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Winter 2009

Features

Letter from the Editor
by Wil Menzies

Fifth Annual Gallery of Women in Glass

Ladies Behind the Scenes
featuring Sheila Collins, Phyllis McKenzie, Jean Robichaud, and Leslie L. Silverman

Glasscaster with Marcie Davis
Julie Riggs—Figures, Fairies, and Flameworking Magic

Glasscraft Emerging Artist Awards
featuring Jacqueline McKinny, Lisa Atchison, and Martha Henry

Female Flame Off 2009
by Adam Villarreal

Boro Stix—How Do I Love Thee
Let Me Count the Ways

by Aymie McKesson

They Grow Good Corn in Colorado
by Bandhu Dunham

Five Lessons in Approaching Galleries
by Susan Hood

A Newbie’s Guide to Mastering Skills for Creating Solid Rod Sculpture
by Helen Starkweather

Sculpting Boro Flowers Using the Leonardo Petal Puller
Demonstration by Karen Leonardo

Fire and Water
Demonstration by Sara Sally LaGrand

What’s Hot
by Darlene Welch

Honeybee Focal Bead
Demonstration by Kerri Fuhr

Cat’s-Eye Bicone
Demonstration by Darlene Hayes

Hippy Dippy Flowers
Demonstration by Amy Waldman-Smith

Blown Vessel with Lid
Demonstration by Lezlie Winemaker

Autumn Leave
Demonstration by Jacqueline McKinny

Lava Lamp
Demonstration by Teresa Marie Metcalfe-Johnson

The Kiln Corner—Observing a Kiln During Firing
by Arnold Howard

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