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We Need Your Help

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:48:52 +0000

Ideas. We need them. Ideas for events, classes, exhibitions, demonstrations, business, locations, etc….We need them all. Post them below in the comments section of this blog post.

September 2011 Newsletter

susan — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:06:16 +0000

The studio is up and running – Yippee!. Thank you everyone for all the help.

Jeremy has headed off to a new full time job and we are so grateful for the time he spent at Duckbill. We miss him.

Duckbill has several new instructors and we will now offer classes during the weekday. To see the new offerings please take a look at our class schedule.

Until next time,

Duckbill Studios

August 2011 Newsletter

susan — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:13:02 +0000

Its Saturday and we are at the studio repairing equipment, cleaning up and working on the web site. We typically shut down for a month in the summer to check out all the equipment. This year we are also building a smaller glory hole. Thank you to all those that came down and lent a hand. Prior to the shut down we had a great time emptying the furnace (blowing til we dropped). For some of us, while we enjoying the work, it is a far cry from sitting in front of the computer all day(Think – I didn’t know I had muscles there!). Are there any other crazy folks out there that think this is “fun” and want to help out? Come on down. Our goal is to open for business around the first of September. Au revoir, Duckbill.

April 2011 Newsletter

susan — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:08:44 +0000

Storms here in Atlanta have been lively. Earlier in the month, we had a power outage that lasted about 8 hours. Luckily the pot was full and the furnace held its heat.

The name Duckbill comes from the “duckbill shears” glassblowers use. When Jeremy told me he knew how to make ducks, I couldn’t believe it! He’s made a couple and they are really cute.

The Easter Eggs went well. Thanks for participating – send in your thoughts (Contact us) and I’ll post them. We need quotes to put on the site.

Kristen has a gallery at Duckbill!!! She cleaned up the front entrance and fixed up the space. It looks fantastic. If you get a chance, come by and take a look.

The big news this month is that we are preparing for summer camp. Right now we are thinking it will be on a weekend. The pieces will take several days to anneal. Stay tuned.

March Newsletter

susan — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:05:37 +0000

Well – things haven’t settled down but they are moving forward.

We are planning on having summer camp this summer. I’ll try to officially post information soon. Ideas right now are – 1 week in length, 9am to 4pm, teenagers, and no more than 12 participants. We are thinking about 3-5 glass-related projects.

Brian and I have also been toying with the idea of education and glassblowing. How can we bring artists and engineers together? How can we make learning science (chemistry and physics) more fun for students?

I’d like some feedback on these thoughts. Contact us.

February Newsletter

susan — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:12:25 +0000

Thank you to everyone who has been contacting us about classes/workshops/tutoring. I really appreciate the interest. A glassblower (addict and/or artist) really leads a rough life. This is an expensive craft. Once addicted, you can’t get it out of your blood. Our latest victim is Lyn Margaret. We are thinking of limiting her to a set number of hours per week – we try not to enable her. If you see her here, please don’t encourage her. (Just kidding). We haven’t seen much of Marci; however, I hear she enjoyed Corning. We miss you Marci.

This past month, we added a couple of students for Algar to tutor AND I hear Sue has been here to assist him in the morning. Welcome Sue – I hope you are having fun!

We are trying out a new guy today. If all goes well, you’ll hear about him next month.

Jeremy says there is nothing new from Plains. All is well in the world.

Until next month, take care and drop us a line to let us know how you are doing.

Susan

January newsletter

susan — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:04:48 +0000

Since the snow and ice melted, we’ve been cruising along.

We are slowly attracting new artists to the shop. As we bring them on board, we’ll add them to our artists page. Marci is heading up to Corning to take a class. Kristen’s shop is doing well. Algar has been ramping back up and is in high demand as our weekday morning instructor. Lyn-Margaret is definitely addicted to glassblowing – we may need to ban her every now and then just so she doesn’t start living here. LM – thanks for stopping in at exactly the right moments when we need a helping hand. Thanks also to Keith for posting our classes on Craigslist. Jeremy says that south GA is unchanged.

PS – Thanks to everyone who helped clean up the shop for the new year – it looks fantastic!

Our New Website

admin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:23:23 +0000

Please bear with us as we flesh out our new redesigned website. Keep checking back. We’ll be updating frequently.