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Goddess Glass Designs
shades of glass she gets to work with.
She purchases her glass rods from
several different suppliers, all of which
are located in the Portland metro area.
She is often inspired to create pieces
from things she sees in nature; some of
her favorites are little pigs, frogs, spiders
and dragonflies which she sometimes
adds to her pieces.
She is also often drawn to
create by the area she is in
or people she meets. One
of her specialty pieces
is a small ornament of a
chainsaw. “Who wouldn’t
want to see a Christmas
tree decorated with little
chainsaws?” she says with a
laugh. The chainsaws were
originally made in memory
of her Vernonia friend Terry
Schaumburg. “Every time
I make one of those, or see
one sitting on my shelf, I
think about him.”
Krengielski’s work is
technically called lampworking and she
uses borosilicate glass in most of her
work. She uses a torch to heat and melt
the glass so she can shape it and swirl
it, using gravity or sometimes molds
or a mandrel, and then adds colors or
additional pieces by heating and welding
glass together. Glass blowing is an
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additional technique she uses to shape
and form some of her pieces. Another
technique is implosion, where she
can insert a glass item into a piece by
heating and collapsing the glass around
the item. She has many specialized tools
that she keeps organized and within
reach while handling the molten glass
for shaping and forming or cutting
grooves or indentations. She has two
kilns where she can keep
pieces she is working on hot
until she is ready to finish
them. She wears heavy
duty sun glasses, sunscreen
and Kevlar sleeves when
working on the torch to
protect her eyes, face and
skin. She says she has
learned that lavender oil
is the best way to treat
burns. The whole process is
fascinating.
The
changes
in
marijuana
legalization
in Washington, and now
Oregon this year, are
opening up new markets for
Krengielski’s work. She
is currently working on a
custom order for a new retail
establishment in Portland
that will feature her work exclusively.
She emphasized that she only sells her
paraphernalia to adults. “Things have
really come around full circle as we
head into 2016 with retail sales and
full legalization,” says Krengielski.
“About 20 years ago there was a whole
movement into artistic glass with people
like Jerome Baker that really changed
found Vernonia several
the industry. Now the
flood gates have really
years ago through a
relationship and decided
opened. Everybody is
to move here with her
teaching and sharing
teenage son where he
knowledge. People are
could attend a small
no longer so secretive.”
O r i g i n a l l y
school.
“There’s some things
from a small rural town
about
Vernonia
in upstate Michigan,
that reminds me of
Krengielski traveled the
Michigan,” she says.
country after graduating
“Michigan is also
from college, providing
woodsy and it was
for herself by make
known for logging at
clothing and selling
one time. I grew up on a
her wares at music
farm there. Living here
concerts. She arrived
in the country is just
in Oregon and says she
wonderful. It’s a good
immediately fell in love
place.”
with the state. “It was
just absolutely beautiful
You can find Julie
and I decided to stay,”
Krengielski’s
glass
she says. She worked
in a vegetarian restaurant in Portland art work at www.etsy.com/shop/
before becoming a glass art apprentice Goddessglassdesigns or contact her at
where she learned her new craft. She GoddessGlassDesigns@yahoo.com.
Lions Donate to Struggling Vernonia Cares Holiday Meals
George Tice and Randal Harvey
of the Lions Club of Vernonia, presented
Vernonia Cares Food Bank Director
Sandy Welch with a check for $1,000.
The money will go towards helping the
Food Bank purchase turkeys to be given
away in December. Welch says that due
to budget restrictions Vernonia Cares will
only be able to supply a turkey for each
Christmas meal. In the past the local
food pantry has provided a full holiday
meal for their clients.
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