Painted glass retreat - day 1

My mentors Bob & Karen Schmidt of Schmidt’s stained glass & stained glass supplies host amazing glass retreats. I attended a stained glass retreat a few months back and it was fun, educational, and inspirational. Today I attended the first day of two retreats that are each two days long.

Our instructor today and tomorrow is Paula McCoy owner of Colors for Earth. Over the two day retreat we will be making two glass bowls, one dragonfly themed bowl and one stargazer lily bowl. This two day retreat is focused on using the colors for earth paints to create beautiful painted glass art that is then fired in the kiln and transformed into beautiful bowls that are both functional and decorative.

I am donating the stargazer lily glass bowl to my friend and talented pilates trainer Ali Ericson for her parkinsons fundraiser this next Saturday, July 29th at the Wyndham hotel in Boca Raton. Details for the fundraiser are below along with some pictures of the two platters and other fun pics from the first day of the retreat.