The Looking Glass creates one of a kind stained glass for home business and church. Proud member of NAIA and WWAO along with other organizations. Work may be seen and purchased at http://27lauriebethbeggin.
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Good Morning friends! Ah, as my current client said, "Oh Laurie,
haven't you learned by now that life always gets in the way of living!"
Wiser words were never spoken! A big shout out thank you
to Sharon, the most patient client I have had to-date! Here are photos
of the current Adam N Eve panel, ready for foiling. Being i...n
"transition" has been a real challenge (time management!) but a welcome
one. Progress is being made so incredibly fast on my stained glass
studio! I am truly "living the dream"!
Autumn is upon us here in Northern Illinois. Firewood was delivered
yesterday and is stacked snugly in the garage. The leaves are falling
fast and furious and today is a MOST precious "Indian Summer" day. I am
relishing every moment of it. Lovely warmth and sunshine, leaves
rustling, pine trees waving hello to the sun, and little chipmunks
running around with nut-stuffed cheeks! It just doesn't get any better
than this in my book! I hope wherever you are you are able to connect
with nature on some level today. Sending out warm Autumn wishes! LIFT
UP YOUR ART, Laurie B.Read More
haven't you learned by now that life always gets in the way of living!"
Wiser words were never spoken! A big shout out thank you
to Sharon, the most patient client I have had to-date! Here are photos
of the current Adam N Eve panel, ready for foiling. Being i...n
"transition" has been a real challenge (time management!) but a welcome
one. Progress is being made so incredibly fast on my stained glass
studio! I am truly "living the dream"!
Autumn is upon us here in Northern Illinois. Firewood was delivered
yesterday and is stacked snugly in the garage. The leaves are falling
fast and furious and today is a MOST precious "Indian Summer" day. I am
relishing every moment of it. Lovely warmth and sunshine, leaves
rustling, pine trees waving hello to the sun, and little chipmunks
running around with nut-stuffed cheeks! It just doesn't get any better
than this in my book! I hope wherever you are you are able to connect
with nature on some level today. Sending out warm Autumn wishes! LIFT
UP YOUR ART, Laurie B.Read More
Athena G Penson I LOVE your work!!! the spirit .... the emotions... WOW!!
THE LOOKING GLASS Here are photos of yesterday's progress on the Adam and Eve panel. It really taking shape! Enjoy and Lift Up Your Art! Laurie B.
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Good Morning Friends,
Here's hoping you have sunshine where ever you are today. It's gloomy
here in Northern Illinois! I wanted to share a couple of photos of
where I've been keeping myself recently. I'm making great progress on
"Adam And Eve" and hope to have this piece foiled and ready for
soldering by the middle of the w...eek. My temporary digs are working out
just fine and I am thankful. Lift up YOUR art! Laurie B.Read More
Here's hoping you have sunshine where ever you are today. It's gloomy
here in Northern Illinois! I wanted to share a couple of photos of
where I've been keeping myself recently. I'm making great progress on
"Adam And Eve" and hope to have this piece foiled and ready for
soldering by the middle of the w...eek. My temporary digs are working out
just fine and I am thankful. Lift up YOUR art! Laurie B.Read More
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Good Morning friends! I am working hard on this cold and rainy Autumn
day but hold out hope for some sunshine and the changing colors of the
trees. One can HOPE! Yesterday, my friend Denise and I made the trip to
Elvira, Iowa, a lovely farming community surrounded by beautiful Iowa
countryside. I have been commissioned to ...create three stained glass
windows for the Elvira Zion Lutheran Church! Pastor Bill is a wonderful
man, so full of inspiration and energy. I have asked Denise Clenney, of
Changing Designs, to draw the pattern I will be using for the windows.
I was able to get the measurments of the windows with Denise's help and
our brain-storming session with Pastor Bill was very exciting. I'll be
creating an Iowa landscape in a tri-scape design. I'm incredibly jazzed
about the location and I think this project will be beautiful! I am
looking foward to sharing this journey with you and will be sure to
post pictures as I create these pieces for Elvira Zion Lutheran. As
always, LIFT UP YOUR ART! With Gratitude, Laurie B.Read More
day but hold out hope for some sunshine and the changing colors of the
trees. One can HOPE! Yesterday, my friend Denise and I made the trip to
Elvira, Iowa, a lovely farming community surrounded by beautiful Iowa
countryside. I have been commissioned to ...create three stained glass
windows for the Elvira Zion Lutheran Church! Pastor Bill is a wonderful
man, so full of inspiration and energy. I have asked Denise Clenney, of
Changing Designs, to draw the pattern I will be using for the windows.
