I wish you a very warm welcome to Glass Tales and to my website.  My 'home page' will be an amalgam of information, including what I've been up to recently, with thoughts, hopes and wishes for the future.

Everything you will see during your travels around this site has been designed and made by me, Joanne Rohrer.  Where I may have used another artist's materials (e.g. handmade lampwork beads in some of my jewellery), acknowledgement is given.  I have the huge pleasure of knowing some wonderful people in this world and wish to spread the word about their fantastic skills and products whenever I can!

 (Water irises - photo courtesy of Sharon Thompson)

Please forgive the brevity of this latest update.  Without taking up too much of your time, I wanted to let you know that I've finally updated my webpage on Surrey Artists Open Studios 2009 (SAOS), to provide you with the final details on this fantastic event, together with my studio opening times.  It's going to be an incredible experience again and hopefully even more people will drop by to see what lampworking is all about.  Tomorrow, I'm off to the see Collect exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London and hope that I've got enough energy to last the course: there is always so much to gasp at and to inspire one's imagination. 

My next next outing will be the Beadwork Fair in Dorking on Sunday 31st May.  Organised superbly as always by Paul and Yvonne Hulbert, they decided to return to their very first bead fair venue, due to popular demand.  I'm delighted about their decision, as it's just down the road from me, keeping logistical arrangements to a minimum (George will be happy). 

If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to drop me a line by email - I'd love to hear from you :-)

Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2009