# Studio D Glass

> Studio D Glass is the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania studio of artist Ernie Dettore (full name Ernest Dettore), who makes original, handmade glass mosaics from salvaged glass, ceramic and repurposed frames. Pieces are sold and commissioned by inquiry.

## Key facts

- Artist: Ernie Dettore — educator, writer and glass mosaic artist
- Background: classroom teacher, professor, researcher, and advocate for art in early childhood
- Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (grew up in the Rankin and Braddock area)
- Medium: glass mosaic
- Materials: salvaged stained glass, sea glass, bottles, glass gems, ceramic and tile; repurposed frames (window frames, a wooden door)
- How to buy or commission: inquiry form at https://www.studiodglass.com/contact
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/studio_d_glass/

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.studiodglass.com/): overview and selected work
- [Gallery](https://www.studiodglass.com/gallery): all mosaics
- [About Ernie Dettore](https://www.studiodglass.com/about): biography
- [Contact](https://www.studiodglass.com/contact): inquiries

## Works

- [African Rain](https://www.studiodglass.com/gallery/african-rain): Stained-glass mosaic of red, green, blue and amber shards set in a weathered dark wood window frame. Materials: Salvaged stained glass, weathered wood window frame. Status: Inquire.
- [Tuscan Garden](https://www.studiodglass.com/gallery/tuscan-garden): Glass and ceramic mosaic of colorful flowers in yellow and blue-and-white pots on a deep blue ground, in a white frame. Materials: Salvaged glass and ceramic, repurposed white frame. Status: Inquire.
- [Once in a Blue Moon](https://www.studiodglass.com/gallery/once-in-a-blue-moon): Glass mosaic reading Blue Moon, with a beer glass of yellow glass gems and a moon of teal and yellow gems among blue glass shards. Materials: Salvaged glass and glass gems. Status: Inquire.
- [Frosty, Crystal, and Chilly](https://www.studiodglass.com/gallery/frosty-crystal-and-chilly): Framed glass piece of three snowmen made from clear and blue glass discs beside a green glass evergreen tree, on textured glass. Materials: Clear and blue glass discs on textured glass, repurposed frame. Status: Inquire.
- [I Girasoli](https://www.studiodglass.com/gallery/i-girasoli): Glass mosaic of yellow sunflowers on a cobalt blue ground, set in a brown wooden door frame against shingle siding. Materials: Salvaged glass, repurposed wooden door frame. Status: Inquire.
- [Play Out-Slide](https://www.studiodglass.com/gallery/play-out-slide): Glass and tile mosaic of two toy figures sliding down a light blue stream between green glass hills and trees, in a dark wood frame. Materials: Salvaged glass and tile, repurposed dark wood frame. Status: Inquire.
- [Not all fish want to be seen](https://www.studiodglass.com/gallery/not-all-fish-want-to-be-seen): Glass mosaic of a speckled brown fish hidden among green, orange, red and blue sea glass, in a dark wood frame. Materials: Salvaged glass and sea glass, repurposed dark wood frame. Status: Inquire.
- [Shard-o-nay](https://www.studiodglass.com/gallery/shard-o-nay): Glass mosaic of cobalt, clear and amber shards around a blue wine bottle, bordered by glass gems, in a red wood frame. Materials: Salvaged glass, a blue wine bottle and glass gems, repurposed red wood frame. Status: Inquire.