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James Alloway Art Glass Est.1987 Me and the cat hard at work One of my latest Wall Platters www.jamesallowayartglass.com My story begins in Portland, Oregon on February 3, 1957 when I was born. I have spent my entire life in the greater Portland area. I have two children and one grandchild. My first encounter of working with glass happened when I was in the fourth grade. My mother had enrolled me in a summer school science class. I found myself bending glass tubing in an alcohol burner for a class project. In 1970, I visited Colonial Jamestown, where the very first glasshouse for our nation started operating in 1608. It is interesting to look at the postcards from this adventure to Jamestown and see that I am currently using the same kind of tools every day that they were using in 1608. My next encounter with glass would come in a high school ceramics class. Our class visited a stained glass studio where I first saw Tiffany style lampshades being made. I was very impressed with their beauty. At this time in my life, my father owned and operated a service station. This involved my other passion with working on cars. It seemed only natural that I would end up working as an auto mechanic for the next 10 years of my life. I sustained an unfortunate back injury and needed something to keep me busy while I recuperated. I started taking a class in stained glass windows to burn some time. This is where my ideas about glass really started to take off. I started visiting art galleries to look at stained glass windows to get different ideas and see new styles. In exploring the galleries, I rediscovered another form of art glass: mouth blown glass. The art glass pieces that I was seeing weren't the same crude vessels that I was familiar with from Jamestown years ago. This glass was beautifully shaped and the colors were bright and bold. I became enthralled with the idea of making mouth blown glass myself. I began my education in glass blowing by taking a glass blowing class. By the time the class was finished, I had constructed a studio in the garage of my home. I consider myself to be 90% self-taught. My style has been inventive to achieve the looks that I envision. Nobody has ever told me what I "can't do". In doing this, it has eliminated restrictions, allowing me to be creative from inside of my mind. Glass blowing takes patience, timing and a passion to accomplish. Timing is imperative with blowing glass, you can do just the right thing at the wrong time and it will turn in to a complete disaster or a new inspiration. My desire to be successful in this craft draws me to my studio, the pleasure that others receive from my work keeps me there. I combine unique craftsmanship with vivid imagination. Each piece I create cannot be described purely in words, but by emotions. To see the pictures of my work is one thing, but to hold it in your hands is another. Each piece is a unique creation that has made a magical journey from a mass of molten glass to a visual treasure. The many years of perfecting my techniques has been well spent. Within the privacy of my studio, I can shed my earthly facade and hear only the silent voice of my soul. When I'm in the studio my creativity flows as does the liquid glass I work with. When I'm not busy with my work I spend my time working with the feral cat population in my neighborhood. I have trapped and fixed 16 cats, and had over 40 kittens (nursed in my own home) adopted out through the Oregon Humane Society. This year marks 21 years of making glass. Each item that James crafts is a unique one of a kind design. Superior customer service is top priority with each transaction. The feedback file shows the level of dedication to the eBay clientele. Good luck with your bidding! Listings To protect bidder privacy, when the price or highest bid on an item reaches or exceeds a certain level, User IDs will be displayed as anonymous names. For auction items, a bold price means at least one bid has been received. Note: Anonymous names may appear more than once and may represent different bidders. Item Start End Price Title High Bidder / Status 110816842844 29-Jan-2012 28-May-2012 01:33:02 $1,400.00 Marbles: Hand Made Art Glass James Alloway Offhand Blown "Bowl of Marbles" #1 Available 110867362378 23-Apr-2012 23-May-2012 19:50:41 $400.00 Paperweights Contemporary Glass Alloway Apothecary Jar #13 full of Cane Scraps Available 110872741951 02-May-2012 01-Jun-2012 03:21:55 $275.00 Paperweights Contemporary Art Glass James Alloway 12 cane Latticino Filagrana#85 Available 120906523386 02-May-2012 01-Jun-2012 03:39:45 $225.00 Paperweights Contemporary Art Glass James Alloway 3.0 inch "Glitterball" # 75 Available 110872770462 02-May-2012 01-Jun-2012 04:41:37 $225.00 Paperweights Contemporary Art Glass James Alloway 3.0 inch "Quadmania" # 259 Available 110872777005 02-May-2012 01-Jun-2012 05:01:53 $275.00 Paperweights