A History of American Snow Globes
Now and then in our travels on the internet, we find interesting documents about snow globes. Bonus: this document, a Masters thesis, is about the history of snow globes, and includes a paragraph or so...
View ArticleFamily Reunion – Time Flies
Many of us have two types of family reunions: the one that exists only in the imagination, where everyone is relaxed and sits around enjoying homemade meals (with nary a dish to be washed, and nobody...
View ArticleGrapes of Raft
A play on words becomes a play on shapes. Sometimes art starts with an image first, sometimes the words twist around until the physical form takes shape. Inspired by a trip to Crested Butte, Colorado,...
View ArticleHappy Thoughts — the power of positive thinking
What are your happy thoughts? And those of the people around you? There are some folks who believe that thoughts and attitude are visible through auras surrounding a person. Healing thoughts, dark...
View ArticleUntangling “The Tangle”
We’re excited to have one of our liquid globes featured in the upcoming independent movie, “The Tangle” by writer/director/actor Christopher Soren Kelly. And while we are being patient for the movie...
View ArticleHold Your Horses!
You hear a common phrase a thousand times, then one day you hear it anew: Hold Your Horses! Of course it harks back to a day when people used horses daily, when “hold your horses” probably meant “stop,...
View ArticleAlways …
Sometimes you just know: Always. One of a kind embellished silver/gray glass heart with metal hardware and gear details. When shaken, the glass globe fills with silver and gray reflective...
View ArticleAnother Door Opens
The inspiration was the word “threshold.” The deliberate act of crossing from one place into another. A door, a doorway, a beginning. But brick by brick, it took on deeper symbolism. Another door...
View ArticleHenry Pulls Some Strings
The puppetmaster, his name is Henry. Dance, people, dance. “Henry Pulls Some Strings” custom snow globe with miniature cat and marionettes. Mixed media with cast acrylic, found objects, metallic...
View ArticleJust a Girl and her Brontosaurus
There is no hidden meaning here, no subterfuge, no play on words. Just a girl. And her Brontosaurus. “Just a Girl and her Brontosaurus” – one of a kind custom snow (sparkle) globe. When the globe is...
View ArticleA Zeppelin Built for Two
Daisy, Daisy, tell me your answer true,I’m half crazy, all for the love of you.It won’t be a stylish marriage,I can’t afford a carriage.But you’ll look sweetUpon the seat,of a Zeppelin Built for Two....
View ArticleEndless Love
Where does it start, and where does it end? Endless love, captured in a sculpture less than two inches wide, and less than 3 inches tall. A tiny Ferris wheel with red and bright pink hearts, spinning...
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