Victor talks with award winning Fused Glass Instructor Janie Duke, owner of Glass Duchess Studio and instructor at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda, FL.

Her award winning journey into this medium began by chance and now this highly successful, internationally known artist has avid collectors throughout the United States, Canada, and even as far away as the Czech Republic.

Janie’s many styles, including the unique Pâte de Verre, a French approach to glass making, allows for subtle gradations of color, something Victor describes amazingly well to Janie’s surprise and laughter.

Never heard of Fused Glass? Well you’ll want to listen in as these two cover all that, including other techniques and mediums Janie uses besides the kilns such as welding, a wet saw and soon a glass lathe to create her pieces.

You can find her work for sale in the Visual Art Center gift shop and online at: https://glassduchess.com

“Where We Talk Art” is recorded at the Visual Art Center of Punta Gorda, FL. https://visualartcenter.org/