While I was in Canada at the “Studies in Powder” class. One of my favorite topics when we all talked was about our favorite fused glass books. Bob recommended the book “Steal Like an Artist” by Austin Kleon. It’s a tiny little book […]
OK, I must be losing my mind! In January I wrote a New Year’s fused glass resolution blog, or so I thought. Since it’s July ( I hope everyone has a great 4th of July), and the year is 1/2 over, I thought I’d review […]
I love my molds – I’m pretty addicted to them. Which is why I’m using a mold each month, that I haven’t used before, and posting a blog to show it off. I especially love the textures. So July’s Fused Glass Mold is a Sun. One place I get my […]
In my last fused glass blog I wrote about how great the ladies were in my class with Bob Leatherbarrow (including Liesbeth). For this blog I wanted to talk about Bob and the glass itself. As I mentioned before, I will not provide any secrets. Bob teaches and will be […]
Earlier this month I wrote a review on two eBooks by Paul Tarlow “Waste Not! Fused Glass Projects Using Scrap Glass 1 & 2”. As I mentioned in that review when fused glass artists create glass pieces whether it’s jewelry or art pieces we have a lot of what we […]
For those who follow my blogs know I took a 5 day course with Bob Leatherbarrow “Studies in Powder” or crackle last week. I’ve taken other classes that included crackle and I just recently bought a eBook about crackle so some have asked me why fly up to a little […]
Bullseye glass is so cool they have a myriad of different types of glass that are very interesting. Two very unique types of bullseye glass I want to show off tonight is steel blue and opaline glass. I love the steel blue glass because when you fuse clear glass on […]
There is so much to fused glass, techniques, glass, molds, etc. I enjoy all of the above. I’m constantly learning new techniques, buy various types of glass, and of course molds. Of course the best of all worlds is to combine special glass, techniques, and molds together in one special […]
When fused glass artists create glass pieces, whether it’s jewelry or art pieces, there is a lot of what we call “scrap” or leftover glass. Moreover, sometimes when we create fused glass pieces some of the pieces don’t turn out quite as well as […]
With Father’s day coming up I wanted to show a few fused glass pieces for men. When most people think about fused glass for women or for the house but it’s just not true. Fused Glass is for everyone including men. As shown in the picture there are Fused glass […]
There are two main types of COE that I use and I’ve blogged about coefficient of expansion (COE) of fused glass many times. As I mentioned before COE is how glass expands and contracts when it heats and cools. When glass is the same COE and is considered fusible it […]
There is so much going on with this fused glass bowl I can’t believe it. I’m not sure if you can tell just how stunning this piece is. It’s got silver, pebbles and reaction. Plus it’s a beautiful shade of emerald green. Not to mention I […]
I am so blessed to know so many amazing artists. Yesterday, I met an incredible fused glass, stain glass, and mold artist, his name is Paul Hathcoat. He has been a stain glass and a fused glass artist for over 30 years. Sadly he is going out of business after […]
Every month I’ve been writing blogs about my myriad of fused glass molds. Recently I watch a video on how to use a mold that connects a fused glass drop vase to a base. I like fused […]
