Early March light has a quiet way of revealing itself. The harbor looks cool and still at first, blue-green under a pale sky. Then the sun slips through and suddenly there’s warmth moving across the water. This week’s color, Cold Harbor, captures that moment in glass — cool coastal tones with a warm copper glow waiting just beneath the surface.

Photographing glass is always a bit of a puzzle, and dichroic glass especially so. The color shifts constantly with light and movement, and this week’s Cold Harbor is even trickier because it’s fully transparent with no opaque glass to anchor the color. In person it reads as a true blue with hints of green, and when the light catches it just right, that coppery flash appears.

Im a huge admirer of Alison's gorgeous glass jewelry . The changing colors and iridescence she achieves is hard to describe. Suffice it to say I own many pieces now and truly enjoy wearing them and all the astonished compliments I get! ~ Diane C.

This week’s color, Cold Harbor, brings me back to the earring that started everything. It too was a magical transparent — glass that revealed new colors every time it moved through the light. When I lost one of the pair, I began carrying the remaining earring with me. I asked everyone. Truly everyone - anyone who looked like they might possibly know. I was determined to solve the mystery of what it was made of.

Eventually someone had the answer. Glass.

So I bought some glass and a small kiln and started experimenting. And then the part of me shaped by my Pepère showed up. Years earlier he had suggested that loving history might not be the most reliable way to earn a living, which is how I ended up studying accounting and finance.

So I did what felt natural — I built a cost analysis spreadsheet to see if the numbers could work. The business side of the business matters, and that spreadsheet still sits at the heart of how I think about pricing today. Anyone who has paid attention to the metals market knows how much things change. When I started in 2000, silver was about $4 an ounce. This past January it shot to around $125 an ounce. Materials shift, markets shift, and that little spreadsheet continues to help me keep the balance between making something beautiful and making a living.

The lost earring has never been matched, and the quest it began led me to a path I’m grateful to call my life.

If you’re curious about how it all unfolded, you can watch the short video here

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. - Charles Dickens

WindHorse Arts store and studio are on stolen land of the Wabanaki people, a place currently recognized as Vinalhaven, Maine, nestled in the serene beauty of Penobscot’s Bay. I am grateful to steward this sacred land, honoring its deep roots and rich histories.

Handmade in Vinalhaven, Maine

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