I am currently in the BFA program at BYUI. The Business for the Professional Artist class is helping me grow on line. Class assignments include regularly posting on Instagram and making a website with a domain name. When I found out that my first name "Dara" meant "she gives" in Italian, then I chose to add the word "lights" to it "Luci". "Dara Luci.com" will be my business name and website. It is my wish to share the joy of light in stained glass with you.
A bit of background: While enjoying our time in Seattle Washington area, I took some stained glass classes. But this story started back in 2008 when my husband and I took a trip to Italy. One of our stops was Venice. While in Venice we took a taxi boat to the island of Murano. We wandered around and found a collection of blown glass sculptures. Though photos were prohibited, I experienced an emotional response that brought tears to my eyes. I was a bit of confusion as to why this happened. The sunshine and glow of the glass creations were beautifully stunning. Sculptures and ideas that I had never thought of were embedding in my mind at that time (better than a photo). Only after I became obsessed with creating with stained glass did I realize the connection back to Murano. In those classes I learned about fusion, staining glass (painting portraits) that are fused, lead came work using beveled glass, foil stained glass images and Three-dimensional lighting (a Pendant light). The process and end result takes more time than painting but when the sunlight comes through the colored glass and lands on any surface around the glass art, that is where the magic is.
Here are a few of my glass creations:
