Taking a new leap and a huge announcement!

December 28, 2009

This is already a few months that I was thinking about my future. Maybe the turn of a decade is for me a time of change. Most of us continue doing what we’ve done for years longer than we should… I think it was about time for me to break the pattern.
The truth is that, [...]

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What is dichroic glass?

November 23, 2009

You certainly have heard a lot about “dichroic glass jewelry” and if you have not, you will hear a lot of it in this blog.
Dichroic glass is a glass that has been coated with metal oxides.
The process of coating is highly technical…. The glass is placed in an airless vacuum chamber where quartz crystals and [...]

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Let’s cheer to a new chapter opening!

November 21, 2009

If you have been following me for a while, you certainly know that my business site O’Neill Glass Art. And if you go there, you will find yourself forwarded to a new site. And now you may be scratching your head wondering where did O’Neill Glass Art go?
Alas, all good things must eventually come [...]

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It’s official… I am a metal head!!

November 21, 2009

After recently deciding it was time for me to give my work a 90 degrees’ turn toward jewelry, I joined the PMC guild ant joined their local chapter in Phoenix: Metal Head Feat of Clay.
I attended my first meeting yesterday and had a great time.
The group is very friendly and well organized. In addition of [...]

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Just when I thought that my blog had ADD….

November 20, 2009

It is going 8 months that I have started blogging with ups and downs. More downs that ups, I must admit.
It’s not that I have nothing to say… but I have studied the art of blogging from many sources and learned from people who know much better than me that I should pick a niche [...]

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Rainbow bracelet dichroic glass and sterling silver

November 9, 2009

Brand new today… a bracelet that is sure to put you in a good mood when you wear it.

It is made of little squares of dichroic glass fused in a kiln.
Each square is 1/2”.
There is 11 squares/links in the bracelet, each in a different color shade.
The total length is 7”. It fits regular size wrists, [...]

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I love stuff that goes boom!

November 8, 2009

How does it relate to glass? well… I don’t really know. However, since I’d like to talk about my inspirations (coming soon with new jewelry designs for the shooting sports enthusiasts), I think it’s about time that I come out of the closet about a controversial topic.
This new hobby of mine is recent. Until 3 [...]

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My toughest week since a long time… but I am grateful for…

November 6, 2009

Verizon who shipped me a new Blackberry overnight to replace the one that decided to go crazy on me.

my wonderful dentist, Sheila Naik, who saw me in emergency because what I thought was a cold sore was in fact an abscess on a wisdom tooth.

Louis Paster for Penicillin!

again my wonderful dentist who called me at [...]

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Geeky Friday

October 23, 2009

Just a quick post before the show tomorrow. Yes, it’s Friday night and I am such a geek but I am glad I looked at my blog because I had published by accident a page that I was using for test. It looked kinda funny and no one told me I was nuts!!!
The [...]

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Mac 101 for art business – Introduction

October 21, 2009

A year and a half ago, my Toshiba laptop arrived at expiration date. It was slow, was making funny noises and had more and more brain farts. In short, he had to take a well earned retirement.
As you may have read in my biography, I have a computer/corporate background and when I had to purchase [...]

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