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ove of the Caribbean scene is what led Polish born Artist Maria McClafferty to Grenada 14 years ago. She was living in London, having just finished a huge commission for “Harrods” “I did the “Egyptian Hall” and the escalators in Harrods, all of their bronze pieces, the head gears everything, it was a million pound (1million pounds) commission and it took nearly a year to complete, but I had a team of 10 people working with me... it was fantastic.” Through a mutual friend she was introduced to Grenada and after a two week trial period, she was in Love, and as an Artist inspired , “I never run out of ideas here, even though My work completely changed
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after arriving here” working with glass for over twenty years first as a stained glass artist, etching on glass, sandblasting, and then fusing glass in kilns has now become her predominate medium. Her newest endeavor “Paradise Glass”, produces ‘one of a kind’ Art Jewelry Pieces inspired through her heartbreaking “Ivan” story of 2004. “ I did this big stained glass window at the Catholic Cathedral in St. Georges, and in one night, five years of my work was blown out and shattered ! ” ...After that she started designing jewelry, explaining that now “its not about one big piece that will disappear!” Using colored glass developed by NASA. high powered Kilns and an
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