Hello and welcome back to Cracked with Chevonne Ariss!
Today’s very sweet and lovely guest is Nik Sanders of Hepzibar Button. Her botanical Scandinavian inspired leaded glass work also incorporates very detailed glass painting. Like many of us, stained glass is something she came too after having children and a whole other long career. Before she was a full time glass artist, for over fifteen years she was a Primary School Teacher. Now Nik has been doing glass for over ten years now with no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
Nik’s work is personally one of my favorites - definitely on my top 10 list - and I’m so glad I got to meet the sweet woman behind the glass.
Let's get into it :)
Join me as I crack it all wide open!
To see more of Nik’s work, her instagram is @hepzibarbutton.
For our Cracked Patreon page members, Nik is giving away one of her Painted bird sun catchers in a surprise color! It’s going to look so gorgeous hanging in someone’s window and I’ll be doing a drawing for that piece on my instagram on January 8th, 2023. After I do these drawings I always reach out to the winner personally as well to let them know, so don’t worry if you miss it but if you remember to, I would turn on your notifications for my instagram stories! @runaglassworks
Honorable mentions from this episode:
The Complete Stained Glass Course
abebooks.com/TheComplete-Stained-Glass-Course
Flora Jameson Domestika Course
domestika.org
Books:
How To Kill Your Family
goodreads.com
Girl Woman Other
goodreads.com
Design 44
design44.co.uk
Museum of Making
derbymuseums.org
Favorite artists:
Amedeo Modigliani
wikipedia.org/wiki/Amedeo_Modigliani
Henri Matisse
wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse
Wassily Kandinsky
wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky
Glass artists:
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