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Lori Quinn Dichroic Glass Studio is a full time glass and jewelry studio based in Providence, RI. In my studio fused dichroic glass and jewelry is created for the wholesale and retail market.
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Lori Quinn Designs are currently available at the following galleries in the U.S.: Artwear, Arlington, MA/ DeCordiva Museum, Lincoln, MA/ Different Drummer, Wickford, RI/ Dish, Warren, RI/ EAM Gallery, Portsmouth, NH/ Giving Tree, E. Sandwich, MA/ Hairspray, Providence, RI/ Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA/ Opal Sky, Canton, MA/ Out of the Blue, Rockport, MA/ Pie in the Sky, Providence, RI/ Pisces, Glouster, MA/ Purple Cow, Wakefield, RI/ The Firehouse, New Milford, CT/ Why Ever Not, Mystic, CT/ Worldly Goods, Portsmouth NH/
all work may also be purchased online via www.loriquinndesigns.com
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Individually crafted fused dichroic glass bracelets
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Individually crafted fused dichroic glass Pendants
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check back again soon to view new home works. Items will include tiles, coasters, drawer pulls, lamp finials new jewelry items will include more lampworked pieces in both hard and soft glass
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"I draw my inspiration from patterns and colors in my surroundings. Some visuals from nature are my garden plants, or from the structure of cells, a bug’s wings or a beetle’s magnificent armor. Other images come through the urban environment around me cobblestone paths manhole covers or riveted steel. My work has often been associated with Egyptian scarab amulets and ancient Roman Art Glass."
After receiving my BFA in jewelry and lt. metals at Rhode Island School of Design, I continued working as a jewelry artist at my studio in Rhode Island. I work mainly in sterling silver and dichroic glass.
The visual drama of dichroic glass is achieved by micro thin layers of metals being bonded to sheets of glass in a high tech vacuum process developed by NASA. The result is a prism like effect. Light is allowed to both reflect and transmit through the surface of the glass.
In my studio many layers of this glass are hand cut, arranged into various patterns and fused in kilns into beautiful gems. Some pieces
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