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The Flow Newsletter Spring 2013 Edition
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Dear Readers,
Spring is here once again, bringing with it fragrant blooms, plenty of sunshine, and evolving plans for vacation time. I hope your own plans include being involved in ways to improve your current glass art skills and learn some new techniques from artists who have gone before you.
We hope you got to attend the 2013 Glass Craft & Bead Expo in Las Vegas and stopped by our Booth to say hello. The Flow and its sister publication GPQ once again sponsored the live demo stage. This was a great opportunity to watch renowned glass artists as they demonstrated the techniques that made them famous.
For those of you who aren't able to attend glass shows or take advantage of any live workshops this year, we have an answer for that Glass Expert Webinars™ from our sister publication, Glass Patterns Quarterly provide a way for you to attend workshops on the Internet with renowned glass artist- - -no traveling required! Participants can ask the artist questions via live chat and receive answers in real time. Postworkshop DVDs are also available. Look for a link to more info on our home page at www.theflowmagazine.com.
As always . . . Keep your light shining and your torches lit!
Jennifer Menzies
Upcoming Deadlines for Submission
Fall 2013
Theme: Minimalism and Form
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2013
Winter 2013
Theme: 9th Annual Women in Glass
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2013
If you are interested in becoming a contributing artist for The Flow, visit www.theflowmagazine.com for a link to themes of upcoming issues, author guidelines, and submission forms.
To share an article or forum post, click on the"Share" button. You can also contribute comments to the website at the very bottom of every article. We think this will be a fun way to build an interactive online community.
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The Flow Artist Profile
Design by Kate Rothra Fleming
 Kate's work in glass translates her lifelong fascination with natural history. Redolent of Caribbean sea urchins, Kalahari melons, the Montezuma Oropendola, the colors and life she has seen in her travels through Botswana, India, and Central America fuel her imagination.
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Design by Kari Chittenden
This tutorial is an exercise in flame control and patience. It also safely combines COEs, which with this bead is essential. Creating the bird bead only requires an easy, sculptural technique. To put the bird in a bubble, however, is a challenge, because it requires combining a hollow bead with a sculptural bead inside. This hobby quickly turned into a passion for Kari. Her beads and buttons can be found in over a dozen stores, at her booth at the local Farmer's Market, or online at
http://www.etsy.com/sho
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Dragonfly Pendant
Design by William McNerney
Glass is a beautiful medium in which to explore the imagery of the dragonfly. I came up with this dragonfly pendant idea using big eyes, translucent wings, and a segmented tail to make it very recognizable, yet also sturdy enough to wear. I hope you enjoy this tutorial and find the dragonfly to be a fun project.
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Boro Mermaid Bead
Design by Rocio Bearer
Rocio Bearer offers tips for preparing mandrels, making hair cane, and making flower cane to sculpt a mermaid on the mandrel. The mermaid bead is a great way to combine and practice a wide range of techniques.
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Glass Expert Webinars™
New at
Glass Patterns Quarterly
Live, Two-Hour
Interactive Web Workshop with
Renowned Glass Artists
No Traveling Required!
$89 per Webinar
Dennis Brady - Glass Weaving
Tony Glander - Screen Printing
Dennis Brady - Screen Melt
Glass Expert Webinars™
for more details and a
listing of local times for
upcoming Webinars.
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The Flow Spring 2013
Culturally Inspired
The Spring 2013 issue of
The Flow is the place to go for inspiration and information to take your flameworking skills to a higher level. You'll take a look at how various cultures have influenced glass art over the centuries, catch up on recent glass industry events, and be inspired by gallery entries and profiles of outstanding artists. Five tutorials with full-color, step-by-step instructions for creating sculptural beads and figures plus an etched bar tap pull round out this exciting issue.
For more information or to become a subscriber call 1.800.719.0769 or visit www.theflowmagazine.com and start your subscription with the
Spring 2013 issue.
The Flow's current issue and all print back issues are $9.00 each plus shipping.
To purchase back issues, click on the following Web link: The Flow Magazine.
Subscribers to the magazine can also now look forward to receiving
e-mailed links to Subscribers-Only Bonus Material with each issue.
Subscriber Benefits will be delivered quarterly by e-mail.
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Subscribe Today to The Flow Magazine!
We would like to invite you to become a subscriber of The Flow magazine. The Flow is a quarterly magazine and will be delivered to you four times a year. Subscribe today and start your subscription with the Spring 2013 issue. We hope you enjoy our magazine and thank you for subscribing to The Flow!
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We hope you've enjoyed reading our Spring 2013 Newsletter and welcome any comments or ideas for upcoming issues.
Jennifer Menzies, Editor
The Flow Staff
The Flow Magazine
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