Avanti Glass Studio has a moving sale on til about the third weekend of September……. most jewellery is 30% off, and most tableware and glassware is 20% off! There’s also a table of “Make me an Offer!” things…… curios, old glass work, just things from this artist’s studio….. check it out!
Avanti Glass Studio (and of course AvantiShops) will be moving back to Victoria this coming fall! With the huge artist community in Victoria, I will be able to bring lots of new things to the Shop, it’s so exciting! Please let me know if you want to be on the Launch Announcement list for the new studio…..
Best wishes to you, especially at this very sacred time of year, when new life begins to form…..
As far as AvantiShops, this winter I will be working on a new “look” for the shop (new software, one of my favorite things!) and getting new inventory online!
I encourage you to take a look at the prices on Hillcroft Design jewellery……. fine jewellery at unbelievable prices, because Audrey is starting to work on her 2009 collections. So she has offered you her heirloom-quality jewellery at wholesale pricing.
Wishing you Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Shalom, Peace, Joy, and Contentment.
from Valla at Avanti Glass Studio
Ordering functions are back to normal! Check out Hillcroft Design’s 50% off all Collections Sale….. you won’t find any better prices anywhere! Her new work will be on the site in a couple days, email me for a sneak preview! It is very unusual, truly one of a kind, delicate, luscious, and with a 35% discount!
Hillcroft Design Collections are 50% off! What a great opportunity to add to your fine jewellery collection….. gemstones, pearls and all the other lovelies are just waiting to be yours!
For Kids - Jewellery Parties! Ages 6 - 12, Pre-Registration Required. I have put together some nifty beads and stringing materials, including 3 Princess beads made at Avanti Glass Studio, Czech seed beads, flowers and leaves, and some similar-coloured commercial beads in “Colour Mixes” that are prettily-packaged and just $10 each. The packaging is recycleable and reusable as gift packaging for the young designers’ creations. The Jewellery Parties are $15 for 2 hours of assistance and instruction. Parties are scheduled for December 15th and 29th and include a Colour Mix pack of their choice.
Cindy Jacobsen of Frogtalk Media has set up a very cool film studio and is taking appointments for Tuesdays through Fridays between 11 and 5, for people who are tech-savvy and would like to make a professional-quality live video of their Seasonal Greetings to send to friends and family via email. Just $29.95 for 1/2 hour and includes a bonus CD!
Avanti Glass Studio is offering some new work that is not yet in the AvantiShops catalog, so come by and see what’s glittering in the jewellery and home decor lines!
Avanti’s Christmas Event includes new work from Avanti Glass Studio, Hillcroft Design’s 50% off Sale, and a unique offering from Frogtalk Media: Cindy Jacobsen, a professional film-maker and teacher of the art, will assist you in creating your own live Holiday Greetings that you can email to your friends and loved ones. Save on cards and postage! You will also receive a bonus CD or DVD movie of your Greeting, and the compressed file will be perfect for emailing. Just $29.95 for this Gift of Love. Appointments required! Call the Studio for details and to book an appointment: 250.537.9476.
Coming September 1st - a new line of servingware made from reclaimed glass. Shelf glass and window glass is called “float glass” in the industry. Back in 1959, Pilkington Glass discovered a way to make both sides of a sheet of glass perfectly smooth…. the glass is poured out onto a bed of molten tin. So the resulting product has an “air side” and a “tin side.” The tin side fluoresces when viewed with a shortwave UV light.
But this makes the glass itself almost non-recycleable. The tin becomes an impurity. The glass can only be crushed for recycling. This is done in a couple places in North America, and the result (basically sand) is used in roadbuilding. The glass can’t be successfully remelted for use in commercial operations. What to do? It goes to landfills.
There are a few artisan companies that make tableware from float glass, but the Avanti line is a little different. Called Vetro Nuovo, it features a 22k gold border fired onto the rims of each piece. This is colloidal gold, gold in a liquid suspension, painted onto the glass and adhered in a kiln firing. Naturally, they are handwash items. (Dishwasher detergent is extremely abrasive, and anything decorated with gold or made of crystal should not go into the dishwasher!)
To go along with the tableware, I’ve created some elegant napkin rings using some of the glass beads that are made here, the little pressed beads in round, diamond and square shapes. This line is named Bella! I’ve had them down in the gallery, and have sold most of the first lot, and have orders for more…. a good sign. But…… you’ll have to wait for the launch announcement to see!
Three designer fine jewellery collections are 30% off right now! The South Seas Collection - gorgeous pearls in a myriad of styles and colors; the Tribal Collection - this is a must-see! And the Elements Collection - Fire, Air, Earth and Water.
The names evoke exotic origins: Tahiti, Naphthali, Oceania, Tartessos, Khazar, Samoa, Bhutan, Metiyagoda…..Each piece is named and carries the designer’s tag, so you are assured of one-of-a-kind, handmade, unique collector-quality fine jewellery. There is fabulous value here, particularly in the sets.
Hillcroft Design’s other collections are outstanding as well …. all reflect the designer’s years of travelling the world and experiencing other cultures. Her sensitivity to color and form is exquisite and produces classic looks that every woman would love to have gracing her jewellery box!
Our sincere apologies to clients who have been experiencing ordering problems the past two days. Of course, it’s one of those Murphy’s Laws that would have this happen right before a long weekend, and when there is a flurry of orders! Please call me toll-free at 1-866-457-2476 if you wish to place an order, and we will take your information over the phone. I’m so sorry! It WILL be up and running again, soon!
For those of you who have not contacted me about the problem, please do send me an email. I would appreciate hearing from you. Thank you.
Avanti Glass Studio has two new lines of tableware, available August 15th:
Vetro Nuevo - Luxe Tableware : Reclaimed, Recycled Glass
These luscious square serving trays are made from reclaimed shelf/window glass. This type of glass can not be recycled. Not here, anyway. So it has to go into a landfill. This is a way to reclaim it, to make something luxurious. The trays and dishes are edged with 22k gold, which is fired on in the kiln.
Bella! Table Jewellery - Bejewelled napkin rings
So pretty and sparkly! Using the pressed beads that are part of this studio’s production line, the beads are assembled with gold-colored wirework. I’ve been asked to make this line into bracelets, can you believe it? Maybe I will….