Roger has new classes coming up.

by Ingrid Posted on September 28, 2011

The ones in Winnipeg went so well that Roger has decided to schedule some more. One at Vitrum Studios on the East Coast in October and three at Pacific Art Glass on the West Coast in January.

I adore Judith Conway at Vitrum. She has two dogs and they say hello to me on email a lot, and whenever she comes to visit Roger she brings treats for me. Vitrum is also selling some of Roger’s pieces through their studio.

Pacific Art Glass is one of Roger’s favorite places to teach. They let him do all his crazy projects classes with roll ups and he visits all his friends, like Scott FitzGerald, the fantastic painter and printmaker.

Of course, all this means for me is that he’ll be leaving me again. 

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And more from Roger and Winnipeg.

by Ingrid Posted on September 8, 2011

I’m so happy! I just heard from Roger and he sent me pictures of Winnipeg. I feel like I’m almost there with him.

This is just a selection. There’s more to come!

My favorite are the pictures of the warthogs and other animals. Roger had a privately arranged trip to a trophy room in a camera shop above a jewelry store. 

 

Roger calls this one “Hey. Does that guy have a gun?”

It made us both drool a bit… Me because all those animals look tasty (I can’t help it! I’m a dog!) and Roger because it caused him to wax poetic about his days as a taxidermist. Did you know Roger was a taxidermist? I didn’t. Makes me a little nervous…

 

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The demands on the studio dog are great.

by Ingrid Posted on September 2, 2011

Hello all! I’ve returned from my spa weekend at the Dog House. A fabulous place. I was told I was a “good girl” many times (as if this were news–I’m always a good girl) and had long discussions with a Doberman about Rupert, my favorite toy.

He claimed Rupert was his.

I disagreed.

Anyway, I had barely recovered from my hectic spa time when I was told that I would have to write an entry for my new blog on the Roger Thomas Glass site.

I’ve been looking forward to this for months! The chance to tell everyone what really goes on at Roger Thomas Glass? How Roger watches YouTube videos of theremin players instead of designing new frames? How he avoids creating art by decorating his garden with plastic horses and bizarre squirrel yard lights? (Trust me. More on this later.) And then, once the inspiration really does strike, will spend hours ignoring me and flinging frit around?

I couldn’t wait to get started and tell all.

But when I was told there would be no walk or ball throwing until said entry was finished? You can imagine my outrage.

So it’s only a short entry. An introduction of me and the Roger Thomas Glass Studio. Roger’s off in Winnipeg. (Yes, Canada. I’ve never met any Canadian dogs, but I’ve heard they’re very nice. And have a thing for maple leaves.) He’s teaching at Prairie Stained Glass and School of Craft and is having a wonderful time. The class is going well and he’s looking forward to the second one.

Meanwhile, I’m left to guard the studio. I scared off the UPS man just this morning! Jenny, the studio manager, is here and yelled at me. I may have carried on a bit too long, but he was most obnoxious and had the nerve to drop a box off inside my house. I don’t know how people put up with it.

Other than that, Jenny is lovely. Although today she brought her dog with her–a wretched little Blue Heeler who doesn’t like me for some reason. I could easily kill her, but I doubt Jenny or Roger would approve, so I restrain myself. Amy and Tyler at Reigning Pets NW takes care of me when Jenny’s not here. They give me peanut butter and tell me what a good girl I am.

And I am. I’m a very good girl.

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