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On this page are the links to pages we think are worth visiting. Many are stained glass sites, but we include different artist friends and other sites that are meaningful. Some of these sites you've just got to see!!!

Better Stained Glass
 This isn't a junk page of useless links, it's a collection of people and artists that you may be interested in.


Art and Artists We Love

Business People and sites who help us

Utah Valley Arts Association
Peter Sessions has been working on building the UVAA, which officially started in Jan 2012. We felt like it was worth joining.


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Utah County Art Board
Jeanne became the President, Jan 2012. Any Artist in Utah County can have their own web page on the site. The mission of the Art Board is to promote the arts in Utah County and help artists market themselves. The board is a great little organization that we volunteer for. They put on several shows each year and display works at the Utah County Health and Justice Building

Gomm Studios
is our companion website where we publish our on-line portfolio and many bits of information about the stained glass work we do.

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InterMountain Web Design

David Eakins runs the site and offers exceptional values!

Imagine Stained Glass
is our sister site. We created the Imagine Stained Glass site as a place for those who wish to purchase a stained glass window to be able to go and learn the steps to designing a stained glass window.

 Marketing Success Institute 
Bryan Pope has created a company that helps you with your marketing. He has been of great help over the last few years!

GlassArtists.org
The Glass Artists web site has many artists featured on it. We've been there for years and enjoy seeing what others are doing.

Get Enoch
Enoch Chapman has advised me on my website many times in the past. His insights are very helpful and his Get Enoch tips are invaluable!

SGDesigns 
has two very good pieces of stained glass software, Rapid Resizer and Pattern Wizard. Anyone who draws a pattern now and then will find use with these. They also offer a trial version so you can try the software before purchasing it.

Favicon
Ever want to create one of those little logos that go in the address bar? Go here and you can do it.

World Art Glass Quarterly
Curt Walton was one of the guys who brought us a great glass magazine back in the 70's. This promises to be another great collectible. Don't waste any time going to their site and signing up. You won't want to miss a single issue.

Educators Corner At Stanford University
Stanford University has this great site for small business owners. The link will take you to their podcast page.

Ichiro Tashiro 
is not only a great stained glass craftsman, he has proven to be a great web site designer. I think his site is one of the very best stained glass sites on the internet. It is full of help and information.

City of Provo, Utah
Official municipal web site, with citizen, visitor and business information

Abbott Glass
Linda Abbott creates beautiful Jewlery, but you must visit her site and see the carved work she has done, just so beautiful and if you've ever tried sand carving, you'll be especially impressed.

Covey Center For The Arts
We are actively involved in the events at the Covey Center For The Arts. We donated windows for their North Gallery.

Aanraku Stained Glass 
out of San Francisco, has a very good site. The best feature is all of the pictures of work they and various student artists have done

Allisan Looman
Allisan is the web designer who is helping us with our website. After years of doing it ourselves, Allisan is helping us to a new level. Her Flash animation is an instant hit! Sometimes her link doesn't work in explorer but another web browser will work fine.

Beveled Glass Arts
Tim Trent is a beveled glass artist who made his way to Utah a few years ago and has established himself as a premeir beveling artist. You have to dig to find projects on his site, but the work is worth it.

The Hines Mansion
A lovely bed and breakfast. We've built stained glass for the owners and hope to do more.

Stained Glass Info 
Stained Glass Industry's Resource For Information. They have listings of studios, supplies and patterns.

Career Coaching
Erin Eastland has a powerful online course designed to help you find your perfect career, and another course on effective, back-door job search techniques.  

Glassmart 
has a host of glass links. You could spend a few days searching all the sites they list. 

Cherishing Place 
Karyn Grant is our mentor, our cherished friend and a spiritual guide. She provides many types of healing methods and ways to find inner peace and happiness.

Fusion Headquarters
is the place to learn about and get supplies for glass fusing.

G. G. Vandagriff
G.G. is a friend and an author. Her site is a personal introduction to meet her and her books. Her website is very good and you'll want to read her books which are superb!

Glassbahn.com
Mark Blanchard has created a website that has several glass related links including free patterns and your friends at Gomm Studios.

Richard Prazen
is an accomplished Utah metal sculptor who creates welded art and railings. His best work includes welded eagles and figures and he has done many chandeliers. His website is quite fun.

World Art Directory.com
A Pretty Comprehensive guide to art and artists on the Web.
(website is down) Meitler Metalworks
Randy Meitler is a gifted metal artist. Whether you need railings, fireplace screens or grand entry's, he's the man to call.

Warner Crivellaro Glass Chat
These guys have a very informative glass chat forum. It's so good, that I go there each week and have decided that we really don't need one on our site.

Andy Watson
is a friend and a world renowned potter. His works in clay and porcelain have made him sought after by historical sites and television productions. You can view some of his work on his website and a few items are for sale.

Eric Robert On 
Glass Etching Secrets

This website gives many hints on being successful when etching glass. Also refers to products that are helpful.

Terra Nova Gallery
in Provo, Utah. Terra Nova (which is Latin, meaning "new ground") was created to give local emerging and established artists an opportunity to exhibit their work in a fresh, new venue. At 41 West 300 North, Provo, Utah 84601, 801-374-0016 

Real Glass Painting 
Stephen Byrne has a free newsletter where he teaches glass painting techniques. It's very good!
(website is down) Window Box Gallery
in Provo, Utah. At 62 W Center Street, Provo, UT 84601,
(801) 377-4367 They carry Fine Art, Prints and do custom framing. They also sell Stained Glass that we build!

David Bird Glass Artist
David has created some great works of glass art. A good friend and capable artist, you'll enjoy the work on his website.

 

 

Joe Flores Design Studio
Joe and Leslie are some the best artists we know. Joe teaches airbrushing, Leslie does fabric art. Joe is a puppeteer, a sculptor, a mime, and Jeanne's airbrush teacher.
   

Lynde Mott
Lynde is a great illustrator and we love her. She's a painter, a stained glass artist, a muralist and a wonderful Gardner.
   

Hal Wallace Photographer
Hal has done some beautiful work and is well respected in the art community. He has been invited to display in many prestigious shows.
   

 

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