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Mary Rose Fries develops a fused-glass line for the Island summer, 2012

Also Mary Rose Fries fused glass work 2012

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Date2012-03
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Summary

The March 2012 Beaver Beacon profiles Mary Rose Fries’s experiments with fused glass, including kiln firing, additives, molds, and polishing. The article says she planned to offer the resulting pieces during the summer.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper profile of work in progress, not a complete catalogue or independent appraisal of the artwork.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, March 2012, "Mary Turns Sand into Sapphires."
    Describes Fries' kiln-based fused-glass process, experiments with additives, molds, and temperature control, and plans to offer finished pieces at about $20 during the summer. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held March issue scan confirms the glass-art profile.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Mary Rose Fries develops a fused-glass line for the Island summer, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mary-fries-glass-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2012, "Mary Turns Sand into Sapphires." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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