Dammit, @caseynewton.bsky.social ! You just convinced me to move all my notes over to #Obsidian a few months ago, and today, I find myself moving everything over to @capacities.bsky.social ...

Guts in Glass Gory and gutsy, this glass cuts deep.

Wow! I got my first write up- and it’s super encouraging! This made my week! midbrow.org/guts/

East Bay Open Studios, Dec 6-7 & 13-14 from 11am-5pm. 2441 Magnolia, Oakland CA 94607

Come visit me at my studio today and tomorrow for #EastBayOpenStudios! I’ll be there from 11am-5pm both days.

If you can’t be there this weekend, it’ll be open next weekend too!

East Bay Open Studios is back for two weekends with over 180+ artists in Berkeley and beyond opening their studios to the public!

December 6, 7, 13, and 14
11 am - 5 pm

View Artist Directory: www.eastbayopenstudios.com/artist-direc...

My partner, @mikealtman.bsky.social, made some #fusedglass ornaments to sell during #EastBayOpenStudios.

Visit my studio Dec 6-7 & 13-14. We’ll be there 11am-5pm each day. More info at the link below.

www.eastbayopenstudios.com/artist-direc...

A friend waited in a line to meet his favorite singer. For an hour, he agonized over exactly how he’d congratulate her on her newfound success.

He gets to the front of the line and nervously blurts out “I’m happy you’re finally getting what you deserve!”

…He was promptly whisked off by security.

Flyer for East Bay Open Studios featuring one of my white and yellow striped triangular glass panels.

It’s official. I’ll be participating in the East Bay Open Studios, December 6-7 + 13-14. www.eastbayopenstudios.com/artist-direc...

#oakland #eastbay #oaklandartist #fusedglass #glassart

Just signed up to participate in East Bay Open Studios this December. 12/6-7 or 12/13-14. Details coming soon.

Rare Earth, drawings by Brian R. Williams, Friday, September 5 at La Luz de Jesus Gallery

"Alarm Call V," graphite on toned paper. A pair of brant geese fly past a fog horn with 5 horns of various sizes, each facing in a different direction. The horns emerge from the top of a rust-stained cylindrical concrete structure built among an archipelago of sharp-edged triangular rocks. Visible at the base of the structure are metal pipes, wheels and drums of uncertain function.

A photo of "Alarm Call V" matted and framed in a gold wooden frame.

Tomorrow! My solo show, "Rare Earth," opens at La Luz de Jesus Gallery! @laluzdejesus.bsky.social

This one's called "Alarm Call V," one of a series of absurdist little vignette drawings of birds & rusty old fog horns symbolizing nature's warning signs about climate change

#traditionalart #drawing

Weapons was SO GOOD. I have a feeling it’ll be my favorite movie this year.

And why doesn't my Wacom Cintiq 16 Pro work decently well with my new-ish MacBook?

Okay, why is Squarespace so annoying?

Working on the next piece. Not totally sure how I feel about it yet- but that’s part of the fun in these: I might go in with a plan, but I the material doesn’t always act like I expect. I have to be open to some improv. #fusedglass #glassart #oaklandartist

Thank you!

Glass art panel with white and clear class. It’s shaped like a square made up of smaller squares featuring a hatched linear pattern.

And it’s done! #fusedglass #fineart #glassart

My hand holding a glass art panel. It consists of smaller squares of white and clear class in hatched patterns.

It survived! Now just one last pass in the kiln to bring it to its full shine. #fusedglass #glassart #oaklandartists

Closeup of a hairline crack in white border of transparent glass panel

White and clear glass art panel made up of smaller hatched squares on table with polishing tool.

Update: I’ve repaired it twice now. Last time, it was so close to being finished before I found a hairline crack in it.

I’ve fixed it, and polishing it again- hopefully just one more time. Fi gets crossed… #fusedglass #glassart

Clear glass art panel made up of smaller squares and white hash marks. It is broken.

The fixed glass panel is on the work table, ready to be polished with an angle grinder.

This one has been a pain in the butt. Broken twice while I was working on it. But I think I’ve not only saved it, but made it better! …Let’s just hope it survives the last round of polishing. #fusedglass #glassart #oaklandartist

In all seriousness, I’d submit the shot of Lavinia from Julie Taymor’s Titus (Dec 1999). It’s so gorgeously shot, but the subject matter is too disturbing for me to post. It’s the one cinematic image that’s haunted me since I first saw it.

Final shot of the short Feline Follies from 1919.

The ending of Felix the Cat’s first (and last?) appearance, I kid you not. This is after he’s discovered he’s the father of a litter of kittens. 1919’s Feline Follies.

I hope they’re not bad…?

Bad photos?

A pencil drawing showing a young boy asleep next to a creek in the woods. Watching the boy sleeping are three fantastical creatures made of moss. A rabbit rests beside the boy, an owl is perched on the shoulder of one of the moss men, and a white-tailed deer watches the scene from behind a tree trunk. Client: Worthy Tales Magazine

A pencil drawing of a woman driving a sleigh across an alien landscape. Pulling the sleigh are 4-legged creatures whose whiskers are being used as reins by the woman driving the sleigh. Client: Worthy Tales Magazine

A pencil drawing of a cat dressed in a hunting suit, partially obscuring his face with a white mask in the shape of a French bulldog's head. On the wall behind the cat are paintings depicting hunting dogs. Client: Drool Magazine

A pencil drawing showing a woman dressed in an elaborate Renaissance dress with a ruff poses for a portrait with her pets, two cats and a pug, who are also dressed in Renaissance clothing. On the wall behind the woman are framed portraits of more dogs. Client: Johns Hopkins Magazine

Happy Portfolio Day! Here's a sample of my traditional-media work. You can see more on my website:

brianrwilliams.com

#portfolioday #traditionalart

Five stars??? Why not six????

Yellow and white triangular fused glass panel made up of smaller triangles. The glass is streaked with variations in color.

The final piece that I’ll be selling this summer.

This was the first panel I created of the five, and it might be my favorite piece I’ve ever made. It was as an experiment to use up scrap glass left over from the large installation panels.

#fineart #glassart #fusedglass #oaklandartist

Got back from the Italy/France trip and sorting through photos. It’s always humbling (and more than a little discouraging) to see how many bad photos i took.

But eventually, I find the good ones and suddenly, I feel like a decent photographer again!

Editing your work is an underestimated skill.

Of the 5 pieces I’ll be selling this summer, this one most resembles the panels from the full installation.

I learned a lot after making 25 of these for the installation, so this one-off is even more refined than the ones in the installation.

#fineart #glassart #fusedglass #oaklandartist

I have come to love creating white-on-white pieces. With such a minimal palette, their subtle color shifts and changes in opacity become more apparent.

This is the third panel of five which I will be selling in late summer. #glassart #fusedglass #abstract #oaklandartist #glassfusing

Sketches of pastries and coffee, done in a cafe in Annecy.

Corner Parisian cafe, roughly sketched in grey and brown markers.

Doing a little trip in France this week. Here are some sketches so far… #sketches #travelsketches #traveljournal #markerdrawings

Thank you!