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Margie Drake is the Featured Artist Of The Month for December at Bead Lounge.

Her fused glass work blends her trademark sense of color and style with the sparkle and glitz she liberally bestows on everything--from her home to the art she creates out of glass and fibers.

She takes opaque and translucent sheets of glass, frits, dichroic films and papers and transforms them into gorgeous bowls and jewelry pieces.

Light catches and plays tricks with dichroic decorations and the luminous glow of glass reflects her love of bright colors and graphic forms. Seen here are pieces from her Winter Season line of trees and wreaths.

Margie creates bowls and plates, window hangings and wearable art taking each hand cut piece of glass and placing it to form the patterns she wants, sometimes cutting and fusing several times to create patterns and motion in each piece.

Her studio is an oasis of sunlight even in the winter months, with her kiln keeping things toasty as she works. Cats and dogs are not allowed to follow her there, but they provide plenty of inspiration and companionship in every other room--Margie's other love is for animals, and she participates in the Longmont Humane Society Foster Program, helping to get kittens and puppies ready for a loving home environment.

Click here to visit Margie's website.

 


Bead Lounge
previous Artist of the Month & Special Features include:

January 2006--Danielle Furman
February 2006--Shankari
March 2006--Katy Diver
April 2006--Peggy Houchin & Diana Davis
May 2006--Bryan & Sarajane Helm with Judith Skinner
June/July 2006--Heidi Kummli
August 2006--Holly Burger 
September 2006--Bonnie Rodgers
October/November 2006--Fara Shimbo
December 2006--Margie Drake


320 Main St. Longmont CO 80501  303.678.9966
updated December 2006