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Interested in becoming a NO Days Featured Artist?
Want to share your artwork made using NO Days products with the world? We want to help you promote your work! We love seeing the various ways artists are using NO Days products! We share our Featured Artist spotlight with our newsletter subscribers, our Facebook friends and fans, on our Featured Artist Page and right here on our blog, linking back to your website.
Simply send an email to info@nodaysadhesives.com with the subject: Featured Artist. Be sure to include your name, email address, and website (if you have one) along with a brief bio and pictures of yourself and your artwork made with NO Days Products. Not sure what to include in a bio? Tell us how you became interested in playing with glass or crafts. How about where you get your inspiration? Oh! And don't forget to tell us why you love using NO Days!
In this all day class, you will sharpen and hone your glass cutting
skills while building an 11” framed mosaic that’s ready to take home at
the end of class.
Glass on Glass Mandala Mosaic made with recycled church windows
by Carrie Strope
You will learn tricks for cutting circles, how to
frame your mosaics with zinc edge came, basic soldering skills needed to
make your own metal frames, tips and tricks for working with No Days Groutless, and how to choose the best adhesive for your project (several different examples made with different adhesives and the pros and cons of each will be on display for discussion).
Glass on Glass Mosaic created using No Days Mosaic Adhesive
We
will discuss basic color theory to help you choose your glass, talk
about pattern variations and the best way to approach cutting a pattern
out of a sheet of glass and finish with grouting pointers as we complete
a mosaic in one day!
Stained glass window panel with fused glass inclusions as well as
glass on glass flower inclusions
If you've ever wanted to explore mosaics or enhance your repertoire, Carrie will show you how easy it is to start combining your skills to create unique pieces with mosaic, stained glass and fused glass.
This is also the perfect class to brush up on your cutting skills! Learn tips for glass cutting from the 2014 Super Pro Glass Cutting Champion!
Super Pro Glass Cutting Contest at the 2014 Glass Craft & Bead Expo
Students bring: safety glasses and glass cutting
tools. Some cutting tools will be available for classroom use.
Fused glass sconce night light created with the same pattern
from the mosaic mandala class. Get tips for cutting glass
to create stunning fused glass art.
Welcome to Margie's Art Glass Studio in Minot, North Dakota ~ the cutest little gathering place ever! Margie's boasts not only unique, handmade, one-of-a-kind gifts for the discerning gift-giver and collector, but also The Black Iguana (best coffee and smoothie bar offering vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options) and the best art making experience around!
Margie's Art Glass Studio has lots of wonderful and unique gifts.
After you're done perusing the artwork and finding inspiration, head on downstairs to the creation stations...
Welcome to the No Days weekend at Margie's Art Glass!
Have a seat at one of the tables in the Ceramic Cafe, find the project you'd like to work on and start creating! Oh, did you forget to grab a drink or a snack upstairs? No problem! The lovely hosts will take your order and bring it to you so you can stay focused on your artwork.
Margie's Art Glass has a paint your own pottery section, too!
There was so much interest in the No Days classes taught by instructor Carrie Strope that extra classes were offered and everything SOLD OUT! What a wonderful and busy weekend we had.
Working on getting the perfect frit leaf using
No Days Liquid Fusing Adhesive.
Check out all the fun we had at our No Days Road Show May 16th & 17th, 2014 at Shannon's Stained Glassery in Superior, Wisconsin (across the bridge from Duluth, Minnesota).
Shannon playing with the rest of the class!
Frit Painting with No Days Liquid Fusing Adhesive
Frit painting with No Days Liquid Fusing Adhesive:
a student checking her progress in the mirror.
In addition to classes, No Days Instructor Carrie Strope Sohayda demonstrated how to use No Days Thinfuse to create quick and easy fused glass mosaics, as well as how to create quick and stunning jewelry pieces using No Days Groutless, millefiori, dichroic glass or frit balls.
Jackie Doehling of Full Moon Loon Designs playing with frit and No Days
Jackie Doehling of Full Moon Loon Designs drove up to Superior for a weekend vacation with her husband. Although her husband decided to play elsewhere, she was able to coax her friend Mary in for a glass play session!
