Technology/Equipment Grant

Diversifying my body of work is the main goal for purchasing the lapidary wheel; accomplishing this by giving an updated look, which combines blown glass with the look of crystal. This will be achieved through revisiting my Geode series and diversifying the optics of my current paperweight series. The outcome of this new body of work will be measured by the reactions of my collectors, their purchases of my new work and by the diversity found in my body of work. I have given myself a full year to allow maximum exposure of the updated series utilizing the new lapidary wheel in order to have an extensive amount of research to measure. Most research will be determined by the thousands of people exposed to them at the summer art shows I attend. The fruition of which techniques are most successful and which to expand upon will depend on feedback gathered from these events. I intend to showcase my new geode series at my gallery, Lake Superior Art Glass, the Saint Paul American Craft Council show, Brookside Art Annual, Park Point Art Fair and many other fine art festivals. I will be able to measure my expected outcomes by how well this new series sells at future art shows and in my gallery, Lake Superior Art Glass.