike “would rather starve”)
We could have a salad
If I knew how to prepare a beet
We could have enchiladas
If we had some more cheese
We couldn’t even have enchiladas
Because we don’t have sour cream
(Mike only likes enchiladas if we have sour cream)
As I was thinking up this
Mike brought me a toasted tomato sandwich
It was delicious
See he’s a good man
(Was there even a question? I thought this was about food.)
Experimental Poetry: December 2008 Edition, Volume II
C’MON C’MON
12/29/08
By Dr. Cleuss
Josh and Kaya
Fight all day
They’d rather argue
Than go out and play
How can this be fun you say?
What an interesting question.
(It can’t.)
12/29/08
By Dr. Cleuss
Josh and Kaya
Fight all day
They’d rather argue
Than go out and play
How can this be fun you say?
What an interesting question.
(It can’t.)
Experimental Poetry: December 2008 Edition, Volume I
SMALL
12/29/08
The aquarium’s on the microwave
My bicycle’s in the front entryway
Which is also our living room
That doubles as a guest room
I guess you could say we have outgrown
This little place we call home
(Never mind we never quite fit in it in the first place)
Not to mention the head of the guest “bed” is where people also get fed
(Oops, did I mention it?)
12/29/08
The aquarium’s on the microwave
My bicycle’s in the front entryway
Which is also our living room
That doubles as a guest room
I guess you could say we have outgrown
This little place we call home
(Never mind we never quite fit in it in the first place)
Not to mention the head of the guest “bed” is where people also get fed
(Oops, did I mention it?)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Busy Doesn't Even Cut It
Self-employment can be rough. The freedom is exhilarating, the long hours seven days a week exhausting.
Not that I'm complaining, mind you. I know that I have it much better than many folks in this "great nation."
Anyway, since last we met, I have been down the coast as far as Monterey, which is a few hours south of San Francisco and currently the southernmost I have been since living here. I loved it there, in Monterey. We hope to go back with the kids and check out the famous aquarium there. We set up two new gallery accounts while we were out driving around, and I do in fact have high hopes for many more to come.
Next week is the marble show up in Tacoma, Washington, already. Where has the year gone? It's so weird how slow time used to go back when I was 10, now it just goes faster and faster and faster, and suddenly half of the "new year" is come and gone.
There's a lot to be said for paying attention.
I hope everyone is well in Wisconsin. I don't wish I was there - I've gotten quite accustomed to this moderate weather and never feeling too hot - though I do wish you were here! But then again, I probably wouldn't have time to have coffee anyway, so probably it's better this way.
Hugs and kisses, hope to chat again soon.
Not that I'm complaining, mind you. I know that I have it much better than many folks in this "great nation."
Anyway, since last we met, I have been down the coast as far as Monterey, which is a few hours south of San Francisco and currently the southernmost I have been since living here. I loved it there, in Monterey. We hope to go back with the kids and check out the famous aquarium there. We set up two new gallery accounts while we were out driving around, and I do in fact have high hopes for many more to come.
Next week is the marble show up in Tacoma, Washington, already. Where has the year gone? It's so weird how slow time used to go back when I was 10, now it just goes faster and faster and faster, and suddenly half of the "new year" is come and gone.
There's a lot to be said for paying attention.
I hope everyone is well in Wisconsin. I don't wish I was there - I've gotten quite accustomed to this moderate weather and never feeling too hot - though I do wish you were here! But then again, I probably wouldn't have time to have coffee anyway, so probably it's better this way.
Hugs and kisses, hope to chat again soon.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Josh and I (okay and Mike) made a video - and we really like it
I went in to Mike's studio a week ago and shot some footage of him blowing glass. Over the weekend Josh edited it and put it together into a video that we can use to promote Mike's work. We think it's pretty awesome, and wanted to share it with you.
It'll also be up on our work website: warrenartglass.com
ENJOY, hope you like it for a first effort; let me know what you think! (Even if you think it needs some work.)
And can you see what he is making???
It'll also be up on our work website: warrenartglass.com
ENJOY, hope you like it for a first effort; let me know what you think! (Even if you think it needs some work.)
And can you see what he is making???
Thursday, June 11, 2009
50 Seashells, One Dog
(DISCLAIMER: These photos were taken with a Canon point-and-shoot digital camera. They are by no means professional-quality.)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
"Roasted Baloni"
“I think you have some mail,” she announced happily to me one Saturday afternoon.
