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Artist Brings Fused Glass Project to Rogers Free Library

Rhode Island-based fused glass artist Deenie Pacik Giuliano is scheduled to host a program for middle and high school students on Wednesday night in Bristol.

Bristol's Rogers Free Library is scheduled to host Rhode Island-based artist Deenie Pacik Guiliano for a fused glass workshop Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m.

The program, for middle and high school students, teaches participants about the art of fused glass and lets them design their own pendants.

To reserve a spot, call the library at (401) 253-6948 and ask for Charlotte.

Wednesday's session is the first step in the process, where kids can choose colors and make designs for their pendants. Once they're set up, Pacik Guiliano takes the pendants and fires them in a kiln in her Warwick studio [glass melts at 1,475 degrees Farenheit], then returns the works to the library eight days later.

During a recent interview, Pacik Guiliano talked about working with glass as an artistic medium.

"The thing about glass is that it has a lot of opposites — glass, when it's raw, is sharp, but when it's fused, it's smooth and soft," she explained. "It's technically frozen at room temperature, and then when it's at 1,475 [degrees] it's molten."

A former New Hampshire native who moved to Rhode Island about five years ago, Pacik Giuliano said she's been having fun traveling the state for the summer reading program — she's traveled to Coventry, South Kingstown, East Providence, Cranston, and Bristol over the last few weeks, among other stops.

"I love trekking all over the state into these little nooks, these corners, and I'm finding out that there are some absolutely places that I've never visited before — it's a beautiful state, it really is," she explained.


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