I was able to get the measurments of the windows with Denise's help and
our brain-storming session with Pastor Bill was very exciting. I'll be
creating an Iowa landscape in a tri-scape design. I'm incredibly jazzed
about the location and I think this project will be beautiful! I am
looking foward to sharing this journey with you and will be sure to
post pictures as I create these pieces for Elvira Zion Lutheran. As
always, LIFT UP YOUR ART! With Gratitude, Laurie B.Read More
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Hello Readers,
As I wake this morning I realize that so much of life's accomplishments
are based not just on our abilities and our gifts but on our courage
and our tenacity to never give up. Taking a leap of faith has never
been easy for me and my most recent leap was a big one. It feels at
times like I have jumped the Miss...issippi, the Grand Canyon and on
certain days, the Atlantic. The kicker is I did it. I revel in that.
This move has been glorious, scary, heartbreaking and joyous. The
feelings come and go and remind me of the waves lapping on the shores
of the Mississippi after a fishing boat has passed by. I work at
letting these feelings move at their own pace and try my best to BE. I
learn new lessons every day and the new experiences presenting
themselves make me feel as light as a feather. I enjoyed a beautiful
Sweet Adeline performance yesterday in Belvidere, IL and it was nothing
short of MAGIC. These women simply rock! I am actually entertaining the
idea of singing again. A year ago I would have shrugged that idea off
with a single thought. Life takes work but if we pay close attention it
is a beautiful journey. I will spend the balance of my week working
feverishly on my latest commission and hope to have this latest panel
done by weeks end. I will be sharing photos of THAT journey during the
week.Read More
As I wake this morning I realize that so much of life's accomplishments
are based not just on our abilities and our gifts but on our courage
and our tenacity to never give up. Taking a leap of faith has never
been easy for me and my most recent leap was a big one. It feels at
times like I have jumped the Miss...issippi, the Grand Canyon and on
certain days, the Atlantic. The kicker is I did it. I revel in that.
This move has been glorious, scary, heartbreaking and joyous. The
feelings come and go and remind me of the waves lapping on the shores
of the Mississippi after a fishing boat has passed by. I work at
letting these feelings move at their own pace and try my best to BE. I
learn new lessons every day and the new experiences presenting
themselves make me feel as light as a feather. I enjoyed a beautiful
Sweet Adeline performance yesterday in Belvidere, IL and it was nothing
short of MAGIC. These women simply rock! I am actually entertaining the
idea of singing again. A year ago I would have shrugged that idea off
with a single thought. Life takes work but if we pay close attention it
is a beautiful journey. I will spend the balance of my week working
feverishly on my latest commission and hope to have this latest panel
done by weeks end. I will be sharing photos of THAT journey during the
week.Read More
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Hello to all of my friends and readers! As I look at my posts from the
past few weeks I'm asounded at how fast time is flying for me. I
recently undertook a move from Central Illinois to Northern Illinois
and am in the process of moving into a new stained glass studio
location along with getting settled into a lovely home,... surrounded by
timber near the beautiful Galena Territory. The decision to move was a
difficult one but I am confident it was the correct one. I am filled
with gratitude for the incredibly undestanding clients who are willing
to work with me on the lag time this move has created. A goal of mine
for the upcoming weeks is to get back in the groovy with my blogging
and share some photos along the way. I am currently working on two more
geometric patterns and will then be starting on the church panels! I
miss my blogging friends very much and am hoping they will still be
here when I jump back on the "internet saddle"! In the meantime, please
enjoy this photo of three new friends I made over the past month. These
guys were so fun to see in the mornings and evenings and lived in the
timber behind my new home. I am introducing John, Greg and Dave to my
online friends! I called them over for this photo shoot and was so
pleased when they complied! What a hoot...With gratitude, Laurie B.Read More
past few weeks I'm asounded at how fast time is flying for me. I
recently undertook a move from Central Illinois to Northern Illinois
and am in the process of moving into a new stained glass studio
location along with getting settled into a lovely home,... surrounded by
timber near the beautiful Galena Territory. The decision to move was a
difficult one but I am confident it was the correct one. I am filled
with gratitude for the incredibly undestanding clients who are willing
to work with me on the lag time this move has created. A goal of mine
for the upcoming weeks is to get back in the groovy with my blogging
and share some photos along the way. I am currently working on two more
geometric patterns and will then be starting on the church panels! I
miss my blogging friends very much and am hoping they will still be
here when I jump back on the "internet saddle"! In the meantime, please
enjoy this photo of three new friends I made over the past month. These
guys were so fun to see in the mornings and evenings and lived in the
timber behind my new home. I am introducing John, Greg and Dave to my
online friends! I called them over for this photo shoot and was so
pleased when they complied! What a hoot...With gratitude, Laurie B.Read More
THE LOOKING GLASS We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Agnes Repplier, Americans and Others, 1912 US essayist (1855 - 1950)
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Worth repeating....... All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.
M. C. Richards
THE LOOKING GLASS “If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should QUESTION OURSELVES before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different or makes decisions based on things we know nothing about.
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