You never know what you'll find in my studio. I'm constantly inspired by the world around me. Lake Superior pebbles collected on a beach walk one day become earrings and pendants the next day. Gorgeous exotic feathers are collaged between glass to create quilt-like window or wall pieces. Snake skin and dragonfly wings are incorporated into my tiny stained-glass boxes. Copper and recycled metal from the scarp yard is hammered into expressive shapes.   The Northern Ontario landscape has literally crept into my work. Smooth egg-shaped beach stones and lichen finish my copper wire nests. Lake Superior slate frames my mirrors and forms my Stone Goddess broaches. Pictographs discovered on canoe trips are sandblasted onto glass.   My handmade glass beads bring the vibrant colors and rich textures of the creatures of the ocean to you in one-of-a-kind wearable art.   I love the connection to the material I work with and the whole process of experimenting and creating. I want to pass on that intensity and sense of play to viewers of my work.
Kathleen Baleja 2050 Riverdale Road Thunder Bay, ON Canada P7C 4V2 Tel: 807-623-6732 kathleenbaleja@yahoo.com www.kathleenbaleja.com Guest at Nancy Daley’s Studio September 25, 26, and 27 mailto:kathleenbaleja@yahoo.comhttp://www.kathleenbaleja.com/shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1
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