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Gaia Gaffer Glass Glass artist Roberta Parkes creates original and functional pieces+ one-of-a-kind sculptural pieces "Arts and Science are like branches of the same tree.

We do art when we communicate through forms where connections are not accessible to the conscious mind yet we intuitively recognize them as something meaningful" Albert Einstein

A sense of beauty, imagination, and the love of precision in my work with crystals, rock and light stimulated my creativity as a scientist. Simplicity of form, the drama of rich intense colour, textures, and above all "numinous nature - water, rock, air" serve as inspiration as a glassblower. "Working with molten glass is like dancing the magma right out of the earth. It is hot and dangerous and it feels like I am making love with the very essence of creation" Laura Donefer

Working with glass is a science. It is both physical and meditative. It brings intense focus. The world is left behind. It is endless experimenting and discovery of the intricate characteristics of glass, and despite increasing your understanding and control of the medium, the art pieces are often unique and unpredictable and just as numinous as nature itself. There is joy in the challenge and challenge in the endurance. Canadian glassblower Roberta Leigh Parkes is a retired scientist with a University of Toronto Inorganic Chemistry Masters of Science degree. Born and raised in Woodstock, Ontario and spending summers in the Haliburton Highlands instils an enduring love of nature and the outdoors. Roberta trained in blown and sculptural glass at Sheridan College School of Design, the Haliburton School of the Arts, and with resident artists at the Harbourfront Glass Studio in Toronto. Roberta maintains a slumping and fusing kiln/annealing oven cold glass finishing studio where she lives in the Toronto Beaches. Hot glass is worked at furnaces near Georgetown and Haliburton.

A beautiful sunny day at Art-in-the-Park Stratford on Sunday May 21st, Victoria Day Weekend... to my customers, fellow a...
05/22/2023

A beautiful sunny day at Art-in-the-Park Stratford on Sunday May 21st, Victoria Day Weekend... to my customers, fellow artists, family and friends ...thank-you for making my opening such a special, memorable and successful day...

The bad news for today Saturday, May 20th is that the Art-in-the-Park opening has been officially rained out...so sadly ...
05/20/2023

The bad news for today Saturday, May 20th is that the Art-in-the-Park opening has been officially rained out...so sadly I will be unable to exhibit on this cold blustery rainy day...

However, the good news is that I will be exhibiting my work on the beautiful sunny day in store for us all tomorrow. Please join me for Art-in-the-Park on Sunday, May 21st on Lakeside Drive in Stratford...see you there!

Can't wait to see you at Stratford Art in the Park at 10 am (until 5 pm) on Saturday, May 20th (Victoria Day Weekend) fo...
04/28/2023

Can't wait to see you at Stratford Art in the Park at 10 am (until 5 pm) on Saturday, May 20th (Victoria Day Weekend) for the start of the 2023 season!

Dates: The 2023 season runs from Saturday May 20th (Victoria Day Weekend) until Wednesday September 27th

Location: Lakeside Drive, Stratford, Ontario, Canada

Welcome glass lovers!I have been hard at work all winter, incubating in the studio to bring you my new wonderful creatio...
04/27/2023

Welcome glass lovers!

I have been hard at work all winter, incubating in the studio to bring you my new wonderful creations.

Please stop, talk art, and welcome me... a new exhibitor!

Join me as I exhibit my work for the first time!

See you at Stratford Art in the Park at 10am (until 5pm on Saturday, May 20th for the start of the 2023 season!

04/27/2023

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