New Art Glass, Recycled Art, Pottery and Handcrafted Jewelry in 2009!

The kids are FINALLY back to school (oh I remember the days when I thought a two-week vacation proceeded by a snow day was a good idea! ) and I've had a few days to reflect on the 2008 holiday season and think about the gallery in 2009. This is always a fun time of year. It’s buying season! Of course we have already done some of our inventory picks for the year but I always like to wait and see what sold and was requested during the holidays to make room for some last minute changes.

In keeping with our commitment to sustainability we continue to keep and add more recycled/green products. John Cook’s recycled fish were a hit over the holidays so we will be looking at more of his recycled glass creations as well as adding works from our old favorites Fire and Light, and Smart Glass.

Also on our list for this year is to expand our line of art glass perfume bottles (we are currently out!) and garden art. On the technology side, we are planning to tweak the website a bit to make it easier to shop by category rather than just by artist.

And along with the rest of the world, we’ve just added a new specials / sale section. Most of these pieces are from artists from whom we have limited inventory remaining. Every year we “retire a few artists” to make room to feature a few more. It is always sad to do this because we become friends over the years but we realize it has to be done.

So keep checking back to see what is new as we'll be adding new artists and new creations from our existing artists over the next month. Our goal is to make the Red Elephant Gallery the first place you look for unique, usable, hand crafted gifts for your friends and family, and of course, yourself.