Artist profile: Liliana Cirstea Glenn
September 24, 2009 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Artist Profiles, Lampwork & Fused Glass, Other Bead & Jewelry Sites, Wearable Art
Artist: Liliana Glenn
Business name: LilianaBead
Location: Natick, MA
Websites & Blog:
LilianaBead
LilianaBead.etsy
LilianaBead.blogspot
How do you describe your work, Liliana?
My business name LilianaBead reflects my dedication to expressing my aesthetic ideals in glass. Each bead is a result of my journey alongside glass and fire. My commitment to the process, the medium and the design underlies everything I make.
My Heart
Color and form dominate my collections. The finished pieces continually remind me how much I love color. Color in glass is particularly rich because of its interaction with light; the possibilities of layering are limitless. The eternity of glass is partially …read more
Glass artist: Bottled Up Designs
August 27, 2009 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Lampwork & Fused Glass, Non-Wearables, Other Bead & Jewelry Sites, Wearable Art
Bottled Up Designs by Laura Bergman is a remarkable line of jewelry made from antique glass and bottles reclaimed from antique bottle dumps throughout natural wooded habitats and rural farmlands. This is done in an effort to help the environment and protect wildlife by removing this hazard. It is a truly unique way to preserve the past while helping the future.
Each piece is handmade from this antique glass and comes with “The Story of the Glass” detailing what the glass was originally and the age of the piece and mounted on recycled card stock. Most of the pieces are created …read more
Glass artist: Kerri Lawnsby
August 20, 2009 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Lampwork & Fused Glass, Non-Wearables, Other Bead & Jewelry Sites, Wearable Art
Glass artist: Kerri Lawnsby
FOXY Fusions
Kerri Lawnsby is a designer of fused glass dichroic jewelry and personal accessories from Austin Texas. She creates a line called FOXY Fusions that includes both wearables and non-wearables. For personal adornment, Kerri makes pendants, earrings, adjustable rings, bracelets, cufflinks, and belt buckles. She also creates business card cases, money clips, pill boxes, and wine charms called FOXY Charms.
Kerri writes about her wearable line:
As a designer, what appeals to me and has driven the look of FOXY Fusions is clean-line contemporary design with bold contrasting colors, striking patterns, and …read more






