Maxine Grossmans Resume

Hummingline Creative Works

Since 1983

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business" - Henry Ford

Maxine Grossman

Here's a little bit about me. :) My Resume follows. I have always loved art. My father was an artist so its not a surprise that I ended up being one myself. After graduating high school and getting married, I got a job decorating cakes. Once I started having children, I wanted to contribute to our income and still be able to be a part of my children's lives. I have also been interested in crochet and sewing, so I started making items to sell at local craft shows. My first publication was a crochet pattern in Annie's Attic. I wanted to try lots of different media so what I was making and selling changed all the time. I started working with bread-dough until all the ornaments I kept for us got ruined one year. I switched to ceramics, which actually turned out to be much messier than bread-dough. Next I discovered Friendly Plastic, and polymer clay. That led me into the craft industry. I became a Certified Professional Demonstrator by the now defunct Hobby Industry Association and had several designs published in craft books and magazines. I added rubber stamping and was a Stampin' Up demonstrator for a few of years. That was followed by paper crafting, and then glass etching. Since craft magazine editors kept telling me to "dumb down" my designs, I decided to take a break and further my art education by going back to school. I had so much fun taking these new classes; watercolor, figure and other drawing classes.

All the time, I wanted something would hold color better. The watercolor would wind up fading... I had always wanted to work with glass but had never tried it. I had seen someone make a glass sculpture and had been flabbergasted. As a teen, I made things with melted plastic cups, thinking it would be similar to melting glass. I bought my first lampworking set up from a catalog and then things started progressing rather quickly. Today, I get to do what I've always wanted to do. I make lampwork beads, I fuse glass, I slump glass, I create original stained glass pieces. I also make beaded jewelry with my lampwork beads. I love working with all the brightly colored glass to making new beads and compose fused and stained pieces in my studio. There is almost nothing as exciting as going out to the studio the morning after a firing and opening the kiln to see what surprises it holds for me!

I hope you to enjoy the work that I do! I invite you to take look around my website! Maybe you can have for yourself a little piece of my passion! :)

Professional Goals:	Learn new skills and techniques in lampworked and fused, slumped and stained glass.
	Inspire others to possibilities in glass

Education:	High School Diploma - Manzano High School, NM 1976
	Pikes Peak Community College - Watercolor (3 semesters), Figure Drawing (1 Semester), Drawing (2 semesters) Jewelry Making (1 semester), Stained Glass (2 semesters), Glass Sampler Class (fusing, slumping, painting, 1 semester) Design 1(1 semester)

Trunk Shows:	Bead Corner - Trunk Show - October 15-17
	Jackies Bead Boutique - Trunk Show - Ocotber 8+9
	Bead Obsession - Trunk Show - September 24th+25th
	Jackies Bead Boutique - Trunk Show - June 25th+26th
	Bead Corner - Trunk Show - May 21st+22nd
	Rocky Mountain Bead Society Bead Bazaar- Trunk Show -April 24th+25th
	Jackies Bead Boutique - April 2nd + 3rd

Art/Bead Shows:	Hummingline Home Studio Open House - November 5+6
	Mothma's Second Annual Art Show - Art Glass and Lampwork - October 15th
	Fairplay Bead and Fiber Show - August 13th-15th
	Chocolate Cafe - Artglass Showing - May-June
	Santa Fe Interweave Bead Fest - March 18th - 21st
	For a complete List of our shows please contact our RECORDS DEPARTMENT
Lampwork Classes Attended:	Loren Stump, Lorren 1 Class; GlassCraft, Denver CO September 2008
	Kim Fields, Lampwork Birds; GlassCraft, Denver CO November 2008
	Crossover Lampworking, Soft Glass Sculpture, and Glass Control Classes - Glass Craft and Bead Expo March 28-April 2nd 2007
	The Well Tempered Bead Maker Master Lampwork Class with Larry Scott - Bead and Button Show 2007
	Flameworking: Hollows, Pendants, Pickups, Rings and Sculptural Lampwork with Amy Johnson - Bead and Button Show 2007
	Sandblasting Glass Beads and Pendants with Jeri Warhaftig - Bead and Button Show 2007
	Special Techniques Master Class Lampworking with Andrea Guarino-Slemmons - Bead and Button Expo 2006
	Making A Scene with Pati Walton - Bead and Button Show 2004
	Decorative and Sculptural Lampworking Class- Sharon Peters and Janice Peacock - Bead and Button 2002

