Hey hey welcome to episode 19 of Season 2 of Cracked with Chevonne Ariss!

Today, I’m speaking with Anika Van Der Merwe who’s joining us from Cape Town, South Africa. Traditional or Classical to homes or workplaces, her studio Silverstain Glass is bringing glass beauty into the world with a range of techniques.

Anika has that great freedom of expression in stained glass that I admire so much. Because of her limited access to materials early on, she learned to mix and match techniques to get the products unavailable to her, like creating her own flash glass. Anika’s work is an extrordinary medley of layering enamels, silverstain, matting, etching, slumping…she explains to us today how anything is possible and there really is no limitation to what you can do with a kiln and paints. But what’s her one rule about temperature?

Keep listening to find out!

Join me as I crack it all wide open!

To see more of Anika's work, her instagram is @writeanika and her website is silverstain.co.za.

Honorable mentions from this episode:

Anika studied at/under:
NMMU(Nelson Mandela Metropol University)
mandela.ac.za
Matthew Lloyd Winder
winderlite.com

The art of painting on glass by Albinas Elskus
https://amzn.to/3rdzFCo

Prodesco enamel glass paint available at:
leadandlight.co.uk

illustrator Reetre Week
@instagram.com/reetreweek
@instagram.com/postcardsofmolitia

The Tale of How
youtube.com

Favorite glass artist/nomination:
@rianne_willemsen_stainedglass
@mongoose_stained_glass_ltd

My Selk bag I was wearing:
selkbagusa.com

Thank you to this episode’s sponsors:

The Stained Glass Association of America
The Professional Trade Association for Architectural Art Glass

Canfield Technologies
Canfield sets the standard for the Stained Glass industry.

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