Glassroots 2012

i'm pleased to announce that i will be coordinating the flame-off aspect of the Glassroots show this year. spiralout has started a solid show with top talent and impeccable ethics and i'm thrilled to join the team that makes the whole show come together.

this years competition will be divided into a couples collab event and a team latheworking event. we already have some of the roster filled but if you have interest in competing in either of these categories please contact me through the private message system here by the 15th of this month (this coming monday).

here's to glassroots 2012!!! it's going to be epic!

Coolest news ever!!!

coooool!

awesome Mer, look forward to meeting you:)

I am very much looking forward to being there this year. I'm not even sure how much a booth costs, and I'm definitely not good enough to compete in the flame-off (nevermind that I didn't see the invitation until a month late). But I was there in 2010 and god damn if I didn't see some of the most mind-blowing glass creations I never thought possible. I had been working in glass about eight months or so, and every idea I had about what glass could and could not do was just blown wide apart. Great work, everybody who was there, keep it up. Let's see exactly how far we can push the envelope this year.

Glassroots is a great show, congrats Mer! Looking forward to this year. It's going to be super mega awesome and a HALF.

im coming up this year to check this epic event out and i cant wait.

mer you have really helped this community in so many ways. thanks for all you do brother. seriously...

wow, lathe working teams? that sounds epic...wish I could make it.

that lathe event looks sick!!! go luke and hops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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im coming up this year to check this epic event out and i cant wait.

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Awesome! Can't wait to meet you man!

^^^back at ya icky

So I've never been, and I just checked out the website. ...Is admission free? For the whole she-bang?

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So I've never been, and I just checked out the website. ...Is admission free? For the whole she-bang?

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It looks like there are tickets this year. Here's more info:

http://glassrootsartshow.com/archives/394

Ah yes, that's what I was looking for. Thanks!

To those of you who have attended: What's the capacity like (can it "sell out")? Advance tix, or at-the-door cover? And must you pay for each event separately, or is there an "all-access" type ticket?

Thanks again for the info.

This is the first year in this format, so I don't know if anyone can answer those questions until this one has went down.

Well, actually, Spiralout can probably answer most of them other than the "will it sell out" one.

I'll let Mer and Spiralout tell you about it....

Mer and i are hashing out all of the final details and will be making all the announcements you guys are looking for.

Are there vendor booths still open? And if so, how much would one cost? I dropped a message to the Glassroots website, but I figure asking here as well might yield faster results, I don't know. The one year I went was so ridiculously positive and educational I couldn't even believe it. Like walking through a silicate dream. And I'm a much better blower now, so I'll just feel slightly LESS completely dwarfed by all these phenomenal minds in the field. :)

I cant wait to see this. This year or bust! now that its not on my bday I am there!

my check is in the mail already, i'm excited about this... and have already started planning on which lines i'm bringing to the show... i've got 2 designs that i know nobody else in the industry is doing and i'm excited to see how they transform as i make more and more in prep for the show!

Yo The Moch! If all stays the same we are neighbors at the show, we looking forward to meeting you. Prepare for a good time, we are hooked on trade shows and its the only thing we live for any more...if only there was more time to work so we could go to them all...alas one day.

Lets get weird!

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...sposter330.jpg

Cool poster! It's gonna be a rad time!! Oh man I really hope I get some torch time before then..

ill be there

siiick thats right before the Kobuki-Sable-Gateson-carlson show at MADE

And on that note, Glassroots has nothing to do with the after show stuff that made puts on down in chicago. Glassroots timed it perfectly so the show was right before the made show.

+1 for nick...again :-)

more glass stuff to do on the trip up... thats good 4u guys too! makes it more worth it to drive up to Wisconsin

not that seeing a romantic valentines flameoff in September wasnt already enuff.
i got my hankies ready

I will be there!

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I will be there!

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Shit just got real, yo!

Goddamn, it's like all of six or seven weeks away, isn't it? Woohoo!

I am in search of the best grilled cheese and cheese soup. Last time I was very disappointed in my cheese experiences. The cheese curds at the great Dane were weak. I do need to steal another pint glass or two from that place though.

Also, I have a friend who might drive up with me. Anyone have a cOuch he could crash on?

I'll be happy to see you Aymie- I'll make the drive over to see folks if nothing else. :)

omg julz! i am still bummed that i got all of 45 seconds with you at dfo. if you come in for glassroots we are totally having a proper meal or something. not going to miss a second chance! that makes me happy :)

Makes me happy too

Too bad this isn't over a weekend (or that I don't have more vacation time). I'd love to attend as a buyer/drooler and this is probably as close of a show to me as there is. Maybe next year...

happening soon, I will be making the drive!

Wonder what people will think of my creations...

respectfully,
jes

Ill be going with Chesterfield Glass Art. yay!

Getting ready for the show! Work Work Practice Sleep....Repeat!

Eliza and I have been working on our Flameoff piece and I think its going to be fricken awsome! Just have to actually complete on of these!

Bryan

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