It is with great sorrow that I say good bye to a dear friend and fellow
\nartist. I remember Laurie as always being bright and cheerful, full of
\nambition and creativity. It was in the early days of the local fused glass
\nmovement when I meet Laurie through the local glass scene. She and I, along
\nwith the other core Guild members, had taken a few classes together and were
\nmeeting from time to time to discuss what we were working on and what new
\ninformation was available. We all were interested in promoting our work and
\nas equally important promoting fused glass and educating the local
\ncommunity in general as to what this art form was about.<\/p>\n
I remember Laurie saying ‘we should form a guild or an organization of
\nglass artists to promote what we were doing.’ I remember her saying that
\nvery well because I thought to myself at the time ‘what a silly idea that
\nwas.’\u00a0 It didn’t take long for me to realize how wrong I was and that
\nindeed it was a great idea and did exactly what Laurie had envisioned it
\nwould. I consider Laurie to be the Mother of the Glass Art Guild of Utah
\nfor having the vision to create it, the ambition to organize it and the
\ndetermination to keep it going through those early difficult years to make
\nit into the great organization it is today. She will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n
Kerry Transtrum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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