“Oh, yeah. I already got the mail. Thanks, Kaya,” I replied, semi-absentmindedly.
“Oh, cool. Well. There might be some more, then. Maybe. You might want to check. Just in case,” she replied brightly, with a mischievous glint in her eye.
So I checked the mailbox.
Inside was a plain sheet of printing paper, folded in half. On the outside were the words:
TO: NAOMI
FROM: ?
So, I said, “Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I wonder who this is from.” In an exaggerated tone. I made a face, to back up the tone, one that I hoped looked like I was pondering it, dramatically.
“Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm,” she said, “it IS a mystery.” And then she grinned.
I walked back inside from the front porch, Kaya following on my heels. I closed the door.
“Well, open it!” she yelped.
“Of course, of course,” I replied, quickly.
I opened it. On the left half of the folded paper there was a drawing of a piece-of-bread person. That is to say, a piece of bread with arms, legs, and a face. Behind him stood the rest of the loaf, in the plastic bread bag. (I actually had to ask Mike what it was, for this story, and he was like, “duh, it’s a loaf of bread.” Obviously.) In a thought bubble over the bread person's head were the words “Wow, he’s roasted.”
Now, okay. You may think this must be the best part of the story, because it’s pretty great. But you would be wrong, dear readers! We are not to the best part yet, though we are getting closer to it.
On the right side of the sheet of paper stood a slice-of-bologna person, in that it was a slice of bologna with arms, feet – or at least shoes – and a face. He’s waving, at the piece-of-bread man. His conversation bubble says, “Hi!” Next to the piece-of-bologna man is a container that says “roasted baloni.”
Now I know what you must be thinking. This surely must be the best part of the story, because, wow, it is great.
But no, because it gets better. Right now:
“Turn it over,” Kaya encouraged, once I had looked at the bread and bologna people for a while.
I turned it over.
On the back of the homemade card it said, in big letters down the page that took up the entire back of the card:
HA
HA
HA
HA
And there it is. Kaya just beamed at me, then, very content with herself and this card she drew for me. (Well, we can only assume it was from her, since she never did admit it.)
This story is why I love Kaya so much.
Josh didn’t get why it was so funny, but I love him anyway. Maybe even because of it. After all, you know what they say: Variety is the spice of life!
“Oh, yeah. I already got the mail. Thanks, Kaya,” I replied, semi-absentmindedly.
“Oh, cool. Well. There might be some more, then. Maybe. You might want to check. Just in case,” she replied brightly, with a mischievous glint in her eye.
So I checked the mailbox.
Inside was a plain sheet of printing paper, folded in half. On the outside were the words:
TO: NAOMI
FROM: ?
So, I said, “Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I wonder who this is from.” In an exaggerated tone. I made a face, to back up the tone, one that I hoped looked like I was pondering it, dramatically.
“Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm,” she said, “it IS a mystery.” And then she grinned.
I walked back inside from the front porch, Kaya following on my heels. I closed the door.
“Well, open it!” she yelped.
“Of course, of course,” I replied, quickly.
I opened it. On the left half of the folded paper there was a drawing of a piece-of-bread person. That is to say, a piece of bread with arms, legs, and a face. Behind him stood the rest of the loaf, in the plastic bread bag. (I actually had to ask Mike what it was, for this story, and he was like, “duh, it’s a loaf of bread.” Obviously.) In a thought bubble over the bread person's head were the words “Wow, he’s roasted.”
Now, okay. You may think this must be the best part of the story, because it’s pretty great. But you would be wrong, dear readers! We are not to the best part yet, though we are getting closer to it.
On the right side of the sheet of paper stood a slice-of-bologna person, in that it was a slice of bologna with arms, feet – or at least shoes – and a face. He’s waving, at the piece-of-bread man. His conversation bubble says, “Hi!” Next to the piece-of-bologna man is a container that says “roasted baloni.”
Now I know what you must be thinking. This surely must be the best part of the story, because, wow, it is great.
But no, because it gets better. Right now:
“Turn it over,” Kaya encouraged, once I had looked at the bread and bologna people for a while.
I turned it over.
On the back of the homemade card it said, in big letters down the page that took up the entire back of the card:
HA
HA
HA
HA
And there it is. Kaya just beamed at me, then, very content with herself and this card she drew for me. (Well, we can only assume it was from her, since she never did admit it.)
This story is why I love Kaya so much.
