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Deb Crowley
I was born in Pacific Beach, CA in 1957. I
attended gifted schools for most of my life, many of which included art
programs where I learned the strong passion I had for art of any kind.
As a kid I began drawing and watercolor painting, later I found clay and
sculpting. After marrying and having 2 children, my best creations ever,
I began teaching ceramics, Raku, drawing, weaving textiles and
rush/cane.
In 1985 I met my husband, Michael, he was a heavy plate and mirror
glazier. We opened Dreamglass Studio, a full service shop and supplies
store and started teaching. The next year I learned sandblasting and
fusing. In 1990 I made my first bead. The first 3 years of lampworking I
learned to torch to make eyes and other components for my fusing and
copper foil panels, little did I know my love of making fish beads was
around the corner! In 1994 we built a full hot shop and started blowing
large furnace glass. Michael built me my first bead kiln in 1993, now he
is known internationally for his bead anneal ers and custom hot shops.
We also taught for the Community College Education for 12 years in Las
Vegas, many stained, fused and carved glass classes. I have taught
lampworking and fusing all over the nation for the last 10 years,
including several large venues as well as private studios. Dreamglass
remained open until we moved in 2001 to the Oregon coast and built our
dream studio in the forest near the ocean.
I have been published in many books, including Bandhu Dunham's
"Contemporary Lampworking El" and his "Formed of Fire", in Doug
Remschneider's new borosilicate video, Lark books "1000 Glass beads",
Corina Tettinger's "Spotlights" and now have a tool I designed being
made by Carlisle Machine, the "Crowley Marver"! I have won numerous
awards for my lampworking and fusing and juried into many more
shows/venues like Bullseye and Warm Glass' first worldwide invitational
jury and gallery tour.
In 2002 we started a festival called "Glass Stock", a 4-day event over
Labor Day weekend of sharing, collaborating and meeting new people. All
of us blew, fused, blasted, torched, etched glass and many more
"projects". It has been a huge success and we hope to continue for a
long time, we had 65 people last year and it was amazing and an honor
for us to be a part of such a great sharing of ideas and passion for
glass!
I am completely self-taught in all my favored mediums, the best of which
is glass. I am in awe of this glass medium, it is viscous and malleable
with an element of danger and chance! Thanks for taking the time to read
about me! Fire IS good ;)
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