https://dianewoodglasstudio.com Email: kilnglass90dwood@gmail.com Phone: (530) 852-1541 Location: Auburn and Bowman Medium: Blown Glass, Fused Glass, Jewelry, Kiln Glass, and Mixed Media About: Instagram: Galleries & Affiliations: Art League of Lincoln and Blue Line Arts Auburn and Bowman Hours Of Operation
Kiln Glass
Emilie Righetti
Ceramics and Kiln Formed Glass give me the ability to work with my hands and imagination. I often use found objects, precious or semi-precious stones and metals in the work I create, always trying to create movement in what can be very stiff feeling materials. My art can be functional and non-functional. I like to use colors and textures from nature, combining my ceramics & glass techniques to create unusual pieces. Putting a glass dragonfly on a ceramic piece or a ceramic frog on a glass piece, adding copper or brass leaves and vines to a piece makes my pieces different and unique. When someone asks how I created the piece I know I have captured their attention.
I grew up in San Francisco, CA where nature and museums were all around me. I loved art and took classes in high school and college. In 2000 I started taking courses at Sierra Nevada College “Visiting Artist” summer workshops. That’s where I fell in love with ceramics and kiln glass. Some of my instructors were: Kathleen Koop, Bill Abright, Andy Ruble, Randy Brodnax, Don Ellis, Shuji Ikeda & Carole & William Hutchison. My studio is named Stick In The Mud, in Auburn, CA.