Josh didn’t get why it was so funny, but I love him anyway. Maybe even because of it. After all, you know what they say: Variety is the spice of life!
Monday, June 1, 2009
TODAY
Today marks the 35th year that my parents have been married. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be who I am, and I am grateful. I am so proud of them for having stuck out the hard years, when their kids were snotty teenagers. Now when I talk to them, and when I see them, I think they seem truly happy with one another. And it is wonderful. (And now that I am co-parenting with Mike I understand so much more about all that they did for me. Thank you, Mom and Dad. Thank you for all of your sacrifices.)
Today marks the day my baby sister became a first-time homeowner. She is the youngest of the four of us, and the first to own her home. I am so proud of you, Sis, so proud it makes my heart swell.
Today also marks the day of my mom's birth; I think she's 35ish. She's as beautiful as she ever was. When she married my dad she was 21 and he was 19. We used to tell her she was a cradle robber. The other night the kids didn't believe that there are hippies in the Midwest, and I showed them my picture of Mom and Dad on their wedding day, as proof that there are.
I am grateful for the people in my life. I am grateful for my family. I am grateful for today. And there are few feelings better than to feel truly grateful for what you have.
Today marks the day my baby sister became a first-time homeowner. She is the youngest of the four of us, and the first to own her home. I am so proud of you, Sis, so proud it makes my heart swell.
Today also marks the day of my mom's birth; I think she's 35ish. She's as beautiful as she ever was. When she married my dad she was 21 and he was 19. We used to tell her she was a cradle robber. The other night the kids didn't believe that there are hippies in the Midwest, and I showed them my picture of Mom and Dad on their wedding day, as proof that there are.
I am grateful for the people in my life. I am grateful for my family. I am grateful for today. And there are few feelings better than to feel truly grateful for what you have.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Kinetic Sculpture Weekend was last weekend - one of my most favorite local traditions
Hobart Brown invented the Kinetic Sculpture Race in something like 1974, I believe, because he wanted 'kids to see adults having fun so that they would want to grow up too.'
Anyone who knows me knows this right up my alley (I have an email that is iheartrandomsilliness, after all).
Anyway, it was last weekend and too much fun to remember to take tons of photos, but I took a few; here they are:
Anyone who knows me knows this right up my alley (I have an email that is iheartrandomsilliness, after all).
Anyway, it was last weekend and too much fun to remember to take tons of photos, but I took a few; here they are:
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Hahahahahahahahaha. See, I Told You Guys.
Overheard in my house last night:
"Honey, have you checked if Bird needs water lately?" said Mike, casually.
"Uh, not for a few days." I responded. Just as casually. (In my head I'm doing the Champion Dance, but I don't dare crack a smile or let on that I noticed he just called our plant by name.)
* * *
We had friends over for dinner last Friday night, and the menu was fabulous: Mike made steamed calamari and prawns, baked Tilapia fillets; I made steamed asparagus, jasmine rice and fruit pizza for dessert; and one of our guests TJ (who is Mike's new shopmate) brought over "Lion's Mane" mushrooms that he just grew. And then we served it all with local organic red wines. It was a feast! And an absolute success!
Our friend Ted took this photo of us, which he then gave us a copy of:
It was a wonderful night that reminded us of the important things in life: family, and the moments you have where you get to enjoy one another's company (as well as eat delicious food, let's be honest here, who doesn't love that).
* * *
I had wanted to make this recipe, but got kicked out of the oven (when I was recipe planning I heard Mike say he was frying the Tilapia but he was baking it, so fine, I'm nothing if not flexible), so I steamed my asparagus instead. I had leftover uncooked asparagus, so I made the roasted sesame asparagus for part of our dinner last night; and it was really easy and really delicious. So here's the recipe, try it and love it:
Roasted Sesame Asparagus
Ingredients
•1 lb asparagus, washed and trimmed
•1 teaspoon sesame oil
•1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Rinse asparagus and pat dry.
Place on jelly roll pan or a pan with sides.
Drizzle sesame oil onto asparagus, tossing to coat, then sprinkle with salt.
Roast for 10 - 15 minutes, depending on the thickness of the asparagus. I like the ends to be a little crispy.
Note: I drizzled about 2 teaspoons worth of sesame oil and did not measure the salt at all, just eyeballed it. Super easy, and tastes awesome. Enjoy! (Oh and I bet it also works well with broccoli.)
