Dori Settles

About Dori Settles

I am a glass artist working primarily with salvaged glass to bring awareness to the environment and encourage others to make small changes to create a positive impact.

Pâte de Verre is definitely my favorite sculptural technique. The end result is often an illusion of fragility.

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Vitreous Enamel on Glass

My canvas is glass, my paint, enamel. I use many of the same mark making techniques acrylic and oil painters use.

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My first casting class was titled “The Fabric of Glass”, with Lisa Becker. At that time, I worked mainly as a fiber artist. After class, I was hooked!

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Dimensional Powder Painting

I meticulously sift powdered glass onto a sheet of solid glass. Once fired, the powder remains opaque and textured.

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Glass creates a unique response to the relief work because of how the light gets caught and bounces around the depths and textures.

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If you think you're too small to make a difference, try going to bed with a mosquito.

Anita Roddick

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Exploring Nature and Texture through

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Recent Instagram Posts ~ @funkydoriart

Ever wonder why they are called the Blue Ridge Mou

Ever wonder why they are called the Blue Ridge Mountains? I think this unfiltered photo says it all.

The vitreous enamels I use come in powdered form a

The vitreous enamels I use come in powdered form and when I am mixing my own colors I use a jewelers scale to measure out specific ratios. I add a liquid binder, medium, to turn them into a paint that can be applied to the recycled glass canvases. Here is azure blue lemon yellow and ochre brown. These colors will give me wide range of greens when mixed in different proportions.

After a lot of conversations and contemplations, I

After a lot of conversations and contemplations, I decided to move my jewelry to a new Instagram account. You will still find jewelry on my website, but if you want to see the latest work as it happens follow @funkydorijewelry
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I’ve spent the last couple of weeks testing the

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks testing the new to me@kilns in the studio. There are three kilns. The huge casting kiln I got stuck in. Another shorter casting kiln that is nice and long so I hope to use it more for fusing and the enamel paintings. And a traditional blown glass annealer. The annealer proves to be the best kiln for my leaves. I only needed one test to find the sweet spot! Here’s the fruits of that test :)

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