Artistic background/education:
Hot Glass Horizons Corning, NY Dimensional Kiln Forming Phil Teefy,
Hot Glass Horizons, Corning, NY Dichroic 3-D Shirley Webster
Corning Glass Works Studio, Corning NY, Flameworking
Traverse Stained Glass coldworking
Wisconsin Technical College – Instructor of Computer Applications
University of Missouri, St. Louis B.S. Computer Sciences.
Current Endeavors:
Instructor of "Introduction to Kiln Formed Glass" & "Contemporary Jewelery".
Instructor for Glen Arbor Arts Association, Mosaic
Owner of CheyenneGlass since 1996 specializing in mosaic and Kiln Formed glass.
Cher’s artwork can be seen internationally in public and private collections.
Exhibitions, displays, juried shows: Past Present and Future
Permanent: Traverse Area Library, TC MI
Glen Lake Community Library, Empire, MI
Dennos Museum, TC MI
Battle Creek Art Center, BC, MI
Traverse Bay Area Artists Guild, TC, MI
Lelanau Community Cultural Center, Leland MI
Registries/Organizations:
Warmglass.com
Traverse Area Arts Council
Featured by GlassArtists.Org
Glen Arbor Art Association
Galleries:
Artisan Gallery 833 S Garfield Ave Traverse City, MI
Belstone Galllery Traverse City MI
Watermelon Sugar Traverse City, MI
CheyenneGlass, THE PROCESS
All CheyenneGlass was created in 5 phases at Stu Stu Studio, in Empire MI. After choosing the crushed glass, powders or sheet glasses, the process begins. Heated to a molten liquid at temperatures between 1500 and 1700 degrees, it is then soaked in heat, then rapidly cooled to around 1050 degrees. Then it enters an annealing phase that will relive stress on a molecular level, arranging itself into a solid stable form. Then it goes through a controlled cooling, back to room temperature.
This creates the piece of glass. All of the art work is done before, during and after this process. There may be more firings to shape it, or to add details or inclusions. I can build up more layers, and fire again, each time completely melding the layers together, and having to alter the firing schedules to accommodate the new dimensions.. There is as much science as there is art in each piece of CheyenneGlass. I hope you enjoy owning CheyenneGlass as much as I enjoyed creating it.
Located in the heart of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwest Michigan.
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