The other part of dinner last night was something Mike and I made up together that we are sort of calling "gumbalaya" and/or "mush," though mush is deceiving as it tastes awesome and is super easy, so here it is:
Ingredients:
Rice of your choice (we used jasmine rice)
Black-eyed peas (the canned kind is just as delicious but you can also do the dry kind)
Sausage of your choice (we used sun-dried tomato chicken sausage)
Rita's Hot Salsa (okay, Rita's is a local thing so for you Wisconsin folks, just try to find a red-pepper based salsa that is blended and saucy)
Directions:
Cook rice in pot
Cook beans in a different pot - spice beans with cumin and garlic if desired
Slice and fry sausage in skillet (use oil if necessary and/or desired)
When everything is cooked add the rice and beans to the hot skillet where the sausage is, toss it to get the flavors all mixed together
Mix in salsa to taste
Eat and enjoy! It's yummy.
"Honey, have you checked if Bird needs water lately?" said Mike, casually.
"Uh, not for a few days." I responded. Just as casually. (In my head I'm doing the Champion Dance, but I don't dare crack a smile or let on that I noticed he just called our plant by name.)
* * *
We had friends over for dinner last Friday night, and the menu was fabulous: Mike made steamed calamari and prawns, baked Tilapia fillets; I made steamed asparagus, jasmine rice and fruit pizza for dessert; and one of our guests TJ (who is Mike's new shopmate) brought over "Lion's Mane" mushrooms that he just grew. And then we served it all with local organic red wines. It was a feast! And an absolute success!
Our friend Ted took this photo of us, which he then gave us a copy of:
It was a wonderful night that reminded us of the important things in life: family, and the moments you have where you get to enjoy one another's company (as well as eat delicious food, let's be honest here, who doesn't love that).
* * *
I had wanted to make this recipe, but got kicked out of the oven (when I was recipe planning I heard Mike say he was frying the Tilapia but he was baking it, so fine, I'm nothing if not flexible), so I steamed my asparagus instead. I had leftover uncooked asparagus, so I made the roasted sesame asparagus for part of our dinner last night; and it was really easy and really delicious. So here's the recipe, try it and love it:
Roasted Sesame Asparagus
Ingredients
•1 lb asparagus, washed and trimmed
•1 teaspoon sesame oil
•1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Rinse asparagus and pat dry.
Place on jelly roll pan or a pan with sides.
Drizzle sesame oil onto asparagus, tossing to coat, then sprinkle with salt.
Roast for 10 - 15 minutes, depending on the thickness of the asparagus. I like the ends to be a little crispy.
Note: I drizzled about 2 teaspoons worth of sesame oil and did not measure the salt at all, just eyeballed it. Super easy, and tastes awesome. Enjoy! (Oh and I bet it also works well with broccoli.)
The other part of dinner last night was something Mike and I made up together that we are sort of calling "gumbalaya" and/or "mush," though mush is deceiving as it tastes awesome and is super easy, so here it is:
Ingredients:
Rice of your choice (we used jasmine rice)
Black-eyed peas (the canned kind is just as delicious but you can also do the dry kind)
Sausage of your choice (we used sun-dried tomato chicken sausage)
Rita's Hot Salsa (okay, Rita's is a local thing so for you Wisconsin folks, just try to find a red-pepper based salsa that is blended and saucy)
Directions:
Cook rice in pot
Cook beans in a different pot - spice beans with cumin and garlic if desired
Slice and fry sausage in skillet (use oil if necessary and/or desired)
When everything is cooked add the rice and beans to the hot skillet where the sausage is, toss it to get the flavors all mixed together
Mix in salsa to taste
Eat and enjoy! It's yummy.
Friday, May 22, 2009
She's on Fire!
Wow wow wow wow, our second Etsy sale and guess what it was... (drumroll please):
KAYA'S BANANA SLUG!
Watch out, she's unstoppable! This girl never ceases to amaze me.
KAYA'S BANANA SLUG!
Watch out, she's unstoppable! This girl never ceases to amaze me.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Meet Bird, and Other Household Adventures
We went to the local "home improvement" store together and got a house plant yesterday. It was so domestic of us. And such a Sunday thing to do, I think.
It's a White Bird of Paradise:
I told Mike we needed to name the plant. He said, "Okay, you go ahead and name the plant, and talk to it, and whatever else you want to do."
Which basically translates into, "Don't expect me to participate in this weird behavior with you." (We'll see.)
So, I decided to call her Bird, and I also decided that the name "Bird" sounds feminine, so that's why she's a she.
