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Joe Lowenstein Fine Stained Glass Work/Banzai Pipeline

"Pipe Dream" by J. Lowenstein 2010

Joe contacted me a while back to help get his work out to more people. As an artist and a lover of art I of course said yes. His work is awesome, and pictures defiantly don't do it justice. I saw it during sun set @ Steve & Cookies Oyster Bar in Margate, NJ a few weeks ago. It is stunning. Finished in April after 7 months/500 hrs, he was trying to show one of the gigantic 50 ft. monsters that roll in over the north shore of Oahu in the winter. It measures 6' x 3', and has approx. 1500 pieces of German, French, and American style glass, plus several shades opf glue chip glass.

Asking price: $9500

Here's is Joe's bio...

I started out in the styained glass trade back in 1979. I was walking down Main ST. in New hope, Pa, when I came upon a stained glass shop. I walked insideand was looking out from the inside-this dude had an entire forest scene down 20 ft. on one wall and 30 ft. down the other one. He probably had 50,00 pieces of glass in this project. My jaw dropped, the guy came out of the back of the shop and asked me if he could help me, I said"how do you do this"? He laughed ,told me to come into his workshop and he'd show me. He showed me how to use the cutters, grozing pliers,etc. He said the best tyhing I could do was go to a hardware store at home and get some cheap window panel type glass, the 2 sets of pliers, and go home and practice cutting the glass. He sais I'd know very soon if this or not. If not-then I wouldn't have spent much cash. I did all this and within 10 min I knew I was HOOKED!!!!!. I strated making small suncatchers that you hang in front of the window on a string. Then I made afew larger things mirrors, jewel boxes, etc. By one yrs time, I was making full siuze panels for the neighbors. As time passed, I found I was getting all the work I could do by word of mouth referrals alone. I have many references that can be called,who can attest to my work. Thanks again- JOE

If you are interested in Joe's work please contact me, and please if you are in the area of Steve & Cookies in Margate, NJ stop in and see this for yourself.

Merry Christmas Brian

Here is handplane #3 for my friend Brian Wynn of Wynn Surfboards.

Made from paulownia and coated w/ a bees wax linseed oil mixture.

Merry Xmas Brian.

Ahhhhh, a much needed vacation...

My family and I are home from a much needed vacation in Puerto Rico. It was nice to catch up with some old friends and kick back with a few Presidente's on the hammock. The surf was fun and inspiring. I'm starting a few new paintings and a bunch of block prints of PR. I'll show them as soon as they are done.

Thanks to our friends Stefan, Summer & Sidney for putting us up and putting up with us.

You can check out their blog here... Ca2PR

Special Thanks to The Dune House

I would like to thank the ladies @ the Dune House, Avalon, NJ for their support this summer. They always support me and my sculpture work. You always feel the love when entering their store. Proceeds of sales @ the Dune House go to Brendan's Fund to help fight childhood cancer in our area. For more info you can go to Brendansfund.org .

The Dune House will be closing soon for the winter. I can't wait for them to reopen in the spring.

Vanessa's Bday present

I was commissioned to make my friend Vanessa a sculpture for her birthday. After quite a lot of thought and finding just the right pieces to put together I came up w/ this.

Happy birthday Vanessa.

DBR for Monk's buddy in Cali...

I told Monk I would make this for him about a month ago. I finally finished it.

The board is american cherry w/ a maple stringer. The base is black walnut, yellow heart, blood wood, and ash.

Rice paper lam on board

I did this custom rice paper lam for my friends Heather and Johns' wedding present. It's a hand drawn in ink on oriental rice paper then glassed onto a board w/ polyester resin and fiberglass. Framed out in American Cherry to finish. I'm working on a few more of these for an upcoming show this month.

Idling Flyer for Surfrider Foundation

KD asked lately if I wouldn't mind helping on small project for South Jersey Surfrider Foundation. It was for a business card sized flyer to ask people to turn off their cars when checking the surf. I (of course) agreed, and this is what I came up with.

The other day my friend Monk called to tell me the surf was good @ out local spot. Chest high and clean was the call and a balmy 41 deg water temp. He had just gotten back from a trip to Fla and was happy to be home. We started talking about the good times we and the rest of the OLC have had in the past surfing together. There have been contests up and down the East Coast, and our trip to Malibu Ca. this past fall. Evidently he felt the camaraderie in Fla wasn't the same as it is here in Jersey.

Here's a shot of Monk from the BU in Sept.