Karen Wilson
Elements, Directions & Angels
My latest eight pointed star with pattern bars and murrini. I used more transparent glass including a transparent base that looks really...
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Karen Wilson
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This is my glass tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Her ubiquitous collar surrounds the edge of the piece, with an eight pointed star in the...
Karen Wilson
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Murrini Accents
Experimenting in colors, shapes and sizes, with murrini accents. These two pieces started out as one though each half of the circle had a...
Karen Wilson
- Sep 21, 2020
- 1 min
Art Glass Center - Glen Echo
The Art Glass Center at Glen Echo is proud to be the first show on the reopening of the Popcorn Gallery at Glen Echo Park. Please stop...
Karen Wilson
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
Eight Pointed Star - India
A few more pieces inspired by my trip to India back in March, 2020.
Karen Wilson
- Jul 14, 2020
- 1 min
Tapestry Inspired Glass Vase
SOLD: This beautiful vase using a drop out technique. The base glass is a piece I made using the tapestry technique of Richard Parrish.
Karen Wilson
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min
Sunset Over Manhattan
“Sunset Over Manhattan”. This is a combination of a pattern bar and strip cut glass techniques. The first photo is of the pattern bar...
Karen Wilson
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min
“The Yellow Emperor”
This piece is called “The Yellow Emperor”. He reigned in China, born in 2711 BCE, and he lived 113 years, until 2598 BCE. He is credited...
Karen Wilson
- Jun 30, 2020
- 1 min
Healing Pathways
This piece is about life. I was so excited by this new pattern bar piece after it was fired, before final fire polishing. Sadly, in the...
Karen Wilson
- May 9, 2020
- 1 min
Potomac Almanac supports local glass artists
A lovely memory from our Glen Echo Park Art Glass Center show two years ago. Although we postponed this year’s show because of...
Karen Wilson
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min
The Star of Lakshmi
Exploring designs in kiln-formed glass from the incredible temples we visited in India. I will do the cold working and slumping after...
Karen Wilson
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1 min
Inspiration all the way from India
Inspired by my travels to India. Colors, patterns, movement, and integration all fused together in a multi-layered assemblage. Four...
Karen Wilson
- Mar 3, 2020
- 1 min
Fun with Rods - "Spring Rain"
Having fun checking out the possibilities with rods. Glass rods are easy to fuse together in straight lines, or you can cut them to a...
Karen Wilson
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
Winter Blues Special
The “blues” are inspiring me this winter. A large platter combining different sheets of Bullseye specialty glass. Working with pinks and...
Karen Wilson
- Jan 21, 2020
- 1 min
Finding my flow with real Stardust!
7 billion-year-old Stardust found in a massive rocky meteorite that struck our planet in Australia half a century ago. This is the...
Karen Wilson
- Jan 14, 2020
- 1 min
First pieces of 2020!
“Angels We Have Heard on High”, six layers, powder Frits, 10” x14”. “Evergreen”, 10” x17”, strip cut.
Karen Wilson
- Dec 10, 2019
- 1 min
Working with Earth Tones
My latest pieces include my first mosaic, spreading my wings from kiln formed glass. I took "Mosaic Tapestry" with Bonnie Fitzgerald at...
karenw0
- Nov 18, 2019
- 1 min
Friends, Positano & Inspiration
I love the open-hearted learning environment at Weisser Studios. Nancy Weisser taught her pattern bar class recently. I just returned...
Karen Wilson
- Oct 8, 2019
- 1 min
Fun with Glass Enamels!
What a wonderful time at Cheryl Chapman's kiln formed glass class, "Reverse Glass Painting", at Weisser Studios in Kensington, Maryland. ...
Karen Wilson
- Aug 23, 2019
- 1 min
Glen Echo - Drop & Drape
Drop and drape. Starting with a tapestry piece I made in Richard Parrish’s Advanced Tapestry and Beyond class, I used a drop and drape...
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