Do you have drawers, boxes, or shelves full of keepsakes, trinkets, and sentimental objects you can’t bear to part with — but don’t know how to display? For many people, these little treasures, or as Dee refers to them, 'Gathered Curiosities', stay hidden away, gathering dust, instead of telling the stories they hold.
That’s exactly the problem artist Dee Gray set out to solve with her online course, Gathered Curiosities: The Art of the Glass Cloche. By teaching students how to transform everyday objects and meaningful keepsakes into elegant displays under glass, Dee helps turn clutter into beauty and memory into art.
Before this course:
- Precious keepsakes hidden in drawers and boxes
- Flea market finds with nowhere to go
- A longing to display treasures, but no idea how
- Inspiration… but no clear direction
After this course:
- One-of-a-kind cloche displays that tell your unique story
- A beautiful way to celebrate memories, heirlooms, and found objects
- The skills to create seasonal, thematic, or decorative cloches with ease
- Confidence in transforming ordinary items into extraordinary art—whether for gifts or your personal collection
What you will learn inside:
- How to select and style glass domes in various shapes and sizes
- Four creative cloche building approaches, from florals to layered narrative pieces
- Which adhesives work best for specific applications
- Dee's signature brass rod technique for elevating seashells and other treasures
- How to curate themes and add vintage details, and create harmonious compositions
- Technical tips on sizing vessels, assembling multi-level bases, and avoiding common frustrations
Students also receive:
📖 A detailed PDF with tools, materials, and resources
📸 A gallery of Dee’s finished cloches for creative inspiration
💡 A Q&A section in each segment of the course for guidance and support
This course is more than a lesson in display—it's an invitation to storycraft. It's about honoring the things you already love and giving them new life in timeless, conversation-sparking arrangements.
If you've ever wished you could turn your sentimental clutter into elegant, meaningful displays, Gathered Curiosities: The Art of the Glass Cloche is just what you’ve been waiting for.
Your Instructor
Dee Gray is a mixed-media artist, creative director, and art instructor whose work is rooted in nostalgia, storytelling, and the beauty of timeworn treasures. Through her artistic brand, Gathered Curiosities™, she creates soulful works assembled from found objects, vintage remnants, nature, and forgotten fragments of the past.
A lifelong gatherer of curious things, Dee is drawn to rust, patina, tarnished metals, faded papers, antique imagery, weathered textiles, and objects that carry a sense of history. Her work often incorporates vintage jewelry, old photographs, ephemera, antique lace, Frozen Charlotte dolls, worn trophies, salvaged metals, dried botanicals, and meaningful keepsakes reimagined into one-of-a-kind art pieces.
Her collection includes vintage-inspired collages, mosaic vessels, healing houses, slow-stitched fabric art, glass cloches, and assemblages inspired by another era. Each piece is thoughtfully layered with texture, symbolism, and heartfelt messages intended to resonate deeply with the collector.
Nature also plays an important role in Dee’s creative process. She is continually inspired by organic textures, aged surfaces, and the quiet poetry found in imperfect things. Her work celebrates the connection between memory, healing, nature, and personal reflection.
In addition to creating artwork, Dee travels nationally and internationally, teaching mixed-media workshops and retreats, encouraging others to embrace creativity, intuition, and meaningful self-expression through art.
The work of Gathered Curiosities offers more than handmade art — it invites discovery, nostalgia, and emotional connection. Each creation is intended to feel as though it has been lovingly unearthed from a forgotten attic, old garden cottage, or cherished family collection.
Course Curriculum
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StartThe Art of the Glass Cloche: Tech Guide
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StartFrom Dee’s Studio: Cloches to Inspire”
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StartPDF Tools, materials and resources for download
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StartCourse overview (0:23)
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StartGathered curiosities (5:44)
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StartFinding the perfect glass vessels (2:24)
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StartAdhesive overview (1:15)
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StartAdhesive overview
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StartCleaning and adhering the glass cloche to the base (5:57)