ABOUT GOOD RIVER GALLERY~
We specialize in handmade jewelry, purses, glasswork and beads, made of the finest materials.

ABOUT HANNAH

With over fifteen years teaching experience combined with twenty years as a working artist, I still look forward to teaching both fine arts and craftmanship skills every day. I've taught college level multimedia and design at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Illinois Institute of Art. I have taught beadwork, flamworking and fine arts at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Glass Axis & bead stores around the country.

I was a semifinalist in the lampwork category for Bead Dreams 2009 and won second place for my bead embroidered collarpiece in the Treasures of Toho 2009 Contest. The Treasures of Toho necklace can be seen in the February 2010 issue of Bead & Button. My work is currently on show at the Harwood Museum of Art gift shop and also at the Fetchin House Taos Museum of Art Gift Shop.

ABOUT DAVID

As a beginning glass student I view this medium with similar eyes as those of my student years back in Baltimore studying both Literature and Fine Art specifically in the areas of drawing, painting(acrylic, oil), and mixed medias including fibers. The color palettes and ranges of their uses in glass fascinate me, especially in the application to this medium fresh to me. Watching and learning from Hannah has helped to rekindle a genuine appreciation for glass as a sculptural art that I've always had. Moreover, it has sparked an interest for the complicated medium and techniques involved in all its many forms ranging from beads through jewelry and sculpture.

Having managed other businesses for more than a decade in other industries I am currently enjoying and look forward to challenges to come endeavoring into this new field working alongside Hannah. For myself, everyday is a chance to learn something new about both the medium itself and the industry that continues to grow due to the commitment of wonderful artists around the world working with glass on any and all levels.

In my years as an artist and working with artists of all genres and mediums, rarely have I witnessed a commitment and yearning to the development of ones self as an artist and crafts person such as Hannah's. Also, I have had the opportunity to observe her working not only for herself as an artist, but for the education of the glass arts for those with an interest in creative growth.

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