Saturday, April 23, 2011

Charitable Donations


There was a time in my life when I was striving for recognition as a glass artist. Money was limited because I was gathering equipment and supplies, with much of my work being experimental and bringing little financial return. In those days I would always give to worthwhile charities but my donation usually consisted of the loose change in my purse.
Times have changed and I now run a very successful Dichroic Glass Jewellery manufacturing business. I have also come to the attention of fundraising organizes who request items from my studio to be raffled or auctioned with the proceeds going to their charity. This arrangement suits me because my name appears on Raffle Tickets and posters advertising an auction. It also suits the charity because the cash return is only limited by the number of tickets sold or the enthusiasm of bidders at an auction.
An example of this is the Auction of a pendant (pictured) by the Leukemia Foundation on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. When the hammer fell after spirited bidding by several admirers of my work the item sold for One Thousand Dollars which did wonders for my confidence.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Welcome to my first ever blog!



Welcome to my first ever blog!




I'm having an exhibition of my Dichroic Glass Jewellery at the Bundaberg Library from Monday 14th March for 2 weeks.


This is my best work so far, if you are in the area please go along and have a look, let me know what you think.


I have been designing some new Collections called Tribal Design Series, Elegance Collection and Temptations Collection and I'm showing them for the first time at the library.


I will try and keep the blog up to date and show my new work here. I'll also be using this blog to offer specials for sale to my best customers and followers.
You can find my work on etsy, my shop Inspired Dichroics by fusionglassstudio.etsy.com........I'm also a proud member of DUST. Down under street Team on etsy.
or ebay, my shop is called Visual feast of Glass by DichroicsDownunder......which has lots of specails and one-of-a-kind pieces.