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Fused Glass Fall and Winter Aspens

Fused Glass Fall and Winter Aspens

            As many of you know, I live in the beautiful state of Colorado and we have Aspen trees everywhere (including our front yard). I love how they change colors and I love their straight skinny (envious maybe) trunks. Therefore, after taking Anne Nye’s class […]

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Celebrating American Craft Week

Celebrating American Craft Week

            For those of you who read my Fused Glass newsletters and blogs on a regular basis not I love to learn. To further enhance my knowledge I recently started getting “Craft Report Magazine”. There are some really amazing and diverse artists in America. In […]

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Halloween and Christmas Fused Glass

Halloween and Christmas Fused Glass

            Since October is just a few days a way I thought I’d add my Halloween Fused Glass. In addition to the pendants I have on site I also have nightlights, earrings, and tie tacks (I’ll try to get them on as soon as possible).  […]

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What are Millefiori & Murrine? And how are they used with Fused Glass

What are Millefiori & Murrine? And how are they used with Fused Glass

                In some of my Fused Glass work you may see the words Millefiori or Murrine and you may not know what they are so I thought I’d write a blog about both. The Millefiori is an ancient technique (first appeared in the […]

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Is Fused Glass Art?

Is Fused Glass Art?

            In my August’s blogs, I discussed how I started in Fused Glass and the various Fused Glass classes I have taken. My two favorite forums about Fused Glass are my Boot Camp Group with Tanya and Glass Campus group put on by Dennis Brady. […]

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Book Review - Glass Artist Studio

Book Review – Glass Artist Studio

            I love to learn about fused glass whether it is through classes (see August Newsletter / Blogs), ebooks, or actual books. I also like trying new products therefore, I thought I would write a few book reviews on the various books I have in […]

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Fused Glass Aspens

Fused Glass Aspens

      Hello Everyone, I had the best weekend last weekend. Diane my good friend came down to Colorado Springs and we had 3 days of Fusing Glass. I had gone to her house a last month and we did a myriad of fused glass techniques we learned in […]

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Buy 2 Fused Glass Earrings get the 3rd for FREE!

Buy 2 Fused Glass Earrings get the 3rd for FREE!

            Buy 2 Fused Glass Earrings get the 3rd (equal or lower price) for FREE! From any of my sites Fused Elegance / Elegant Fused Glass by Karen / Etsy, or Artfire. You can even mix sites. For instance you are on my Etsy site […]

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Custom Fused Glass Lawn Art

Custom Fused Glass Lawn Art

        Wow this was an interesting Fused Glass project I just finished. It is a decorative fused glass lawn art. If you didn’t read my August’s Fused Glass Newsletter a little background first: I was at Diane’s house (a good friend and fellow glass artist) and I […]

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Fused Glass Frit Painting

Fused Glass Frit Painting

        So I think I have established I love learning new fused glass techniques. One of my favorite things to do is read blogs from great fused glass artists. One such fused glass artist is Anne Nye. Anne creates these stunning and vibrant landscapes made with fusing […]

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My Class with the Tapestry Master

My Class with the Tapestry Master

                Nope it’s not another blog about Tanya OK a little. In my last blogs I talked (quite lengthy) about the Fused Glass workshop I took from Tanya Veit from AAE. What I didn’t mention is during Extreme Fused 2 one of Tanya’s […]

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My Fused Glass Boot Camp!

My Fused Glass Boot Camp!

                      So I took Extreme Fusing 1 and 2 with Tanya Veit from AAE. Now the Pinnacle of all Fused Glass Classes – Boot Camp! Now I’m retired Air Force so I know what boot camp is but Tanya – […]

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My Extreme Fused Glass 2 Class

My Extreme Fused Glass 2 Class

              In my last blog, I told you about my first experience with a fused glass class with Tanya Veit (from AAE). I just fell in love with her personality and her incredible talent for fused glass and teaching so when she offered Extreme […]

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My Extreme Fused Glass Jewelry Class!

My Extreme Fused Glass Jewelry Class!

            In a recent blog I discussed my love of learning especially regarding Fused Glass. In that blog I mentioned I have taken Fused Glass classes from some of the finest world renowned Fused Glass artists/instructors – Tanya Veit, David Alcala, Anne Nye, etc., and […]

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