WhiteWave Glass & Garden

07/22/2025

Come take a stained glass class from me!

INTERMEDIATE STAINED GLASS Join fellow glass enthusiasts in this intermediate class to take your education of working with glass to the next level. Students will develop ideas alongside the instructor...

01/26/2025

12/27/2024

Glass & Bandages
By: Jenipher Sutherland
Squares and scraps of fragile glass sit patiently
I wait for them to speak to me and maneuver my mind
Inspiring me to shape them into something opulent
A kaleidoscope of colors
Blues the hue of the sky, the ocean, my eyes
Greens that echo emeralds, avocados, and clover
Sanguine shades that recall strawberries, ladybugs, and persimmons
Golden yellows that shimmer like sunshine
Iridescence emanates flashes of rainbows
Some feel like pebbles
Like ripples
Like…
…my hands
Covered in bandages
Protecting the bites and scratches
Of those scraps and squares
I’d like you to consider the glass itself
The cutter, the grinder, the soldering iron
Are also bandages
Healing me from within
For is not the act of creation
A salve for the soul?

12/25/2024

White oak and stained glass. 20.5” tall, 8.5” wide at the base. I’m looking forward to getting back in my (newly refreshed and expanded) studio and creating more pieces that combine glass and wood.

12/25/2024

Slowly getting back into my (newly upgraded and renovated) studio. Here’s a fiber & glass piece I finished last night. Cosmic Power design by

04/24/2024

FOUR DAYS of grinding (2-3 hours each session, because I still need to have hands that can function and aren’t bleeding all over the place). This is half of what I’ve done (the rest are layered underneath). Now it’s time for foil and fid…then: see if I can pull this vision off.

BTW, I am in discussion about teaching one class at the DMAC this fall…and considering proposing a class for advanced/experimental stained glass exploration - perhaps next spring or summer.

I need to make art…more. This is good for me.

04/20/2024

I just finished another experimental piece: a green panel between two pieces of live-edge walnut. I’m not in love with the base, but I can always switch that out if I get a better idea. 29.5” tall.

03/17/2024

I’ve been experimenting (and really enjoying) incorporating wood into my stained glass art. I’ve discovered that it’s so much like what I do with most of my art: I let the medium speak/communicate with me and guide my mind and my hands until we all decide that our collaboration is done. There’s something about working with the wood and juxtaposing it with the glass that makes it feel like a long and friendly conversation between friends.

I finished this piece this morning. It is live-edge red oak and the wood piece is 29”x 7.5”. It is finished in a satin oil-based spar urethane, which should make it safe to place outside in a garden (that’s something I’ll test out this spring/summer). The stakes are 1/2” aluminum.

Bonus pics: in progress documentation . I love my DeWalt tools!

03/01/2024

Trying to find my groove and this glitter-encrusted-squirrel-running-backwards-on-a-hamster-wheel (neuro-sparkly) brain of mine has shifted into overdrive. TBH, it’s saving me right now…because this is one thing I know I’m rockin’ (because apparently I suck at my “day-job” atm). Anyway, this also means I’m working on learning new skills (and acquiring more power tools). I just stocked up on band-aids and made a new playlist on Spotify, so watch out.

02/25/2024

My weekend project: trying to do something creative with a cool piece of glass I got from recently. I like the ways the aqua/orange/brown work together as an interesting trio of colors.

02/18/2024

Bass clef piece: I made this for my husband’s () birthday.
It’s 11.5” x 15”
I’ve had my Taurus3 ring saw for two years now and it’s made cutting difficult pieces (like the curly f-spot of this clef) so easy! My newest studio addition is The Grinder (by ). Grinding was usually my least favorite step in the stained glass making process, but not anymore! This grinder is AMAZING! The LED light and eye-shield makes my work easy to see, the splash curtain minimizes mess on the rest of my work surface, and it is SOOOO quiet! On top of all that, it grinds like a boss - so quick and smooth. I highly recommend this to any stained glass artist; it’s absolutely worth the investment!