Capturing Spirit with Ellen Van Dijk of Glas Atelier Ellen

08/29/23 • 71 min

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Hi friends and welcome back to Cracked with Chevonne Ariss!
Today for episode 51 of Cracked I’m joined by Ellen Van Dijk . She’s a stained glass artist based in The Netherlands best known for her photo realistic portraits. Drawing and painting portraits since childhood, her love for drawing and the desire for creative expression has been present for as long as she can remember. The combination of portraiture and learning to make stained glass windows brought her to where she is today. Today we’re talking about her personal experience with heartfelt portrait commissions, travel adventures of teaching, her in person classes as well as her online classes, and a couple really great glass paining glass hacks! To see more of Ellen's work, her instagram is @glasatelierellen and her website is glasatelierellen.com.
For the Cracked Patreon page members Ellen is offering 15% off of her online courses. The link to that is always in my bio or the show notes!
Honorable mentions from this episode:
Link to Ellen's workshops:
glasatelierellen.com/workshops Christina Alvner -
@stationschris
Derek Hunt
@DerekHuntglass
The bellow that she uses for blowing away dust while painting:
amazon.com/Rollei-Tornado-Blower-Bellows-Camera
Lamberts
bendheim.com
Jaslo Polish hand blown glass
jaslo-glass.pl/en/
Where Ellen buys her glass and lead:
fenixglas.nl
enixglasexport.com
Stained glass windows of the St. Jans-kerk in Gouda, the Netherlands:wikipedia.org
Favorite Glass artists:
Rianne Willemsen
@rianne_willemsen_stainedglass
Laura Savry-Cattan
@laura.savrycattan
Keij Sakai
@keij_takai
Abel Macias
@abelmac
Alba Fabre Sacristán
@albfs

Youghiogheny Glass Company
Stained glass sheets and glass products for the art and stained glass industry.
Canfield Technologies
Canfield sets the standard for the Stained Glass industry.
Paul Wissmach Glass Co.
Your Source of Colored Sheet Glass
Kid's Art Box
Creative art projects delivered monthly - use discount code "GLASSWORKS5"
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To Be Or Not To Be, That Is David's Question with David Scheid

Today on Cracked I'm joined by LA artist David Scheid. David is a stained glass artist whose work is inspired by the light and landscapes of California. He spends most of my time on the road as a tour manager for bands including Girl Talk, Beirut, and Dinosaur Jr. and when at home he builds colorful, geometric stained glass pieces and custom windows. His work has been installed in houses, gardens and shops throughout the West Coast and greater United States.
Today we’re going to discuss the eternal question of what it is we’re meant to be doing professionally, an honest look at what working during the pandemic looked like and finding extraordinary inspiration and imagery in the everyday moments around us.
To see more of David’s work is Instagram is @davidscheidstainedglass and his website is davidscheidstainedglass.com.
For the Cracked Patreon page members, David has made us a studio playlist, made up of all the artists that he has tour managed for. The link to that is always at the bottom of the show notes!
Honorable mentions from this episode:
Pasadena Stained Glass Supply
pasadenastainedglass.com
Echo Park Craft Fair
@echoparkcraftfair
The Mushroom House in Cincinnati
atlasobscura.com
Peter Esimen - architect
eisenmanarchitects.com
Favorite artists:
Sara Strickler
@_sarastrickler_
Sara's ep. of Cracked:
runaglassworks.com/podcast
Ben Houtkamp - Ben's Website
@bens.website
Ben's ep. of Cracked:
runaglassworks.com/podcast
Tauba Auerbach
taubaauerbach.com

The Stained Glass Association of America
The Professional Trade Association for Architectural Art Glass
Canfield Technologies
Canfield sets the standard for the Stained Glass industry.
Bullseye Glass
~ handcast glass since 1974 ~
Paul Wissmach Glass Co.
Your Source of Colored Sheet Glass
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Sgraffito Allegories with Lil Eris of Lekka Suka

Today for the final episode of Season 4 of Cracked I’m speaking with the queen of sgraffito, the Italian word directly translated to “scratched.” Her time consuming technique of flooding a thin layer of lead based powder paint over colorful patchwork like glass pieces, and then meticulously scratching it off revealing negative space designs that come together to create elaborate and rich stories. Drawing from her experiences of her childhood and family, in her stained glass pieces Lil weaves a tail of greblins, witches, fairies and sea creatures to name just a few.

Let's get into it!
Join me as I crack it all wide open!

For the final Patreon page drawing of the season, I'm doing a drawing of 2 names! One winner will receive the Map Mundi print + a set of greeting cards and another winner will receive a sgraffito stained glass white lily made by Lil and a set of greeting cards. The Map print is 11”x13.5” and the flower is 3.5” I'll be doing a drawing for those on September 17th.
Honorable mentions from this episode:
Artists:Harry Clark harryclarke.net
Grayson Perry
graysonsartclub.com
Pinkie Maclure
pinkiemaclure.net
Kit Williams
kitwilliams.co.uk
John Bauer
wikiart.org/en/john-bauer

Bullseye Glass
~ handcast glass since 1974 ~
Canfield Technologies
Canfield sets the standard for the Stained Glass industry.
Youghiogheny Glass Company
Stained glass sheets and glass products for the art and stained glass industry.
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