Monday, July 23, 2012

Glorious glass by OR DESIGN glassworks

Last Thursday, the TBBs were invited to the home of glass artisans Pam and Oded Ravek of OR DESIGN glassworks to check out their main floor renos and their latest glass projects.

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You can see a bit of their kitchen reno in this picture of the amazing glass chandelier above their island that they designed and created.

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Pictures just don’t do it justice – the iridescent effect on the glass pieces is so beautiful, and gives the chandelier so much interest and dimension. You can see a little bit of the iridescent effect in this picture.

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They also designed and created the vessel sinks in their powder room and basement bathroom.

vessel sink 1

blue sink

As well as the accent tiles in the basement shower.

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Pam & Oded transform pieces of glass into fabulous works of art using a variety of techniques. These are just a few of my favourite pieces…

blue square plate  blue waves 1

Close-ups…

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sailboats sculptural blue piece shapes

lacy blue bowl

I’m thinking this glass lamp shade would make a great wall sconce.

small table lamp

Pretty and functional glass :-)

chocs on plate

Sometimes Oded will put scrap pieces of glass into the kiln and melt them down into small piece that he puts into the gravel in their backyard. I picked out a few pieces to bring home.

glass pieces

Pam and Oded are so kind and thoughtful – they gave each of the TBBs a beautiful business card holder. I think Pam knows that I love purple :-)

business card holder

If you’d like to read more about Pam and Oded and see more of their work, check out this post that I wrote about them last year. And if you’re in Ottawa and would like to see their work in person, they recently did an installation at the Soho Parkway on Parkdale. They also created the Art Glass Memorial Light honouring Holocaust victims that’s on permanent display at the Greenberg Families Library in the Soloway Jewish Community Centre.

memorial

Hubby and I are meeting with Pam & Oded on Thursday to discuss a possible glass project for our master bathroom makeover. Maybe a set of sconces… or a chandelier… or a glass divider between the toilet and the tub. I’m looking forward to hearing their ideas :-)

14 comments:

  1. Oh can't wait to see what you guys come up with for your master bathroom. And yes, a big thank you to Pam and Oded for opening up their home to the TBBs. It was a delightful evening! Great post Kelly!

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  2. Love the photo of the shower, looks very pretty with the turquoise glass work!

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    1. The tiles are even prettier in real life :-) And you can't see it in the pictures, but the vessel sinks have LED lights around the drains, which is both a cool little touch and functional as a night light.

      Kelly

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    2. The vessel sink has LED lights?! That is such a great idea and it looks great too. Nothing better than that :)

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    3. Pictures don't do the sinks justice - the LED lights are amazing, especially in the blue sink :-)

      Kelly

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  3. Kelly! Such a delightful surprise to open your post and read about your visit to our Glass Art Gallery and reno! Your beautiful post and wonderful images just awe us! It was such fun to get together with you and Brian and the other enchanting TBBs last week! (Think we ought to make it a monthly habit! ;) ) We are so looking forward to meeting about your fab new spa retreat! Very excited with the possibilities! You and Brian have fab ideas - together we'll make beautiful glass art music! ;) Pam and Oded

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    1. And we thoroughly enjoyed checking out your renos and your beautiful glass work :-) You did an amazing job in the kitchen - that chandelier is truly stunning! I could get into that kind of monthly habit :-) Looking forward to talking with you & Oded about our bathroom reno :-)

      Kelly

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  4. The talents of this couple are truly jaw-dropping. How lovely that some of their work will be in your new bathroom! Love your business card holder!

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  5. They are incredibly talented! I can imagine what the chandelier in their kitchen looks like in person. That's a great idea for your master bath....can't wait to hear more!!

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  6. Oh my word, all of this work is so inspirational! Who'd have thought glass could have so many applications and be so versatile and vibrant?!

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  7. You seriously post the most amazing and beautiful things! Wow!

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  9. I do hope you get some of those glass accents in your bathroom - I love those basins !!

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  10. wow!!! what a nice glass work. Looking very impressive and beautiful. The idea behind this was really interesting and great.More Info

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