09/01/2026
✨ FEATURED ARTIST Monica Phillips✨
Stop by to see our new window display this month featuring
Monica Phillips, a local Issaquah artist who believes we should all play with color, whether it be with glass jewelry, acrylic and watercolor paint or Gelli-plate printing. She learned how to fuse glass in Northern California and participated in many shows in the SF Bay Area prior to moving to Issaquah. When she started working with dichroic glass, she was so prolific that she had to learn traditional silversmithing techniques to give the glass the setting it deserved. Her earrings, pendants and rings are handmade using .999 fine silver, .925 Sterling Silver along with dichroic fused glass.
Continuing her love of glass, Monica also makes borosilicate beads and blows small glass vessels using an oxygen/natural gas torch. She is fortunate to have a scientific background, which led her to microscopiccrystal photography using a camera-fitted polarizing microscope, proving that science is art. Crystal microscopy is quite challenging and rewarding. Lately she's been focusing on abstract shapes with Gelli-plate printing. Her goal is to make unique, colorful art and not listen to her inner critic.
The Art Gallery of SnoValley is open extended summer hours - daily 11am-6pm in downtown Snoqualmie (8130 Railroad Ave SE, Snoqualmie WA).
