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'Hearts of Hope'</a><br>
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By Matt Nagle When Army combat medic James Tanabe was sent to serve in
the Middle East several years ago, his mom, Tacoma <b>glassblower</b>
Bonnie Burns, <b>...</b><br>
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<p><big>When Army combat medic James Tanabe was sent to serve in
the Middle East several years ago, his mom, Tacoma glassblower Bonnie
Burns, wanted to send him away with something special to remember her
by. She put two small glass hearts in his hand – one yellow and one
red, white and blue – which he then put in his pocket and carried with
him until he returned safely home. Since that time Burns has made
hundreds, if not thousands, of such hearts for soldiers to keep in
their pockets, and she’s determined to keep going until the United
States is no longer at war and all servicemen and women are back in the
arms of their loved ones.</big></p>
<p><big>Burns has touched the lives of so many soldiers through
“Hearts of Hope” that she lost count long ago. She just remembers the
hugs and tears. Spending time regularly at air bases in Washington and
California, she recalls handing hearts out to soldiers marching past on
their way to deployment overseas and their gratitude touched her
deeply. In the past few years her hearts have been distributed among
deploying military units locally out of Ft. Lewis and McChord, and
Travis and Beale Air Force bases in California.</big></p>
<p><big>“The hearts are to let (the soldiers) know that we love
and care about them and pray for their safe return,” Burns said. “When
they’re feeling stressed or lonely, they can grab that heart and know
their family loves them.” With her other son, Anthony Tanabe, having
just re-enlisted in the Army and promoted to sergeant, Burns knows very
well a mother’s pain that comes with knowing her sons are serving in
wartime. She also knows that profound sense of pride in their bravery.</big></p>
<p><big>She recalls the stories soldiers have shared with her
about the little glass hearts that pack so much power. “That heart
helps them carry on with their mission because they know their loved
ones are back here waiting for them. You never know what stories are
going to come out of these hearts,” Burns said. Like this one: “My wife
sent me one of these hearts, and every night I would kiss it and put it
by my bedside and tell her I love her.” Another told her, “I never went
on a mission without this heart because I believed it was my good luck
charm to bring me home safe, and it did.”</big></p>
<p><big>Burns’ Hearts of Hope pocket hearts are available for
purchase at her studio/gallery in her home at 1334 S. Fawcett and
online at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://www.BonnieBurnsGlass.com" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">http://www.BonnieBurnsGlass.com</a>.
Right now she’s offering a two-for-one deal: For every pocket heart
purchased, Burns will send a second heart to a deployed soldier, and
she puts extra effort into finding soldiers who have no one back home
sending them care packages. The hearts can be made in any color and are
sent with a card explaining the Hearts of Hope program. “It has been my
goal to see that every deployed member of the American armed forces
receives a glass-blown heart,” Burns said. “I really need people to buy
these hearts.”</big></p>
<p><big>An accomplished glassblower, Burns said she is proud to
have established the first glassblowing studio in Tacoma in 1982. The
artist works in her at-home studio with several of her talented
glassblowing friends – David “Savory Dave” Chattin, Brian Isaacson, and
her son Sean Burns. All are skilled at making everything from dramatic
fluted vases and exquisite bowls to pendants and beads. Using
techniques different from “soft glass,” which uses the more familiar
blowpipe method where molten glass is gathered from a white-hot
crucible, Chattin teaches classes on how to work with “hard glass,”
where students sit or stand at a table and use a stationary blowtorch
to make a large and colorful glass bead in a one-hour class for $35.
Four hours of hard glass instruction is $125, and all supplies are
included.</big></p>
<p><big>Bonnie Burns and her crew offer some of the least
expensive glassblowing classes in town, and each of them gives a
thorough hands-on instruction so that students are involved in every
step of the process. She teaches novices how to make egg-shaped
paperweights, hearts or glass ball floats in a one-hour class for $30,
or two can take the class for $75. Then, if students wish to pursue
learning, they can develop their skills to make bowls and vases and
other vessels in all kinds of styles. All materials are included in the
fee. Burns offers eight classes for $675, six classes for $575, and
four classes for $395 with groups of four discounted to $350.</big></p>
<p><big>With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Burns invites
those who would like to try glassblowing to make something special for
Mom this year or give her the gift of making her own glass creation.
This weekend Burns is hiding plastic Easter eggs around her house, and
a few will hold a free paperweight, which entitles the holder to a free
class on how to make a paperweight of their own. She’ll also be having
a sale in her gallery.</big></p>
<p><big>Whether making a gift purchase or signing up for a class,
money spent at Bonnie Burns’ Glassblowing Studio and Gallery will go
toward supporting her efforts to care for our troops through Hearts of
Hope and help her to maintain her modest studio, which Burns rents to
artists to blow their glass. For more information, visit <a
href="http://www.BonnieBurnsGlass.com," target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">http://www.BonnieBurnsGlass.com,</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>e-mail<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:BonnieBurns@harbornet.com"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">BonnieBurns@harbornet.com</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or call (253) 627-6556.</big></p>
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