White Coyote Glassworks

Thank You Glass!

2010-05-03T18:33:00.002-04:00

I love working with colored glass. I love color in general, I suppose that most artist do... or they wouldn't be artists. But there is something magical about colored glass. Somehow it's richer and more alive than painted colors. As it glows it creates a glow inside of me, a resonance that is hard to describe. I am so very happy that I found this art form, so that I could express myself in this medium.

I just want everyone to know how thankful I am.

Etsy Store Housekeeping

2010-04-28T21:11:00.002-04:00

I finally finished separating our farm store and my glass bead store on Etsy. Now all of our farm items, such as herbal products and balsam products are at dragonflyhillfarm.etsy.com; and all of my lampwork beads are in a separate Etsy store at whitecoyotestudio.etsy.com. It seems to make more sense to me and makes things easier for me to keep organized; and hopefully it makes it easier for people who are interested in my products as well.

Fruitlands reopens with new wares and new fare > The Harvard Press

2010-04-11T11:03:00.001-04:00

Fruitlands reopens with new wares and new fare > The Harvard Press

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Sources of Inspiration

2010-04-01T23:50:00.007-04:00

My husband and I love to roam the desert southwest during the winter months. Last year we visited the Mimbres Museum in Deming, New Mexico. While there I saw a picture of this wonderful and powerful petroglyph from the Pony Hills region.

The caption called it "the white coyote going across the sky" and indicated that it was a symbol for a meteor, a symbol of death and destruction to the Mimbres people.

I took a picture of it, and I found that every so often the symbol surfaced in my consciousness.

Indeed it was the year of death for me. I lost both a beloved animal companion in the fall and then my mother, unexpectedly, while we were in New Mexico this year. Her death triggered a natural inclination in me to re-examine my own journey... to be sure I was on the right path.

What I discovered was that I was letting the day to day to day stuff nibble away at my creative time until there was very little left. My torch was untouched since summer. My paints - even longer. So I re-committed myself to my art, and in the process I decided to renew every aspect of what I was doing, including my studio name. I needed a fresh start.

The petroglyph emerged again in my thoughts; but I realized that my response was very different from that of the Mimbres people. Meteors to me were joyous and positive things. Even when they occasionally cause a mass extinction it's all part of nature's plan. It's all perfect.

And so White Coyote Glassworks was born. It's just right for me in so many ways.