http://www.benroth.com/studioblog project + process = product Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:19:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As usual, we will have an open studio during Thanksgiving weekend. Come by on Saturday, November 28 from 10-5 for great discounts on glass, demos in the studio, snacks and drinks. Since the casting event in August was so popular we will likely do a demonstration of sand casting for ... http://www.benroth.com/studioblog/?p=164 We're proud of the stores and galleries that carry our work - but they are a select few and we are not out to saturate the market with a mile-long list of retailers. This stuff is not on every corner and we like it that way. So for those of ... http://www.benroth.com/studioblog/?p=162 Yeah, it's finally happening. Everyone says, "you could make a lamp out of that!" Well, no, I theoretically could, but i don't. I can make glass for lighting, though, and that's what we're finally getting around to doing. In collaboration with 100Watt Network, I have designed some new glass pieces which ... http://www.benroth.com/studioblog/?p=158 Not that I did so well in the class when I had to take it, but that was more about scholastic discipline than aptitude... These metal forms are new blow molds we're building; they're the beginning of our new lighting that will be formally introduced later this year. I'm really excited ... http://www.benroth.com/studioblog/?p=152 I think the sand-casting event was a success. Everyone enjoyed the process, the glass looked great and we at the studio learned a few things, too. Look for a repeat soon; this was a good intro but everyone was ready for more, and wanting to spread the word... http://www.benroth.com/studioblog/?p=144 I'm pleased to say we've found a simple way to make some of our stuff available for sale, direct from the studio. We are now set up with BigCartel to offer items that are in stock, with payments made securely though PayPal. We may eventually integrate a shopping cart into ... http://www.benroth.com/studioblog/?p=130 David Keeps, home editor for the LA Times, fell in love with our limited-edition cast glass firelogs after our most recent e-blast and decided to put them on the blog for the home section of the Los Angeles Times. Along with Chad DeWitt, who collaborated on these pieces, I'm really pleased ... http://www.benroth.com/studioblog/?p=125 Come try it out! We will be hosting an open studio sand-casting event on August 8 so you can come watch, or even get invoived in, the process. For a flat fee you can bring a object of your own to press into the sand and we'll pour the mold ... http://www.benroth.com/studioblog/?p=120 Sand casting glass is oddly seductive although the basics wouldn't suggest it. The gist is that you have an open pit of sand; you find things to press in it that will create a void to fill, then pour the cavity full with incredibly hot molten glass. It's dirty, gritty, inexact ... http://www.benroth.com/studioblog/?p=116 In 2006 I worked with designer and fellow CCA alum Chad DeWitt  of DeWitt Studio on a set of decorative glass logs for display in a Sunset Magazine Idea House. The pieces proved so popular while on display we decided to produce some for sale as a limited-edition. Here we are a couple ... http://www.benroth.com/studioblog/?p=122