FUSING A PASSION FOR TEACHING AND GLASS ART By Talena Winters Photography submitted berwynworkshop.com m 780-618-6282 k glassart@berwynworkshop.com
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BERWYN 50TH AVE. WORKSHOP Sharon & Gilles Doucet
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fter 38 years as a Laboratory and X-Ray Technician, Sharon Doucet found her retirement passion and a new career—creating and teaching glass fusion and art in her studio, the Berwyn 50th Ave. Workshop. Now she and her husband, Gilles, also retired, collaborate to create products ranging from bowls to birdhouses, and Sharon teaches the techniques she’s learned to young and old—when she’s not off travelling to places like Barcelona to see her daughter.
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How did you get into glass art and glass fusion? On a ski trip to Jasper around 2008, I took a break from skiing and wandered around the bottom of the hill. I found a kiosk where they were demonstrating lampworking— melting glass over an open flame to create small objects. I was mesmerized by the flow of glass and wanted to join a lesson, but their classes were full. Later, I took lessons in stained glass, glass fusion and lampworking at a
