I’ve taken several mosaic classes from my good friend Cathy. With the pandemic Cathy is teaching online classes. She’s a great teacher and so much fun! This past weekend I took a mosaic slate with with her. Mosaics is so relaxing. It turned out wonderfully. Here is a picture before it’s […]
There are various types of decals for fused glass. One type of decal is the custom ones I made for the memorial pieces I made. I print them out on special decal paper. It’s a bit of work so when I do that I always different types. Here are a […]
One of my focus areas for the new year was to use products that I buy. I bought a mold for making bases for votives. The kit came with the mold for the bottom, drill bits for drilling the holes, and of course light fixtures that fit perfectly into the […]
For Christmas I made a co-worker a beautiful purple and green fused glass bowl. I love this spirit glass but, shockingly enough I can’t find a picture of the bowl I made her. It’s similar to bowl below, but I put an elephant in one of the corners. She liked […]
Last month I received an email from a beautiful young lady who recently lost her husband. Her story really touched my heart, such a tragedy. She wanted to know if I could make a fused glass memorial pendant for her and another one for her sister-in-law. She also asked me […]
For the last three years my amazing husband have gone snowmobiling. The first time in 2019 we went to Breckenridge, in 2020 we went to Steamboat Springs, and this year we went back to the Breckenridge area. Instead of staying in Breckenridge we stayed in Frisco this time. I like […]
I use my little kiln on a daily basis so it’s not a big surprise when the relay goes out. I can tell on this particular kiln (Paragon SC3) because normally it clicks pretty fast but when the relay is going bad it clicks much slower and doesn’t get up […]
With Valentine’s Day coming up I wanted to show a couple of my new fused glass hearts. These first two are hanging fused glass hearts. The left one is made with frit and the one on the right is made with little cabochons on iridized textured glass. Since I made […]
I’ve made fused glass trees e.g., aspen, etc. many times before but these are a new technique. I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned Tabitha before, she’s a fused glass instructor in Croatia. I really enjoy her videos, she’s so much fun to watch. Anyway she did a video on these […]
One of my Fused Glass goals for 2020 and 2021 was to use the glass and findings that I have on hand. Yes my name is Karen and I tend to buy glass and findings then like them so much I don’t want to use them. I know it’s ridiculous! […]
While I was making the scenic pendants I fell in love with the “part sheets” I decided to use some of them as bases for fused glass flower pendants, magnets, etc. I’ve made them before and I love them so much it’s difficult not to make more of them. Here […]
Sometimes when I make a fused glass art piece it just needs a little something extra. Whether it’s a bowl that doesn’t have a flat bottom. (I talked about this earlier this month.) Adding a base really makes the difference. In addition to adding a removable base for bowls vase […]
I have had many fused glass instructors over the years and Tanya Veit from AAE Glass is one of my favorites. The first class I took from her when she was still doing traveling classes, It was mind blowing! I’ve taken numerous classes in her studio in Florida and watched […]
I’ve wanted to write this post for a long time. The frit is from a fellow artist named Val Cox. It’s extremely bright and colorful and so fun to use. The first thing I like to do is to make test sheets. Here are two of my test examples. It […]
