Each month, Streuter Technologies features an artist using NO Days products in our
newsletter and on our
webpage. October's featured artist is Jacqui Bush of Stained Glass of McKinney!
Jacqui Bush took her first copper foil class in 1997 and hasn't looked
back. From flat glass to warm glass, and silver art clay to enamels,
her classes and experimenting continue. In 2004, she could no longer
resist the call of the glass and left her career in technology to open a
studio. Her studio offers a wide variety of classes in stained, leaded,
beveled, etched, fused and painted glass. She repairs and restores
glass, creating custom work, as well.
She has a contagious
passion for glass in all its forms and loves to share it with others.
Through teaching and demonstrating, she works (or rather plays) to
increase public awareness of glass art through special events,
educational classes, and community involvement, offering free or low
cost classes to art teachers in public education through the "Teach the
Teacher" program.
Jacqui enjoys teaching teachers about glass
art, and how to bring it into the classroom to inspire the next
generation of glass artists. Kids LOVE glass, but the mosaic process can
be messy when using traditional adhesives and grout! It's easy to
teach them glass history and how glass is worked. Jacqui and colleague
Brenda Fee co-authored "
Artistically Inspired: Glass Lessons for the Art Classroom," with 25 lesson plans designed to incorporate the history
and process of creating glass art into the school curriculum.
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| Jacqui's Renaissance Mosaics |
Jacqui
is always coming up with new techniques to share with her students. She
teaches "Groutless Mosaics" incorporating beads, vintage or memorable
jewelry and other objects with glass tiles. She loves using No Days
Groutless Mosaic Adhesive for its ease of use; there's no need to move
the design between layout and gluing or grouting. It's nontoxic and not
messy, so it's safe and convenient to use in a school setting. Plus, it
eliminates having to wait for glue to dry or working with and coloring
grouts.
Jacqui is certified in the
Unique Glass paints, a
member of
AGA,
RAGS, and is on the Board of Directors for the
KBW Education Foundation.
Jacqui Bush is a veritable fountain of
knowledge!!! Check out her page full of tips and tricks on anything and
everything concerning glass, kilns, and education! View more at
www.stainedglassofmckinney.com.