Gretchen got the chance to take the classes so she'll know
how to teach with and use No Days!
Some of you may recognize the shop as Peachie's Stained Glass. Peachie retired from running the shop and sold the business to a wonderfully energetic and incredibly helpful new owner, Shannon. Gretchen is still around to help with questions and projects, and Peachie still teaches some of the classes.
No Days Groutless Mosaic with frit, too!
The amount of information available at the shop is incredibly, as is the list of classes, which prints out to a staggering 7 pages!
Frit painting with No Days Liquid Fusing Adhesive
The pricing for classes is very reasonable and the location of the shop at the edge of Lake Superior makes it a great destination stop, especially if you're traveling the Superior Lake Circle Tour.
Awww...feeling the love! And, I finally get to see a demo
piece completed!
Gather the materials: paver stone, No Days Mosaic Adhesive,
tweezers, scissors, heat gun, grout, glass.
Tools & Materials:
-Paving Stone from home improvement store
-No Days Mosaic Adhesive Film
-heat gun
-stained glass
-cutting tools: glass cutter, running pliers, mosaic nippers
-Morton Portable Glass Shop (or other strip cutting system)
-tweezers
-grout
-latex gloves
Approximate Time Start to Finish: 3 hours
Clean sand and debris off the surface of the paver stone.
After brushing off the paver stone of dirt and debris, cut the No Days Mosaic Adhesive to size using scissors or an exacto blade. You can overlap pieces of the adhesive film, and even use scrap and leftover adhesive film. The stepping stone pattern can be traced on the adhesive film, if you find it helps. If you want to make sure the film doesn't slide around on the stepping stone while you're placing tiles, you can prep the adhesive to the stone ahead of time. Below is a picture using an iron and the white release liner that comes in the package with the No Days Mosaic Adhesive to prep the stone with adhesive. (NOTE: If you don't let the adhesive cool before removing the release liner, it will stick to the liner and not your stepping stone!)
You can make the adhesive sheets stick to the stone by prepping
with an iron and the white release liner that comes packaged with
No Days Mosaic Adhesive.
After placing all of your tiles on the surface of the adhesive, it's time to heat set the adhesive to activate it. Using an oven is the easiest way to heat set the stone. Set the oven to 200 degrees F (93ºC) and place the stone on the rack for about 15- 20 minutes. The stone takes quite awhile to heat up, and it's important that the stone gets to 160ºF (too hot to touch) so that the adhesive bonds fully with both the stone and the tiles. You can also use a standard heat gun or embossing heat tool to heat the tiles and stone.
As soon as the mosaic cools, it's time to grout!
After the stone cools (~15 minutes), you're ready to grout. If you're teaching the stepping stone as a class, this 15 minutes is a good time to give a grouting demo and talk about the different kinds of grout available and different methods for mixing grout.
Finished stepping stones in about 3 hours!
Finished stones in the yard. This batch was done by a Girl Scout troop.
Here's a video to give you more ideas and explain the process:
The front window of Rosemarie's shop, Stained Glass Design.
Rosemarie's Glamor Shot, modeling bags of Slumpy's Carolina Frit!
Getting
started on glueFOIL mosaics...One of my favorite things about classes is
seeing all of the different ideas and designs that everyone comes up
with. Everyone's got such a unique style!
Heat
setting the glueFOIL mosaic picture frames. We're using ceiling tiles
to heat on, which fume a bit (hence the mask in the middle). The No Days doesn't fume or off-gas. It's non-toxic!
Student pieces...on the left, a dragonfly glueFOIL mosaic; on the right, a gorgeous autumn tree on No Days Mosaic Mesh.
Student pieces...on the right, an abstract, geometric glueFOIL mosaic; on the left, an abstract design on No Days Mosaic Mesh.
Heat setting the mesh mosaics in class. Students took their mosaics home to mount them with mortar.
Heat setting the mesh mosaics in class. Students took their mosaics home to mount them with mortar.
Getting ready for some fun with No Days Mosaic Mesh! Can you tell?
