I’m working on a new series… Summer Breeze, marks the first of this body of work. Dreaming of sunny skies and wide open spaces.

Come on by and see us at the Fair!

Santa’s reindeer will be in St. John’s this coming weekend!

The Craft Council Christmas Craft Fair is being held at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John’s, and I will be there with reindeer and glass galore Nov 18-21! Come say hello, come see my new work, and enjoy the best from the crafters and makers of the province!

Hope to see you there!

Christmas is coming, and so are the caribou! I will be showing and selling my work at the Fine Craft Fair at the St. John’s Arts & Culture Centre Nov 18-21, and at the Best Coast Christmas Craft Fair at the Marble Mountain Lodge in Steady Brook Nov. 26-28. Drop in for a chat and a chance to build your own herd!

A story about my Salmon Run installation, which is still at the Discovery Centre in Gros Morne (Woody Point, NL) and about myself (written by Gloria Hickey) was just published in the Glass Art Association of Canada’s e-zine as the COVER story!! Very exciting and wonderful news for me!! Please click on the following link to see images and read the story: http://mag.glassartcanada.ca/cover/going-home-glass-artist-urve-manuel-tells-a-tale-of-fish-and-family/

Salmon Run has been successfully moved to the Discovery Centre in Woody Point, and is being used as an interpretive tool for the discussion of the importance of salmon in our ecosystems by the Parks Interpreters at the Gros Morne National Park. This installation will be displayed until the Park closes this year in October; what a beautiful venue for this work! It is definitely worth a look.

Salmon Run is travelling to the Discovery Center in Woody Point, and will be displayed at this beautiful location all summer. The Center is located in Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

If all goes as planned, I will have the installation of 99 salmon, glass river, and two large leaded glass background panels up and ready to be viewed by Friday, July 16th. If you are planning a trip to Newfoundland, or to Gros Morne (or if you are already here), please make sure you stop by the Discovery Center to see the fish and sign my guest book!

When my installation Salmon Run was displayed at the Devon House Main Gallery in St. John’s, many of the salmon were individually purchased… I am now short of salmon, and consequently, am spending a good bit of time making new ones. Here are a few samples of the new students in the school of 99 salmon.

I’m constantly busy in the studio; right now, my main project is to get all the giant fish fired at least once so that I can work on where to place them on the metal netting. If all goes well, I will have everything ready by the end of July to be installed at the Deer Lake Airport. Can’t wait!

I just received a commission to restore part of an old church window that was salvaged from a fire many years ago from the church in the Daniel’s Harbour area (NL). My starting point was a brief discussion with my clients, a box of broken glass from the salvaged window, the partial frame with one panel of glass intact and the other cracked, and a photograph of a painting of what the original church looked like.

What fun! I love this sort of thing!

I decided to fuse an image of the church to be used in the center panel. This was leaded between pieces of the remaining glass that I was able to use for borders. I needed help with the finishing of the frame– I am in awe of the workmanship that went into this construction, no nails, everything joined and set with such care! Then, I used what left-over glass I could to lead the third panel, mixing the blue and the red bits to get the shape that was required. It was nice that I used only the original glass, even though the result was not symmetrical– I enjoy the fact that this tells the story of this particular piece.