{"id":140,"date":"2011-01-28T17:36:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2020-04-01T11:09:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T18:09:38","slug":"toni-johnson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/bios-such\/toni-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"#Toni Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born and raised on Vancouver Island, Toni Johnson discovered glass through her mother; Victoria Johnson.&nbsp;&nbsp; The glass hobby quickly turned into a passion, leading Toni to Ontario where she graduated from the Crafts and Design program at Sheridan College majoring in Glass.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1550 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/JWP_08792web-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"jwp_08792web\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/JWP_08792web-227x300.jpg 227w, http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/JWP_08792web-768x1013.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/JWP_08792web-776x1024.jpg 776w, http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/JWP_08792web.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As far as Toni can remember, she has always been a maker.&nbsp; Quilting, mosaics, crocheting, and felting, she has always found herself taking from her surroundings and making beautiful things.&nbsp; But her true passion lies within the hot shop where she can sand cast and blow glass.&nbsp; Her work is heavy in texture and rich colors exhibiting a real west coast feel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artist Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em>Glass is my answer.&nbsp; It is my path.&nbsp; It is only when I am creating that I feel like I am going in the right direction in life.&nbsp; You might think it\u2019s the intense heat, the beauty of molten glass or the rush of completion; but that\u2019s only part of it.&nbsp; Making allows me to express myself through process, design and sometimes even the finished product.<\/p>\n<p>Glass is a challenge, the process is rather cathartic, enjoying the freedom and control the glass has over me.&nbsp; I am forced to push limits and sometimes explore the medium on an unconventional level which just makes my job creating that much more satisfying.&nbsp; Sometimes I leave the studio feeling defeated, but every other time I leave feeling empowered and content.\u201d ~ Toni Johnson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Born and raised on Vancouver Island, Toni Johnson discovered glass through her mother; Victoria Johnson.&nbsp;&nbsp; The glass hobby quickly turned into a passion, leading Toni to Ontario where she graduated from the Crafts and Design program at Sheridan College majoring in Glass. As far as Toni can remember, she has always been a maker.&nbsp; Quilting, mosaics, crocheting, and felting, she has always found herself taking from her surroundings and making beautiful things.&nbsp; But her true passion lies within the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3024,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3176,"href":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions\/3176"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tideline.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}