TWiG’s Joint

So today was the first event I was to be selling my glass wares at. A May Day fair, fund raiser event for a local charter school. Well the damn rain started up yesterday, so we gave a call to the person coordinating the various merchants. ALL IS GO we were told, things will just happen in the rain.

OK, we thought, if its POURING maybe we wont go, if its sprinkling, we can setup the canopy, table and wares and go from there. No Prob. So, I get up early (for me) and get all my glass packed up, Tasha gets the kids off to their Great Grandparent’s, and we load up tables, canopy, her stained glass and everything else.

Arriving at the school we find only a sign… CANCELED! DOH!

So as to not waste the day and display items we had borrowed, we went ahead and set up at the Grandparent’s garage sale.. in the rain. At least there was hot coffee!! hehe

I was fairly surprised how many people DID come to a yard sale in the rain.. though many just wanted that “yard sale, used stuff, good deal”. Understandable.

So way long story, for such a short happening, but yeah, I made a quick $20, lots of people oooh’d and ahhh’d and I passed a few cards out. And all with only breaking one item.. my dragon.

Well as many of you know, I have been spending my time creating wonderful things from a torch and glass. Torchworking, or traditionally called Lampworking, is a very ancient art form, turning chunks or rods of glass into many many decorative or useful items. I have also been doing some glass blowing, a technique in torchworking allowing creation of hollow form items.

Traditionaly a oil burning lamp was used, but thankfully in todays time, I get to use a big, hot Propane & Oxygen torch system. I like fire.. and I love to create things with my hands, making this one of the most fulfilling things I have done to date. Unlike digital art or audio media, being able to hold a beautiful finished product in your hands is something extra special.

I have enjoyed it enough, that I am dedicating my time to it fully. This is now basically my “job”, so hopefully it will start to pan out into profit and help put a little food on my family. ;)

Well now I have got a shop setup here on my site, where I can display the items I have created, and you can check em out, rate your favorites, and buy up the ones you love. Everything is hand made with the finest materials of their type, by me, with some assistance from my wife on the jewelery finishings.

So check it out.. TwigsJoint.com/shop or start in right away with the links in the side bar showing a few of the beautiful items available. More items will be filling up the shop as I get them photographed and listed. Feel free to contact me if you would like a custom item made, I am willing to try ANYTHING! hehe