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Fused Glass Focus Technique - Kiln Carve

Fused Glass Focus Technique – Kiln Carve

Last month I focused on fused glass techniques I learned from a Patty Gray class I took. For this month I’m going to focus on some fused glass techniques I learned from Tanya Veit from AAE Glass. I’ve written about Tanya many many times. The first time I met Tanya […]

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Fused glass -  painted dots

Fused glass – painted dots

I’ve been revisiting fused glass techniques from my class with Patty Gray.  First I want to tell you a kind of funny story. This was one of my favorite fused glass techniques Patty taught us so it was one of the first ones I redid. I made 2 soap dishes. […]

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Fused Glass Windows

Fused Glass Windows

This month I am focusing on a  class  I took with Patty Gray. I really enjoyed the class and one of my favor  fused glass techniques she taught us is what I like to refer to as windows.   When my son was around 16 he was in an AP […]

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Fused Glass Jaws

Fused Glass Jaws

As you know my blogs for January are focusing on my fused glass class with Patty Gray. As with the other fused glass technique I’ve written about this month I love this technique. Patty calls it jaws and I really like it. It’s fun and easy and I think it’s […]

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Fused Glass Flowers Technique

Fused Glass Flowers Technique

One of my New Years goals for my fused glass is I have decided to revisit some of my favorite techniques from some of the classes I’ve taken. In Nov 2015, I took a 3 day fusing class with Patty Gray in Denver, Colorado with my good friend Pam. I […]

by × January 12, 2017 × 0 comments

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Happy New Years! - 2017 is going to be a great year for fused glass!

Happy New Years! – 2017 is going to be a great year for fused glass!

Happy New Years! Every year I try to set goals for my fused glass. I also review my goals from last year to see how I did. I’m looking forward to this year and learning new techniques.             2016 was a great year for me […]

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Fused Glass Sepia Sign

Fused Glass Sepia Sign

I blog about my good friend, Marilyn, all the time and the different fused glass pieces that I make for her.  Well recently I made some custom photo fused glass magnets for her (I made some for me as well).           Then this month while I […]

by × December 31, 2016 × 0 comments

Art, Fresh from the Kiln, Fused Glass

Fused Glass Pebble Dishes

Fused Glass Pebble Dishes

I have two new fused glass dishes. I made these the same way but I used  light colored pebbles in the green one and dark based ones on the red one. I also added some powder printing two the dark one. The green one is pretty shallow and the edges […]

by × December 20, 2016 × 0 comments

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My Thick Scenic Fused Glass Painting

My Thick Scenic Fused Glass Painting

In November I took a painting class with Shelley Long. I finally picked it up today. OMG it’s so beautiful I had to show it too you. It’s 1 inch thick. It’s so beautiful, I just love it.  I especially like the aspens! It’s amazing and the firing schedule was […]

by × December 17, 2016 × 0 comments

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Respect for Fused Glass Instructors

Respect for Fused Glass Instructors

I love taking fused glass classes from amazing teachers like Bob Leatherbarrow, Tanya Viet, Amanda Taylor, etc. I love learning their techniques and meeting other glass artists that love fused glass as much as I do. Another thing I like doing is buying their fused glass artwork.  This piece is […]

by × December 14, 2016 × 0 comments

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Clear Textured Fused Glass Bowls

Clear Textured Fused Glass Bowls

I just made some pretty cool fused glass bowls.  Most of the time I make bowls full of color, but these fused glass bowls are clear. I also fused them over a spiral textured mold so they have beautiful bottoms.  This fused glass dish is only 5″ across and a […]

by × December 14, 2016 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Lantern - 4 panel

Fused Glass Lantern – 4 panel

Last month I showed two different types of lanterns with my fused glass. Here is another type of lanterns with 4 panels of glass. This one I put 1 powder print (flames, 2 clear textured, and a orange / red. Obviously I can make panels with decals, custom, colored art […]

by × December 10, 2016 × 0 comments

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My Last Show of the Season

My Last Show of the Season

So this weekend was my last show of the season. I enjoy seeing my old friends and making new ones. I want to congratulate M. Ward she won our drawing for $25 free fused glass. You can look through my sites www.elegantfusedglass.com, my Etsy store, or my artfire store. If […]

by × December 5, 2016 × 0 comments

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Screen Printed Fused Glass Serenity Prayer!

Screen Printed Fused Glass Serenity Prayer!

I did it, I screen printed the serenity prayer on fused glass. It took me forever but Isn’t she beautiful. The first one didn’t turn out because white isn’t strong enough to stand up to the background. I wish it was because the white against the aventurine blue was beautiful. With this […]

by × December 2, 2016 × 0 comments