Dobbins Studios Division of Dobbins Enterprises LLC

01/05/2019

A recent memorial project for a dear friend.

11/24/2017

Don't forget, this weekend open studio:
Saturday from 10 to 5 and
Sunday from Noon to 5 pm
86 Southfork Extension.
Help support local businesses!!

Black Friday.....shopping.....you realize it's a drug, right? Few people will save as much money as I will today......so neener-neener-neener.....
How, you ask? I'm staying away from retail stores and malls. However, tomorrow is Small Business Saturday.....and better to enrich someone local than to line the pockets of a corporate board of directors somewhere so they can park their financial gains offshore.

11/15/2017

Open studio holiday hours this month:
Sun Nov 19 Noon to 5 pm
Saturday Nov 25 10 to 5 pm
Sunday Nov 26 Noon to 5 pm
Call for directions 473-9203

11/15/2017

Haven't posted for a while. Here are a couple of items.

03/28/2017

Another unusual project: blasting DNA on a blown glass piece that represents a blood cell.

03/28/2017

Looks like it has been a little while since I posted. Guess it's time for some more pictures of projects. Let's see, there was this chess board we did on an existing piece of glass that was brought to us.

12/19/2016

As we are approaching the end of another year, I am sitting at home in the middle of the first winter storm that is coming our way; the first real snow is falling and the winds are blowing steadily. Listening, I am remembering the following lines by Rumi:

On a day, when the wind is perfect
the sail just needs to open
and the world is full of beauty:
today is such a day.

May your hearts always be open to the beauty around us and be compassionate with all beings. May you find peace, health and happiness in the coming new year, and do what you love.

We still are doing what we love, and we hope that we can continue to walk that path together in the coming year. We appreciate your support and your business and look forward to a prosperous New Year for all of us.
We will be closed December 26th and January 2nd.
Call us for an appointment to see us in our studio. If you are from out of stste, we can communicate by email and we ship anywhere.

Happy Holidays! Be safe!
With warm wishes,
Ruth and Damian

Dobbins Studios
www.dobbinsstudios.com

1-888-ETCHPRO

11/23/2016

We are certified New Mexico True!

11/23/2016

Looks like we are heading towards the end of this year, and again: what a year it has been! With all that is happening in the glass world and the world at large, it becomes ever more important to see what we value and how we want to spend the time that was given to us, for it is not infinite. The loss of several cherished people in my circle reminds me of that every day.

Damian and I want to thank all of you, our customers who are supporting us, from the bottom of our hearts: because of you we are still able to hang in there, to work with the people and the media we love. This is what we want to do and will, as long as we can. We wish all of you and your families a blessed holiday. I keep hearing the late Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" in my mind and another one does not seem to want to leave me the last few days, and so I will share it with you:

THE CIRCLE GAME - Joni Mitchell

Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like, when you're older, must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
And they tell him,
Take your time, it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

And go round and round and round
In the circle game

Thanks for supporting this local business.
Sincerely,

Ruth Dobbins
Dobbins Studios

10/23/2016

07/11/2016

Blasting a name plate and adding a little shading to the logo.

07/11/2016

One of the awards I completed recently, shown without the base. The crystal clear triangle is blasted from both sides and color-filled. The design was created by Judy Chicago.