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Fused Glass

Fused Glass Star Tree Topper

Fused Glass Star Tree Topper

One of my customers asked me if I could make her a fused glass star tree topper. It was a bit of a challenge, but I love it when my customers ask me to do something I’ve never done before. Here are some pictures of my fused glass star, you […]

by × November 21, 2021 × 0 comments

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New Fused Glass Ornament for 2021

New Fused Glass Ornament for 2021

In 2020 I made special ornaments to represent Covid. So this year I decided to make a special Christmas ornament for 2021. It’s a syringe to represent the vaccination. I think they turned out pretty cool. I didn’t make many of them and I took one into work. I’m curious […]

by × November 19, 2021 × 0 comments

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Winner of Liberty Art Show - 2021

Winner of Liberty Art Show – 2021

Last weekend I had my first art show in over a year. It was great seeing my customers again and sharing my love of glass. Here are a few pictures from my show. As always I held a drawing for those who signed up for my newsletter – the winner […]

by × November 19, 2021 × 0 comments

Fused Glass

Fused Glass Tree Stands

Fused Glass Tree Stands

I love making fused glass Christmas ornaments. Additionally I like making stand alone (no pun intended). These little fused glass Christmas tree stands are wonderful. I haven’t glued the trees onto the stands yet so they can easily be changed out. I’m sure this design will also work for other […]

by × November 12, 2021 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Dot Jewelry

Fused Glass Dot Jewelry

I love fused glass jewelry. There are so many techniques and they are all beautiful. I’ve mentioned Tanya Veit many times, she’s an immensely talented fused glass instructor. She did a video a couple months ago on what I’ll call dot jewelry. I thought I’d do a quick post about […]

by × October 30, 2021 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Hummingbird

Fused Glass Hummingbird

I love hummingbirds, I find them beautiful and fascinating. So many memories of hummingbirds. The first year I was in Colorado Springs I went to a hummingbird festival and learned so much about them (like their tongue splits and wraps around it’s brain). I also remember the first time I […]

by × October 30, 2021 × 3 comments

Fused Glass

Gift of Hearts

Gift of Hearts

Last month I wrote a blog about selling some of my glass scrap. Well one of the people who bought some glass from me sent me a beautiful gift, actually she sent me 5. She sent me fused glass hearts that she makes. They are very beautiful and very large. […]

by × October 24, 2021 × 0 comments

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An important symbol ";"

An important symbol “;”

One of the aspects of fused glass that I love is it’s versatility. I make fused glass with various symbols including ribbons and puzzles in addition to the zodiac and Chinese symbols. But one that you may not know about is the semicolon – ; normally they are tattoos but […]

by × October 24, 2021 × 0 comments

Inner Circle

Westcliffe - Fall or Winter

Westcliffe – Fall or Winter

We went to Westcliffe this weekend, I wanted to share some of our trip in this post. I so love it when there is snow on the Sangre De Cristo mountains, It’s funny we have a bit of a routine when we go to Westcliffe but we also try to […]

by × October 18, 2021 × 0 comments

Fused Glass, Home Decor

Fused Glass Ornaments

Fused Glass Ornaments

This post are about some new fused glass ornaments I just created. The technique and decals came from a fellow artist and I love them. They were inspired by stained glass. These are 3 fused glass “stained glass inspired” ornaments that are very transparent. The first two have dichroic glass […]

by × October 17, 2021 × 1 comment

Fused Glass, Home Decor

Organic Fused Glass - Coral or Lace?

Organic Fused Glass – Coral or Lace?

There are several funny parts to this story about these fused glass pieces. First I made a dish years ago and used it as a napkin holder. And I loved it so much that I gave it to Sky for her new apartment. Below are pictures of it, in it’s […]

by × October 11, 2021 × 0 comments

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Rocky Mountain Arsenal - Denver CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal – Denver CO

For those who follow my post you know I live in Colorado and you know I love Colorado and I enjoy seeing parts of Colorado. Well this post is about a side trip we made this month since we were in Denver for the Meet The Artist at Tulip Gifts […]

by × October 11, 2021 × 0 comments

Art, Fused Glass

Meet the Artist at Tulip Gifts and Cards

Meet the Artist at Tulip Gifts and Cards

Last month I wrote about the meet the artist event at Tulip Gifts and Cards. It was a wonderful event! Sharon did a fabulous job hosting it. I love the way she displays my fused glass art as well as all the other amazing artists. Here are some photo’s of […]

by × October 11, 2021 × 0 comments

Commercial, Fused Glass

Two more Commercial Orders Completed

Two more Commercial Orders Completed

I mentioned a few months ago I had several big commercial fused glass orders orders. Well I’m finishing up two of the orders this month. The first one is this beautiful transparent blue fused glass soap dishes. The picture on the left shows some of the different phases. Of course […]

by × September 26, 2021 × 0 comments