So, with a plant named Bird and an adult dog named Baby, it's obvious we are a little confused around here.
In other, basically related news, we have a kitchen table, a real one, for the first time since I moved out here. Yay, us. Best part about it: it was $75 for the whole works. Thanks, craigslist.
Pretty soon, Kaya and I are going to embark on a painting project with the chairs, out on the back deck, of course. The table is made of oak and is pretty nice, so I'm vetoing painting the table.
And since I'm in a sharing mood, here's a photo of Mike's rug. It's been in storage until we moved here. It's a lion and lioness, and I like it.
And here's the new shower curtain Kaya and I picked out at Target.
(Okay I know that's weird, but it's pretty and I like it, and I would have you all come over to see all this stuff if you lived closer, but you don't, so I improvise. Plus, it's the little things in life that should give us joy, right? Well, I'm joyful about my new shower curtain.)
It's a White Bird of Paradise:
I told Mike we needed to name the plant. He said, "Okay, you go ahead and name the plant, and talk to it, and whatever else you want to do."
Which basically translates into, "Don't expect me to participate in this weird behavior with you." (We'll see.)
So, I decided to call her Bird, and I also decided that the name "Bird" sounds feminine, so that's why she's a she.
So, with a plant named Bird and an adult dog named Baby, it's obvious we are a little confused around here.
In other, basically related news, we have a kitchen table, a real one, for the first time since I moved out here. Yay, us. Best part about it: it was $75 for the whole works. Thanks, craigslist.
Pretty soon, Kaya and I are going to embark on a painting project with the chairs, out on the back deck, of course. The table is made of oak and is pretty nice, so I'm vetoing painting the table.
And since I'm in a sharing mood, here's a photo of Mike's rug. It's been in storage until we moved here. It's a lion and lioness, and I like it.
And here's the new shower curtain Kaya and I picked out at Target.
(Okay I know that's weird, but it's pretty and I like it, and I would have you all come over to see all this stuff if you lived closer, but you don't, so I improvise. Plus, it's the little things in life that should give us joy, right? Well, I'm joyful about my new shower curtain.)
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Two Milestones All at Once: Our First Etsy Sale, and Kaya's First Online Sale
Kaya's slug sold on Saturday! It's been a very exciting moment here for us.
UPDATED TO ADD: Don't worry, though, if you wanted Kaya's banana slug glass art sculpture, we put another one up today!
UPDATED TO ADD: Don't worry, though, if you wanted Kaya's banana slug glass art sculpture, we put another one up today!
Friday, May 8, 2009
HELP US HELP KMUD, AND GET GORGEOUS GLASS ART JEWELRY!
So you all know by now (if you are a regular reader) that KMUD is my favorite radio station. They are getting to the end of their bi-annual fund drive, and now that we got the moving out of the way we have some time to support them. We thought it would be fun to support them in a way that also drove traffic to what we are doing.
Learn the details at our new and improved website:
warrenartglass.com
And of course, Friends and Family, I don't really expect you to participate in this unless you want to; I mostly just wanted to share with you what I am up to.
Here's the post on our home page at warrenartglass.com:
DONATE TO KMUD AND WIN THESE BEAUTIFUL GLASS PENDANTS:
Here's how it works:
1. Go to kmud.org
2. Donate either $35, $40, or $75.
3. Make sure you specify that it is for the Mike Warren Glass Pendants.
4. And then we will ship you one or both of these pendants.
$35 gets you the jellyfish pendant.
$40 gets you the fish aquarium pendant.
$75 gets you both!
This is a great cause. KMUD is an indispensable community resource, and needs all the support we can give it to keep it going!
Thanks for your support!
Learn the details at our new and improved website:
warrenartglass.com
And of course, Friends and Family, I don't really expect you to participate in this unless you want to; I mostly just wanted to share with you what I am up to.
Here's the post on our home page at warrenartglass.com:
DONATE TO KMUD AND WIN THESE BEAUTIFUL GLASS PENDANTS:
Here's how it works:
1. Go to kmud.org
2. Donate either $35, $40, or $75.
3. Make sure you specify that it is for the Mike Warren Glass Pendants.
4. And then we will ship you one or both of these pendants.
$35 gets you the jellyfish pendant.
$40 gets you the fish aquarium pendant.
$75 gets you both!
This is a great cause. KMUD is an indispensable community resource, and needs all the support we can give it to keep it going!
