Glass Art wanted : Jekyll Island Glass Blowing Center

**gypsea** · 08-29-2011, 04:08 PM

Greetings to my fellow glassworkers,

My name is Kristen Pickett (aka Gypsea) and I am a glass addict/lover of all things glass. Yes, I confess….I have been entranced with glass ever since childhood, from the first cut glass bottle that I picked up while working in a recycling center as a pre-teen. I became a fulltime lamp worker at age 18, working clear boro from 1978-1981; took a twenty year hiatus to work as a Registered Nurse while raising my family; then dreams of the flame lured me back into the glass world in 2001.

I know many of you personally from multiple years’ attendance at AGI, and through contact on The Melting Pot /Talk Glass forum where I have served as a moderator for many years.

My husband and I are now in the process of opening a glass gallery-retail store/working demo studio on Jekyll Island, GA., where we own a home and have lived for the past thirty years. Jekyll Island is a State Park located off of the Southeast coast of Georgia and accessible by motor traffic via a causeway, as well as by boat and air.

Our Jekyll Glassblowing Center will be perfectly located in the National Historic District, on a walking street situated behind the historic Jekyll Island Club Hotel, and also next to the Convention Center. Our primary clientele will be family oriented tourists with varied ranges of discretionary income. We plan to attract traffic by offering free lampworking demonstrations and by advertising through tourism channels.

This opportunity has presented itself, and we are very excited to take action on it. I hope you will join us in our endeavors!

I would like to display, promote and sell your glass artwork in our “Jekyll Glass Blowing Center”. If you will send a photo and short bio/info, we will display it along with your works. The island environment is family oriented, so we are unable to accept smoking accessories, but all other forms and price ranges of glass art are welcome.

The showroom is set up with lighted glass cases, closed jewelry swivel racks, and hanging displays are out of hands reach.

I have attached some links to Jekyll Island, so that you can see what a beautiful tourist environment it is. A consignment contract is also attached. Please print it out and submit a signed copy with your glass artwork. We hope to open our doors OCT- 2011….so the time is rapidly approaching and we are currently accepting artwork to catalog and make ready for display.
Thank you very much,

Kristen & Edward Pickett

The Jekyll Glass Blowing Center
13 Pier Rd.
Jekyll Island, GA 31527

912-635-9797 (business)
912-635-2924 (home)

info@gypseaglass.com
ACE Music & Arts, Inc. / www.gypseaglass.com / www.acemusicians.com

Please ship to the above listed address.

**Samson** · 08-30-2011, 04:44 AM

WoW Gypsea, wishing you and yours the absolute best!!!! I own and operate Beach Beads and Glass Studio in Surfside Beach, have for about 7 years now. Anything I could turn you on to I would be glad too. You can check us out at facebook.com/beachbeads .... GL!!!

**gypsea** · 08-30-2011, 08:41 AM

thx chillax!

BK · 08-30-2011, 10:50 AM

good luck!

**NUBBLET** · 08-30-2011, 10:57 AM

Good Luck , I just did the same in my lil town.

I didnt see anywhere , maybe im still foggy, but do you want decor or function?

**glassdocnc** · 08-30-2011, 03:45 PM

Cool! Jekyll Island is a neat place. I'll definately look you up next time I'm down that way. I wish you the best of luck with the shop.

**gypsea** · 08-31-2011, 11:30 AM

thx bryan, nublet & doc!

re: decor vs. function.....any kind of kind of glass art except smoking accessories. i am located in a Georgia State Park, very regulated, goverened, public, family atmosphere........but with the potential to sell a lot of glass!! So please send anything you can think of to make...hanging, ornamental, decor, vessels, jewelry, sculpture, etc.

thank you very much!

oh and glassdocnc, please do come visit me...i have a guest room for you, and you could be a guest demo artist if you are interested!

**NUBBLET** · 08-31-2011, 11:59 AM

im super busy but will try to put a lil box together , i love ornies

**Bruce Dille** · 08-31-2011, 12:44 PM

gypsea,
The poker game at AGI 2010.was your glass the winecork or starfishes?
Just tring to keep the gallery straight
thx
I love jekyll ,My grandfather was stationed there during the early 50,s
My aunts live in Brunswick,you'll know when your there ,Just roll down the window,
Or did yinz have cleaner air now?

**gypsea** · 08-31-2011, 01:33 PM

hey bruce, i sadly missed agi last year and this year, so neither of those glasses were mine.
the air in brunswick is good now, they made them change their ways at the pulp mill there. it was horrible when i was a little kid, we'd hide our noses in pilows down in the floorboard of the back seat when we rode thru town.

**glassdocnc** · 08-31-2011, 02:52 PM

In Beaufort, NC where I grew up, we had the Menhaden factory. Icky odors of fish processing are still clear in my memory but we were told "it's the smell of money".

**gypsea** · 09-02-2011, 12:38 PM

the opening date has been bumped up to Sept 15 due to a big Shrimp & Grits Festival that weekend...music/art/food(shrimp&grits of course!)

we want to open up the showroom for that weekend for sales and to promo/advertise the new place to thousands of people.

the working/demo studio will soon follow...need to have the floor tiled and hard lines and ventilation installed.

so if you can...please.....send whatever you can asap!!

**gypsea** · 09-12-2011, 05:43 PM

drum roll please....the honor of being artist #1 at the Jekyll Glass Blowing Center goes to.....Steve Selchow! Thank you so much for sending such a great box of art work Steve!!

who's next? please send glass work asap!

thank you very much!

**Arcane Glass** · 09-13-2011, 02:34 PM

Dangit, I knew I should have sent my box last week....

**Bruce Dille** · 09-14-2011, 07:49 AM

Sent a box today,2 day priorty usp
Hope its ok that I sent it to 13 Pier road address on the contract.
good luck on the grand opening........

**gypsea** · 09-15-2011, 09:13 PM

It'll prob come tomorrow Bruce, which will be perfect...thanks!!

I just want to give a shout out to Arcane Glass for sending awesome sea turtles!

**Arcane Glass** · 09-16-2011, 09:02 PM

Thanks Kristen. Give me a buzz when you need more.

**gypsea** · 09-25-2011, 10:06 AM

Thanks to Bruce Dille for some really cool pendants!

we still have space for more artists... if anyone would like to place work with us, we would truly appreciate it!

**Samson** · 09-27-2011, 05:26 AM

Gypsea ... you have any pictures of your new digs ? I'm dying to check it out 8) Or is their a website anywhere I can visit? peace, hope all is well

**Rockrat** · 09-27-2011, 11:42 AM

Where do I sign up? I will be glad to send some stuff down when I get back home next week. I hope it it works out for you!! Oh and by the way get your arsh back up to AGI so I can see you and Eddie again. It aint the same without you!
Scott