Art A Whirl last weekend was a sucess. Thank you to everyone who came out to see my work at Happily Street Gallery and Foci Glass! What a great opportunity to display work and meet new people.
In more recent news, I was able to spend several hours blowing glass this past week and I created 3 beautiful pitchers. One is a lovely deep, rich, transparent amber color. Then I made one that is the color o golden wheat. I finished off with a bright, spicy, fire truck red pitcher that really brings life to the trio. I think they would make lovely milk and cream pitchers. Photos will be up as soon as I finish polishing the bottoms.
Lastely, David is leaving for Columbus, OH today. I which him the best of luck at his art show over there! While he is away I'll be able to take over the studio for a little while and turn out my own work in preparation for the Stone Arch Bridge show on June 16th and 17th.

Hello Everybody!

I'm Heather Kremen, a glass blower and kiln caster located in Minneapolis, MN.

I am also the assistant to glass blower David Royce. While I work at his studio I also use th estudio space at Foci Glass. Foci's a really cool community glass center located right here in town! I teach kiln casting classes there, and am an instructor for a summer glass camp we have goign on for kids!

I began blowing glass in the summer of 2007 in Omaha, NE. It was a three day intensive class at Cyrstal Forge at Hot Shops. The first time I worked with the glass I was addicted. By the end of the first day I knew that was what I wanted to do!

Since then I have moved up to Minneapolis for college. I graduated from the University of Minnesota this spring with degrees in Art, Global Studies and a minor in Asian Languages and Literature. While I have all that I still am continuing my dream of blowing glass!  I have been blowing at Foci Glass since 2008.

In 2010 I took a year to study abroad in Japan. It was fantastic! What I loved especially was that while studying I was able to take night classes at Tokyo Glass Arts Institute, a glass blowing school in Tokyo. I began by just blowing glass, but during my second semester there I began taking day classes in casting and cutting glass.

Today I spent 5 hours in the studio helping David Royce blow peices for his art shows at he beginning of June. We got 5 peices made; 2 long necked vases and 3 tipped bottles! check out his work at:
www.davidroyceglass.com

I'm also busy preparing for Art-A-Whirl, a huge event where artists and galleries all over North East Minneapolis open up to the public for a weekend of great food, drinks and art. Sounds fantastic, right! I will be displaying my pieces in Happily Street Gallery on Jackson Ave and Broadway, as well as at Foci Glass at 2010 E. Hennapin Ave.