Living A Colorful Vision

in Bayport is hosting its annual art show Saturday at 1 p.m., featuring private studio tours and a chance to etch your own piece of glass.

If you have never been, Colorful Visions Art and Glass Studio is exactly how it sounds. Colorful. Vibrant. Beautiful.

Located in the same building as , Colorful Visions houses a plethora of delicate glass intricacies handcrafted by owners Sandy and Kathy Seff.

The mother-daughter duo from Bayport have been in the glass-making business for more than 25 years. It started as a home hobby for Sandy, the mother, and slowly grew into a business. Sandy opened up the current shop in 2001.

“I loved colored glass ever since I was a little kid,” Sandy said. “I used to love to watch the light come through the glass and totally change the image.”

Sandy’s daughter Kathy, 36, said she started helping her mother at their home studio when she was young.

“I started getting into glass artistry because I hated doing dishes,” she admitted with a chuckle. “I said I would help my mom in the studio if I didn’t have to do the dishes as my chore.”

Soon enough, Kathy fell in love with shaping glass, creating vases and other glass sculptures just like her mother Sandy. The artist's daughter began working full time at the shop in 2004.

“I love making dishes,” Kathy said. “Anything with colors and a lot of stripes!”

Kathy said they started hosting the art shows four years ago to generate business and increase the volume of special projects, including windows and glass plaques. Right now, Kathy said they are working on a glass project for the FDNY and also the .

Colorful Visions is making special engraved plaques to be given at Friday’s Chamber of Commerce Membership Appreciation Dinner.

Kathy said a part of the art show peope find fascinating are the discussions. The Seff's educate attendees on glass; what “Tiffany” really means when talking about glasswork or lamps. The dragonfly design is not the telltale sign.

“‘Tiffany’ could mean two things,” she said. “It could mean that it’s Louis Comfort Tiffany’s design and made somewhere else, or it could mean that the maker used the same method of sealing and connecting the glass.”

Kathy said even though it’s a lot of work, she enjoys hosting the art show each year. She said people don't usually realize that everything in the store is handcrafted right at the studio, and she hopes the art show will help the community recognize what they do.

Open House and Studio Tour information

, 813 Montauk Hwy, Bayport

Nov. 19-20, 1 p.m.