	Other Inspiring Instructors: Debra Crowley, Amy Johnson, Sharon Peters, Janice Peacock, Larry Scott, Jerri Warhafting, Patty Walton and Lewis Wilson

Other Classes Taken:	Basic Chainmaille, C&T Desgins @ Jackies - January 2010
	Celtic Star Earrings, Chainmaille, C&T Designs @ Jackies - February 2010
	Hollow Form Charms in PMC with Celie Fago - Bead and Button 2004
	"Clay Story Telling" With Maureen Carlson - September 1998

Trade Show Demonstrator:	American Art Clay Company; HIA, February 1999, ACCI, June 1999

Field Demonstrator:	Binny & Smith: Fall 1998, Fall 1999, Liquitex Products
	American Art Clay Company, 1995-2000 Fimo, Friendly Plastic, Cotton Press, Art Emboss, Rub-N-Buff, Pipsywoggin Stamps, Country Garden Paper Shapes
	Stampin' Up, January 1996 - January 1998

Consumer Show Representative:	Artist Materials Expo sponsored by Artisans/Santa Fe; August 25-27, 2000; Alumicolor, AMACO, Excel and Midwest

Publications:	Lampwork Breast Cancer Awareness Contest : Fire Mountain Jems 2010-2011 Big Catalog - Page 542
	STAMP IT!: "Stamping on Clay, Pipsywoggins Night Light", Spring 2001, Polymer Clay
	www.JewelryCrafts.com: "Free Clay Project: Necklace and Earrings Set" December 2000
	Hot Off The Press: Soft Metal Embossing with Art Emboss: "Cherub Clock" and "Antiqued Copper Switchplate", Fall 2000
	Memory Magic: "Friendship Album", Summer 2000 Paper Shapes and Stamping
	Jewelry Crafts: "Birds and Blooms", April 2000 Polymer Clay Jewelry, Flowers and Humming Birds
	American Art Clay Company: "Wire Mesh" samples for packaging artwork, January 2000; metal fabric, polymer clay
	Crafts Magazine: “Pippsywoggins Votive Candle Bowl”, April 1999, Polymer clay
	Pack-O-Fun: “Spaceship Mobile”, Winter 1999, Woodsies
	Great American Crafts: "Etched Glass Snowman", "Peppermint Jewelry", December 1999; Glass etching, rubber stamping, polymer clay
	Crafts Magazine: "Twinkle-Toes Frog", July 1998, Woodsies
	McCall's Creates: "Critter Clip Ups #16248" December 1997, Woodsies
	Jewelry Crafts: "Spring Flowers" April 1996, Friendly Plastic
	Country Crafts: "For the Birds" Spring 1996, Friendly Plastic
	Crafts N' Things: "Sparkling Jewelry Set", July 1995, Friendly Plastic
	Jewelry Crafts: "Christmas Tree Pins" December 1995, Friendly Plastic

Professional Affiliations:	Southern Colorado Bead Society, International Society of Glass Beads, Glass Artists of the Pikes Peak Region

Certifications:	Certified Precious Metal Clay Instructor
	Certified Professional Demonstrator, HIA, June 1998
	Certified Sewing Arts Instructor, NMEIA, March 1990

Proficiencies and	Lampworking, Fusing, Stained, Slumping Glass 11 Years Experience;
Professional	Basic Craft Techniques including cutting tools, glues, rubber stamping and stenciling;
Competancies:	Color Application in various media with various techniques;
	Conception and Design of Consumer Projects in various medias;
	Design and construction of 3D projects in various media;
	Development and Execution of Consumer Education Programs including product demonstrations, Make-N-Take Events and Classes;
	Manipulation of Clays and other modeling compounds;
	Sewing machine embellishment techniques including applique, embroidery, lace making and quilting

Last Update: 3-30-2011

Hummingline Creative Works

Maxine Grossman

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