Welcome to the weekly Feature and Giveaway! Every Monday, we’ll be featuring a lovely craftsperson, artist, or artisan – and every week you’ll have the chance to win something from their shop!
This week we welcome Deborah, from Unique Dichroic. Deb makes gorgeous dichrotic glass pendants – amongst other things – and I am sure you will fall in love with her work once you see it for yourself!
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Where do you live?
I live on our very quite and peaceful rural five acre property here in the South West of Western Australia.
Where do you do your work?
I am so lucky ! My studio is at the bottom of my garden. It is a one room cottage that was originally accommodation at a local timber mill and was built early 1900’s. It’s a quirky little cottage with fireplace, crooked chimney and verandah…I just love it!
What’s your favourite place in the world, and why?
Home is definitely my most favourite place…It’s just so beautiful here! We are surrounded by thousands of acres of National Park, and feel so lucky to be living so close to nature.
Tell us a little bit more about yourself! Your ‘day job’ or business, family, hobbies…
Well, my ‘day job’ is playing with glass…in fact my whole life seems to revolve around playing with glass LOL… It really is all that I do 
I have a wonderful husband and a grown up son… our babies are our two dogs that we spoil a lot. And we have two appaloosa horses that don’t do much except look nice in the paddock. We have a VW Kombi Camper that we’ve done up and we like to get away as often as possible… down towards the south coast near Denmark and Augusta are our favourite places.
What did you want to be ‘when you grew up’?
I can remember wanting to be either a mounted police woman or a vet. I am so glad that I am neither LOL
How did you first get into your craft/art?
I’ve been an artist ‘forever’…actually about 20 years… and I used to work a lot with clay. Just over 4 years ago I discovered glass!…it changed my life. That might sound a little dramatic but it’s true
I became obsessed with glass, and I think I am still addicted.
I thought that this obsession may have worn off a little by now, but it hasn’t…I still can’t wait to get down to the studio every day, and usually dream about glass every night – LOL.
What do you make?
I mostly make dichroic glass pendants.
I love hand-etching glass, and can spend hours lost in free hand etching… especially etching very fine details.
What are you most proud of making?
Hard question… I think the answer changes every time I open the kiln. At the moment my favorite things are my flower suncatchers…I have a display stand of them in my studio, and really enjoy looking at them.
I love…
feeling connected to the world ! I love that I can live my ideal quite rural lifestyle and a computer can put me in touch with people all over the world.
It drives me crazy when…
Not much drives me crazy at all anymore. I tend to be very optimistic and just solve problems as they come along.
What’s your favourite word?
Mmm… probably ‘Fabulous!’. I tend to say it a lot.
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Visit Deb online!
Shop: http://uniquedichroic.etsy.com
Blog: http://uniquedichroic.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/uniquedichroic
Oh, you are a lucky lot today! Deb has offered your choice of any $18.50 pendant from her shop… now the only trouble is deciding which one!
To Enter:
1. Visit Unique Dichroic, and come back here leaving a comment about your favourite piece from the store.
2. For additional entries, leave a comment saying that you: followed or subscribed to Epheriell Designs (or already do); have Twittered about the givewaway; have shared the giveaway with friends on Facebook, or; you have written a blog post about it.
3. Entries close next Sunday night, the 20th of September, at 12pm Australian EST. Winners are announced the next day as part of next week’s Feature and Giveaway post.
Remember to leave me a way of contacting you.. and Good Luck!
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The winner of last week’s giveaway – Kathleen, congratulations!
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