Thanks for your support!
We Have a Winner!
The lovely Tall Penguin from Facebook and elsewhere is our Grand Prize Winner.
Tall Penguin contributed mikewarren.com, artbymikewarren.com, and mikewarrenart.com.
I used random.org to determine the winner (thank you, Your Ill-Fitting Overcoat, for letting me know about it - it did the trick). There were 21 total entries. I assigned each entry a number. Tall Penguin's entries were represented by numbers 3-5. The sequence picker selected 3 as the first number in the sequence! And there you have it.*
Tall Penguin will receive the paperweight for which she is excited. (I believe her exact words were "Wahoo! Yay! So excited!")
Tall Penguin, I hope you will let your friends up in Canada know how cool Mike's art is!
Thanks to all who participated!
*As a point of possible interest, Russell had the most entries at 6. His entries were represented by numbers 16-21. Hayley's were numbers 9-10, as she provided two entries. Etc. The random sequence picker picked Russell as the second runner-up, and Hayley as the third runner-up.
Since we did not use anyone's suggestion, but ended up coming up with our own that we felt suited our needs better, there wasn't a winner for that part of it.
Tall Penguin contributed mikewarren.com, artbymikewarren.com, and mikewarrenart.com.
I used random.org to determine the winner (thank you, Your Ill-Fitting Overcoat, for letting me know about it - it did the trick). There were 21 total entries. I assigned each entry a number. Tall Penguin's entries were represented by numbers 3-5. The sequence picker selected 3 as the first number in the sequence! And there you have it.*
Tall Penguin will receive the paperweight for which she is excited. (I believe her exact words were "Wahoo! Yay! So excited!")
Tall Penguin, I hope you will let your friends up in Canada know how cool Mike's art is!
Thanks to all who participated!
*As a point of possible interest, Russell had the most entries at 6. His entries were represented by numbers 16-21. Hayley's were numbers 9-10, as she provided two entries. Etc. The random sequence picker picked Russell as the second runner-up, and Hayley as the third runner-up.
Since we did not use anyone's suggestion, but ended up coming up with our own that we felt suited our needs better, there wasn't a winner for that part of it.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Prize
I have not forgotten about my contest, and picking out and awarding a winner.
Here is The Prize (click on the picture if you want to make it bigger):
I included some helpful captions, so you would realize what to focus on and how to make sense of what you see. You're welcome.
No, but seriously, this photograph is really awful; the problem is not shoddy workmanship, however. It is a free form paperweight, with curved edges, and no uniform shape. It's fabulous in person (or is that "in paperweight"); it is nearly impossible to correctly photograph its beauty.
So, you are just going to have to take my word for it. And whoever wins will hopefully back me up when they get this beautiful paperweight. It is personally an item I really love.
So, this Mike Warren piece of art was created in 2006. It is a handcrafted, lampworked, sodalime (that's soft glass) glass piece. Included within is a man-made gemstone that is just phenomenal (that's a trick that not all glass artists know - how to make a gemstone compatible with glass so that the glass does not crack). There are also a few of Mike's signature millis and a fair amount of sparkle. Beautifully contrasting and complementary colors, the paperweight measures 2 1/16 inches tall by 1 1/2 wide by 1 1/2 deep. It is valued at $100.
I will announce the lucky winner shortly, so stay tuned...
Here is The Prize (click on the picture if you want to make it bigger):
I included some helpful captions, so you would realize what to focus on and how to make sense of what you see. You're welcome.
No, but seriously, this photograph is really awful; the problem is not shoddy workmanship, however. It is a free form paperweight, with curved edges, and no uniform shape. It's fabulous in person (or is that "in paperweight"); it is nearly impossible to correctly photograph its beauty.
So, you are just going to have to take my word for it. And whoever wins will hopefully back me up when they get this beautiful paperweight. It is personally an item I really love.
So, this Mike Warren piece of art was created in 2006. It is a handcrafted, lampworked, sodalime (that's soft glass) glass piece. Included within is a man-made gemstone that is just phenomenal (that's a trick that not all glass artists know - how to make a gemstone compatible with glass so that the glass does not crack). There are also a few of Mike's signature millis and a fair amount of sparkle. Beautifully contrasting and complementary colors, the paperweight measures 2 1/16 inches tall by 1 1/2 wide by 1 1/2 deep. It is valued at $100.
I will announce the lucky winner shortly, so stay tuned...
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