Contemporary Art Glass James Alloway 10 cane Latticino Filagrana#84 Available 120906563372 02-May-2012 01-Jun-2012 05:20:49 $350.00 Paperweights Contemporary Art Glass Alloway 3.3 Inch "Portland Dichrodelic" #67 Available 120906901412 02-May-2012 01-Jun-2012 20:23:50 $200.00 Marbles: Hand Made Art Glass James Alloway "Weldons World"#18 Dichroic 2.1 inch Available 120906917944 02-May-2012 01-Jun-2012 20:58:53 $300.00 Marbles: Hand Made Art Glass James Alloway "New Design"#1208 with Stand 2.9 inch Available 120906922042 02-May-2012 01-Jun-2012 21:07:33 $300.00 Marbles: Hand Made Contemporary Art Glass Alloway 2.75 in Psychedelic#96 W/stand Available 120914220750 14-May-2012 21-May-2012 06:30:37 $74.00 Marbles: Hand Made Art Glass James Alloway "New Design"# 1199 with Stand 2.1inch s***n 110879792756 14-May-2012 21-May-2012 06:35:48 $73.00 Marbles: Hand Made Art Glass James Alloway "Latticino Filagrana"# 58 with Stand s***n 110879795588 14-May-2012 21-May-2012 06:40:06 $49.00 Marbles: Hand Made Art Glass James Alloway "Stardust" # 133 Dichroic 2.2 inch s***n 110879797830 14-May-2012 21-May-2012 06:45:48 $61.00 Marbles: Hand Made Art Glass James Alloway "New Design"#1204 with Stand 3.35inch s***n 120914232885 14-May-2012 21-May-2012 06:50:03 $26.00 Paperweights Contemporary Art Glass Alloway 3.1 inch "Fountain of Youth" # 19 2***0 120914234880 14-May-2012 21-May-2012 06:55:01 $110.00 Paperweights Contemporary Art Glass James Alloway 12 cane Latticino #88 3.2inch r***m 120914237968 14-May-2012 21-May-2012 07:00:00 $69.00 Paperweights Contemporary Art Glass James Alloway 9 cane Filagrana #44 3.1 inch k***a 110879806678 14-May-2012 21-May-2012 07:05:18 $30.07 Paperweights Contemporary Art Glass James Alloway 3.0 inch "Glitterball" # 74 r***m 110879808467 14-May-2012 21-May-2012 07:10:17 $153.50 Paperweights Contemporary Art Glass James Alloway 3.2 inch Gaffers Revenge # 88 a***a 110879810313 14-May-2012 21-May-2012 07:15:25 $102.50 Paperweights Contemporary Glass Alloway Apothecary Jar #15 full of Cane Scraps a***a Go see all current items for sale by this member. FeedBacks User:trufflers( 1367)  Date:17-May-2012 07:26:20 IST Praise: best yet, really like it User:trufflers( 1367)  Date:17-May-2012 07:20:48 IST Praise: very nice, fast shipping, great packing User:sbaly( 1067)  Date:17-May-2012 06:32:15 IST Praise: Awesome User:sbaly( 1067)  Date:17-May-2012 06:31:41 IST Praise: Awesome User:happyindahills( 78)  Date:17-May-2012 04:41:50 IST Praise: Good communication. Super Fast Shipping. Nice paperweight, Thanks! User:trufflers( 1367)  Date:12-May-2012 23:13:59 IST Praise: ver ver pretty User:greyhse( 339)  Date:12-May-2012 23:08:08 IST Praise: Thank you for the other two. Love the colors..they are all beautiful. Kindly User:greyhse( 339)  Date:12-May-2012 23:06:52 IST Praise: Got my marbles today and they are all fantastic Love the colors, stands and ext User:cacotter1( 254)  Date:12-May-2012 14:21:14 IST Praise: Amazing work! User:iowaknudsen( 955)  Date:11-May-2012 23:10:17 IST Praise: ASTONISHING AMOUNT OF ATTENTION GIVEN TO THIS BEAUTY.THANKS SO MUCH.IOWA KNUDSEN User:iowaknudsen( 955)  Date:11-May-2012 23:07:42 IST Praise: BEAUTIFUL - BIG - BLUE!! GORGEOUS MARBLE. LOVE IT. THANKS. IOWA KNUDSEN User:skhacke( 210)  Date:11-May-2012 14:03:57 IST Praise: I love the paperweight it is wonderful. Also Fast shipping and great packing. User:amagoff( 17)  Date:10-May-2012 05:16:01 IST Praise: Very nice eBayer with fast transaction and nice items. User:wermwud_24( 186)  Date:10-May-2012 02:55:07 IST Praise: fabulous! very quick shipping. A+++++++ User:wermwud_24( 186)  Date:10-May-2012 02:51:54 IST Praise: fabulous! very quick shipping. A+++++++ User:sssnsar( 105)  Date:05-May-2012 06:36:44 IST Praise: very beautiful work User:wermwud_24( 186)  Date:04-May-2012 00:34:34 IST Praise: A+++++ User:wermwud_24( 186)  Date:04-May-2012 00:30:49 IST Praise: prompt. yhanks User:chestnut562( 619)  Date:03-May-2012 08:46:58 IST Praise: Owning one of your paperweights makes me very happy. They are fascinating! User:dkuchen58( 253)  Date:02-May-2012 03:38:02 IST Praise: Great custom product with prompt shipping. User:theresortatypc( 125)  Date:30-Apr-2012 22:23:53 IST Praise: Great marble, excellent service! Just bought another one! User:danocolo( 309)  Date:29-Apr-2012 22:41:34 IST Praise: My buddy James is a brilliant glass artist, Awesome and beautiful work. Always! User:danocolo( 309)  Date:29-Apr-2012 22:41:34 IST Praise: My buddy James is a brilliant glass artist, Awesome and beautiful work. Always! User:danocolo( 309)  Date:29-Apr-2012 22:41:34 IST Praise: My buddy James is a brilliant glass artist, Awesome and beautiful work. Always! User:danocolo( 309)  Date:29-Apr-2012 22:41:33 IST Praise: My buddy James is a brilliant glass artist, Awesome and beautiful work. Always! To see all feedback for this member, go to the Member Profile page.

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