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Sleepin' Dog Glass
Sleepin' Dog is the Greensboro, North Carolina-based studio of Nancy Greever Brooks, who has degrees from Mary Baldwin College and SUNY-Buffalo and has studied at the world-renowned Penland School of Crafts.Nancy brings her interests in anthropology, art history, and painting to her fused glass creations. In the studio, she is kept good company by Potus, Bacchus, and Red Dog - who are often her "sleepin' dogs." “I have always believed that art is a means to an end—a way for the individual to convey almost any message…in my case the message is communicated via glass, silver and the occasional odd item. I think that a need to make or appreciate art is a universal element in the human character and that need is potentially one of its healthiest attributes. I am lucky enough to have discovered this activity that not only gives me great joy and satisfaction, but has been a conduit to an entire life style.”

Designs in Clay

Shepardson Studios
Marianne Shepardson's fused glass tableware features abstract and geometric designs as well as flowers, dragonflies and fish motifs. Most pieces feature a matte-finish iridized glass, which is permanent and safe for food. The pieces are created by cutting and piecing together a variety of colors of sheet glasses. All cutting is done by hand, and then the pieces are assembled and fused together in the kiln. "I have been working with glass since 1994, having come to it as a natural extension of my background in interior and architectural design. Prior to that I had also been a woodworker, and had been building wood and glass light fixtures, which sparked my interest in fused glass as an artistic medium. I appreciate and am continually challenged by kiln-fired glass, for all its' varied aesthetic qualities, as well as the many technical considerations it presents."

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