I recently had an order for 200 fused glass ivory soap dishes for a hotel in Arizona. I enjoy making fused glass for hotels and restaurants. I love that hotels both big and small respect glass art and want handmade glass in their wonderful hotels. As you know I give […]
In the DYK I wrote about my friend Merle and the class with her friends. I also wrote a post how Merle and I did traded glass for one of her beautiful gourds. She also took some glass dots to add to her gourds. Here are some pictures of my […]
A few months ago, I made a couple fused coral or lace sconces. These “layered” fused glass sconces are a bit different, yet similar. I love this technique and think about make more. They look great with or without a candle behind them. I also put a little iridized in […]
If you’ve ever been to one of my shows you know how much I love fused glass snap jewelry. I recently got several new snap bases. I really like the sun; it has a rainbow effect. I love the colors. I love how the snap bases can take various sizes […]
Recently two friends of mine bought a studio from the family of a wonderful artist who had passed away, Maxine. One friend chose the flamework supplies and one friend got the stained glass and fused glass supplies. My friend gave some of the unfinished stained-glass pieces to a stained-glass artist […]
I don’t know about y’all I’m so ready for spring. Recently I added some glass to some of metal plant hangers. I have three types of plant hangers: butterflies, dragonflies, and hummingbirds. I’m not sure which ones I like best. Here are my Butterfly Plant hangers. I could add more […]
I had a business trip last month to LA and as it turned out it was only 15 mins from my son’s house. I was able to see my son, my daughter-in-law, and of course my beautiful granddaughter. As I watched her play, I was mesmerized, she’s so beautiful and […]
I love it when I get a custom fused glass order that is a bit challenging. One of my restaurants consistently challenges me all the time with new dishes. This time he wanted a unique shaped dish. I love this mold and hand cut all of them to match the […]
Recently I watched a great tutorial by Mark Lauckner, regarding pressing cane. I enjoyed it very much and made a few pieces using the technique. I modified the technique a bit and I love the results. Here are some of my pendants. I also made some fused glass pressed cane […]
I love making custom glass with photos on them. I’ve written numerous posts about the Photo Glass pieces I’ve made; I print the pictures and then bake them onto the glass. I’ve wanted to make this for momma this piece for about 3 years now. My mom is turning 85 […]
I am very lucky to have my fused glass in a wonderful shop in Denver Colorado called Tulip Gifts and Cards. On April 1st and 2nd they are going to have a special event to celebrate their 1 year Anniversary. I hope you get a chance to go visit them. […]
My good friend, who loves to challenge me regarding glass, asked me if I could make fused glass window covers for her new house. We picked out the glass colors, we measured the windows, and I made some test pieces. Here are some pictures of the fused glass covers in […]
I know ya’ll are probably bored with my posts of Westcliffe, but I never do. We love it. On our way over Hardscrabble pass. The trees were all laden with snow, it was so beautiful. We also saw some big horn sheep. On the way home we saw some too. […]
In last month’s Newsletter I wrote about adding gold to some of my fused glass pieces. I like the gold so much that I added the gold so much. I like the washi paper so here is the fused glass butterfly and flower with the washi paper and the other […]
