Shelliam Glass Studio is the small glass studio, of two retired Corporate IT types.
It all started in October 2014 with a simple, one night, Adult Education Class, held in Morristown, New Jersey at the Glassworks studio. Each person was taught how to cut glass and was given the opportunity to create a piece. We both created a tile, which we still use today as coasters. We left our creations at the studio that night to be fused, and picked up the following week. We had fun, and had decided that if the tiles were returned to us looking, even half way decent, we wanted to learn more. Well, they were half way decent, we were hooked, we needed to learn more.
We found another studio, not too far away, in Warren, New Jersey. The Glass Underground, owned and operated by Meryl Raiffe, a wonderful and talented, glass artist and teacher. She offers some very intensive and fun glass fusing classes, and we have taken several. Through her classes, we have learned all about glass, as well as learning about coldworking glass, cutting glass, sandblasting glass, screen printing glass, and of course, kiln firing glass.
In 2017 we retired from the Corporate hustle and moved to our home in Maine. With no studio nearby to work out of, we started collecting equipment and tools, and started our own studio. In the years since the beginning, we have taken several classes to expand our expertise.
Classes attended:
January 2015 - Glass Underground - Basic Glass Fusing
February 2015 - Glass Underground - Glass Weaving
April 2015 - Glass Underground - Strip Construction
April 2016 - Glass Underground - Intermediate Fusing Intensive .
May 2016 - Glass Underground Visiting Artist Workshop - Pavel Novak
June 2016 - Glass Underground Visiting Artist Workshop - Josephine Thomas
June 2017 - Glass Underground - Controlling Flow
June 2018 - Bullseye Experience - Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, Oregon
November 2018 - Glass Underground Visiting Artist Workshop - Marty Kremer
September 2019 - Glass Underground Visiting Artist Workshop - Ian Chadwick
October 2020 - Bullseye Workshop via Zoom - Under Pressure
December 2020 - Bullseye Workshop via Zoom - Special Effects
may 2021 - Bullseye Visiting Artist Workshop via Zoom - Richard Parrish
August 2021 - Bullseye Visiting Artist Workshop via Zoom - Amanda Simmons
September 2021 - Bullseye Visiting Artist Workshop via Zoom - Nathan Sandberg
March 2022 - Glass Underground Visiting Artist Workshop - Richard Parrish
September 2022 - Glass Underground Visiting Artist Workshop - Craig Mitchell Smith
Thanks for being interested in our story and visiting our website.
Shelley and Bill
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