Articles by: Karen

Art, Custom, Fused Glass

Displaying Fused Glass

Displaying Fused Glass

A good friend of mine sent me a picture of three of the fused glass art sculptures she bought from me last year. I love seeing how people display my fused glass artwork. In the picture below you can see my friend has two fused glass mushroom lights, my sun […]

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Fused Glass, Fused glass kit, Home Decor

Fused Glass Pebble Kits

Fused Glass Pebble Kits

I love fused glass pebbles or dots whatever you want to call them. They are so pretty and relatively easy to make, I make them all the time. I use them on mirrors, frames, as embellishments, to name a few. Anyway when I was making my most recent pieces I […]

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Fused Glass, Home Decor

Fused Glass Night Lights

Fused Glass Night Lights

This month I’ve made several new fused glass night lights and I thought I’d show them off. These first ones are made with iridized glass, ironically I made flowers. I also use both switch lights and sensor switch. I love my nightlights they are such pieces of art. These two […]

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Art, Fused Glass, Home Decor

Autumn Fused glass

Autumn Fused glass

One of my goals for this year is to use one of my molds a month. I’ve had this wonderful mold that I’ve never used. I had this great piece of organic clear glass and decided the two were made for each other. In addition to making this fused glass […]

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Art, Blog, Custom, Fused Glass, Holiday Messages, Jewelry

Fused Glass for Valentines day

Fused Glass for Valentines day

First as I mentioned in my Resolution / Goals blog I want to try to use not only my glass but my findings I’ve been hoarding (I mean saving). I always say everything looks better with glass. These little cases are actually mirrors. I always have little fused glass dots […]

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Art, Blog, Fused Glass, Glass Trips

My Trip to Bullseye

My Trip to Bullseye

As those who follow me know my son had a daughter last January and this January my daughter and I went to see my son, daughter-in-law, and of course my granddaughter. She is so beautiful and so smart, I can’t tell you how special it was for me to see […]

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Accessories, Fused Glass, Poker Guard

Custom Fused Glass Poker Guards

Custom Fused Glass Poker Guards

I’ve been making fused glass poker guards for quite some time. Glass makes a perfect poker guard and since my husband is a big poker player I’ve made him several. That being said these two poker guards are definitely new for me. As I mentioned they were a custom order […]

by × January 19, 2019 × 0 comments

Fused Glass, Holiday Messages, Home Decor

Happy New Year - Glass goals

Happy New Year – Glass goals

Happy New Year 2019!    Every year I do a review of my glass activities I accomplished during the previous year. 2018 was a great year for me — family, professionally, and in glass.  As far as my family life; my daughter is still doing great in college, my granddaughter […]

by × January 3, 2019 × 0 comments

Blog, Holiday Messages

Merry Christmas 2018

Merry Christmas 2018

I want to wish all my customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. My family and I had a very simple yet wonderful Christmas. My Husband and I decided to give time as our big present. I had a calendar made and we each wrote what we […]

by × December 26, 2018 × 0 comments

Fused Glass, Home Decor

Enamel fused glass tests

Enamel fused glass tests

In preparation for my large Kokopelli I did some tests. This is the first piece I made in preparation. I used photo resist, sandblasted, then applied the enamel. It looked a bit light but I thought it was because it was on clear glass. I like to make little dishes […]

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Art, Blog, Custom, Fused Glass

Largest Fused Glass Artwork

Largest Fused Glass Artwork

I was asked to make a custom kokopelli in glass a few months ago. It turned out to be my biggest piece I’ve ever made 16×24 inches. It was also pretty challenging and tough piece to make. I wanted to do it as a screen print but the only resist […]

by × December 26, 2018 × 0 comments

Art, Family, Fused Glass, Home Decor

Fused Glass Clock with interchangeable pictures

Fused Glass Clock with interchangeable pictures

I’ve blogged about my beautiful granddaughter several times. She is about to turn 1 year old. To celebrate her birthday I made my son a fused glass clock with 4 pictures of Mzia. The cool thing is the pictures can be changed out. They are magnetic so when they want […]

by × December 19, 2018 × 0 comments

Art, Blog, Mosaic

Lighted Block Mosaic

Lighted Block Mosaic

I’ve taken several glass mosaic from a wonderful teacher here in Colorado Springs. Recently I took another mosaic class from Cathy, a lighted block mosaic. I’ve really grown to enjoy mosaics and I think the lighted block mosaic is my favorite. I chose to make a winter scene instead of […]

by × December 19, 2018 × 0 comments

Fused Glass, Home Decor

Red and White Iridized Bowls

Red and White Iridized Bowls

During my Doherty Craft Show I was asked to make a red and white iridized bowl but for the life of me I can’t remember her name.  If you wanted me to make you a red and white bowl please email me. I actually made two fused glass bowls for […]

by × December 19, 2018 × 0 comments