Piecing together stained glass on mesh.
Talking designs and getting inspired by the glass.
Finished student designs on No Days Mosaic Mesh. Definitely an artistic bunch, pushing the limits of mosaics!
Denny gave me a quick tour of his new location. He's got this Saguaro skeleton that's been with him for years.
Denny's
new location is HUGE! He's been there for 6 months and it still smells
brand new. He's got tons of glass on display, as well as finished
projects. I got the grand tour as soon as I arrived.
Next to the front door of the store
There's plenty of room to walk around and everywhere you look there's eye candy. The store is divided into areas for make and take fused glass pendants,
lampworking, stained glass, mosaic
and fused glass classes.
He's
also got his very first stained glass piece that he made by teaching
himself
from a book when he was 24...just a few years ago. He's also got his very own Peter McGrain portrait looking over his precious.
Denny planned a full day with his Customer Appreciation Event occurring at the same time as the No days Road Show. The first 150 customers through the door got swag bags. There was a full demo schedule for glass cutting, the Morton System, bottle cutters, flameworking, foil repair, fusing ideas, programming your kiln, and of course, No Days adhesives!
The Stained Glass Station offers art glass, fusing glass, chemicals, tools, supplies, gifts, fine art and classes as a full service retail store in Lees Summit Missouri.
Norwood Custom
Glass specializes in creating custom stained glass windows, etching, carving and
beveling glass (including mirror), and fused and painted glass.
This is Norwood Custom Glass, located just on the North side of Cincinnati, Ohio. I absolutely love the Art Deco styling of the building. I visited Norwood Custom Glass in June for a No Days Road Show and was amazed by the studio set-up. There's such a large inventory of glass, patterns, tools and materials!
Streuter Technologies just returned from yet another year at the Las Vegas Glass Craft & Bead Expo at the South Point Hotel and Casino.
Sharon & Connie in the Stained Glass Station
We saw many new faces and also many friends from years past. There was a great turnout to the show this year, and our new line of products were well received!
Leigh Adams in the Mosaic Station
Did we nab your picture in the booth? Keep reading to find out!
Frit Painting on Spectrum System 96 glass with Glassline Pens,
Carolina Frit and NO Days Liquid Fusing Adhesive
NO Days just returned from Belmont, North Carolina, where we attended Ceramajam 2012 at Bisque Imports. The theme this year was "Around the World" and everyone stamped their passports with "Glasslandia" after visiting the glass corner of the globe with NO Days and Spectrum Glass.
Filling in with frit after tracing the template design with Glassline Pens
Spring is in the air and the Las Vegas Glass Craft & Bead Expo is
getting nearer. Have you seen the NO Days University class schedule?
These mini-classes are designed to fit around your class schedule and
shopping.
What are some of the techniques you'll learn? We've got fusing, leaded stained glass, and mosaic classes designed to teach you how to cut back on project assembly time using the NO Days line of products.
You'll be amazed at how quickly you finish your project!
During the ThinFuse Mosaic Class, you'll learn how to eliminate a tack firing in your kiln by adhering your pieces to your glass using NO Days ThinFuse. We'll "grout" with frit and secure that in place with NO Days Liquid Fusing Adhesive. Once the adhesive has dried, the frit will be so secure that you'll have no trouble transporting the piece back to your kiln to fire.
glueFOIL and NO Days Mosaic Adhesive created this butterfly
Join us for the glueFOIL Mosaic Coaster Class, and learn how to get creative using scrap textured clear stained glass to make stunning mosaics. We'll piece together our designs using glueFOIL, then adhere the glass to our substrates with NO Days Mosaic Adhesive and grout immediately! You'll leave with a new technique in your mosaic arsenal and your sample coaster to remind you how you did it.
NO Days Glaze makes building a leaded window much quicker
Have you seen or heard of NO Days Glaze, but just haven't had the time or project to test it out with? Join us for the NO Days Glaze Sun Catcher Class and see how easy it is to use. You'll see that it's such a time saver, that you'll wonder why you aren't using it in every leaded glass project!
