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Expect the Unexpected 2015

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I am delighted to share with you that I will be participating as a guest artist on the  Durham West Studio Tour  held this weekend on April 25th and 26th from 10:00am to 5:00pm. I will be one of three guest artists at The Cultural Expressions Art Gallery at 62 Old Kingston Road, Pickering . This free, self-guided tour of 30 Artists at 14 locations is where you the visitor, will get a unique opportunity to engage with working artists and invited guests in their studio spaces to discuss techniques and processes. Many of the artists will have their presented works available for purchase, all adding to the idea of the event as a virtual treasure hunt where you will certainly expect the unexpected. Here is a peak at some of the preparations. On the left is the glass bead making station where it all  starts. Effetre soft glass rods are heated and wrapped around a stainless steel rod that has been previously dipped in a ceramic medium. This ceramic medium is very simila