If you’ve never heard of sewn glass, you’d better check out Susan Taylor Glasgow’s website. Her work is a wonderful combination of art, craft, color, form and humor. I especially enjoy the way she incorporates advertising text in her pieces — something I do also.

I love putting text in my work. Sometimes I don’t think people realize how much the written word is part of our everyday environment. We tend to tune it out, but if you look afresh, you’ll see writing everywhere as part of our urban landscape — on the street, in our kitchens, on our desks…

I have a collection of old objects and magazines with advertising images and text like this. But now since I’m in the clean-out-due-to-flood-disaster-mode, I’m taking a hard look at what I really want to keep.

Yesterday I found this old glass knife. Not sure but it may have come from my grandmother’s house. I think I’ll send it to Susan. It seems right up her alley!