louise
little
Artist
Statement and CV
I use the flame of a torch, glass as my brush, and my imagination to
create pieces of art glass mainly in the form of tiny glass beads. I also
fabricate one of a kind wearable art. I use several mediums and techniques
to create my jewelry, but usually like to create pieces that incorporate
my glass beads. For my glass art I use flameworking techniques that originated
with the Venetians 4000 years ago, as well as Pate de verre, kiln forming
and enameling. Always striving to explore other jewelry making techniques,
I have recently added metal fabrication in order to create my visions
in my jewelry. I seem to be inspired by colors and texture that are all
around me, and can’t wait to get to my torch every morning to recreate
my inspiration in glass.
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1997 – present Glass Artist and Jewelry Designer
Education:
1997 Beginning Lampworking with Kate Fowle, Master Glass Artisan
1998 Kiln Formed Glass with Donna Milliron
2000 Hollow Glass Beads with Pam Dugger, Master Glass Artisan
2000 Intermediate Glass Bead Making with Jim Smircich, Master Glass Artisan
2000 Wire Wrapping with Lynn Merchant
2001 Intermediate Lampworking with Kate Fowle, Master Glass Artisan
2001 Watercolor Techniques with Glass with Kristen Frantzen Orr, Master
Glass Artisan
2002 Borosilicate Glass Techniques with Nancy Tobey, Master Glass Artisan
2003 Introduction to Silversmithing
2003 Florals in Glass with Leah Fairbanks, Master Glass Artisan
2004 Introduction to Precious Metal Clay, Pate de Verre with Donna Milliron
2005 Soldering and Stone Setting, Copper Electroforming on glass with
Kate Fowle, Master Glass Artisan
2006 PMC Certified Instructor
2007 PMC – hollow metal beads, keum-boo Celie Fago
2008 Advanced Beadmaking with Kristina Logan, Master Glass Artisan, Metal
bead with Barbara Becker Simon, Bronze clay workshop with Celie Fago
Awards:
1999 Best of Show – Handmade Jewelry, Henderson Art Fair
2007 Grand Prize and First Place – “Your Designs Rock Contest”
sponsored by Ring and Things
Publications:
2004 "1000 Glass Beads" by Lark Publishing
2005 "Stringing Magazine" Fall Issue by Interweave
Press
2006 "Stringing Magazine" Fall Issue by Interweave
Press
2008 "ISGB Bead Release" A step by step Glass Bead
Article Winter Issue
Organizations:
International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB)
Miami Valley Lampwork Glass Bead Artists (MVLBA), Past President
PMC Guild
The Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
Galleries and Bead Shops:
Chez Rene, Las Vegas, NV
Art Bias Gallery, Cleveland, OH
The Shepherdess, San Diego, CA
BeadinPath, Freeport, ME
William Whatley International Studio, Las Vegas, NV
Galan’s, Dayton, OH
DVAC, Dayton, OH
My Pilates Studio, Dayton, OH
Pistachio, Chicago, IL
1 Stop Bead Shop, Columbus, OH
Ecelectica Bead Shop, Brookfield, WI
Gahanna Bead Shop, Gahanna, OH
Evoke Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Teaching Experience:
Beginning Glass Bead Making
Intermediate Glass Bead Making
Organics and Beyond
Surface Decorations with Enamels and Metals
Juried Shows & Exhibits:
2001 Art on the Lawn, Las Vegas, NV
2004 Annual Fund Raising Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center
2004 Exhibit of Contemporary Glass Beads, by invitation,
Elizabeth Glass Geltman, curator
2005 Hyde Park Square Art on the Park, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Annual Fund Raising Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center
2006 To Bead True Blue Bead show, Tucson, AZ, by invitation only
2006 Annual Fund Raising Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center
2006 Art on the Commons, Kettering, OH
2006 Hyde Park Square Art on the Park, Cincinnati, OH
2007 To Bead True Blue Bead Show, Tucson, AZ, by invitation only
2007 Annual Fund Raising Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center
2007 Fire and Ice Show, ISGB Minneapolis, MN
2007 Evoke Gallery, juried show, Minneapolis, MN
2007 Hyde Park Square Art on the Park, Cincinnati, OH
2009 Philadelphia’s Buyer’s Market, Philadelphia, PA
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