Fused Glass Parties
I have written about my wonderful friend Diane in several blogs. We took a boot camp from Tanya Viet last year and learned 15 different fused glass techniques, most were for fused glass platters and bowls. However, […]
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Metalsmithing with Lexi Erickson
I really love how metal (silver, copper, etc) enhances fused glass. So you guessed it, I did a web search for metalsmithing instructors in Colorado. Guess who I found? The highly published and world-renowned Lexi Erickson. I do not just pick the first artist […]
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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
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
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
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?
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
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
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 (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
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
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
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!
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 – […]
