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Thank you and Congratulations to the Fused Glass Winner of the Coronado HS Bazaar

Thank you and Congratulations to the Fused Glass Winner of the Coronado HS Bazaar

It’s that time of year where I participate in several Arts and Craft bazaars where I sell my fused glass artwork. Last week I announced the winner of the Sugar plum gift mart (Sharon C). This weekend I participated in Coronado’s Holiday Bazaar. I must admit since so many of […]

by × October 30, 2015 × 0 comments

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fused glass Rings

fused glass Rings

Just a quick blog on a few of my fused glass rings.  I have fused glass rings in copper, gunmetal, silver plated, and silver.  Most of my fused glass rings are adjustable and can fit anyone. If you would like a ring changed to steriling silver there is an extra […]

by × October 25, 2015 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass winner -  Sugar Plum Food & Gift Mart

Fused Glass winner – Sugar Plum Food & Gift Mart

This past weekend I had a booth at the Sugar Plum Food & Gift Mart at the Colorado Event Center. I had a lot of wonderful friends come by and I also made some new friends as well. What a great time; I had some fabulous conversations, made some amazing […]

by × October 22, 2015 × 0 comments

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Wet Belt Sander for fused glass

Wet Belt Sander for fused glass

When I was at Bob Leatherborrow’s workshop in Canada earlier this year I had the opportunity to use a wet-belt sander. I must say I loved using it for the edges of bowls and plates. Bob gave us some pointers to make it even easier so I really wanted one. […]

by × October 17, 2015 × 0 comments

Art, Blog, Fresh from the Kiln, Fused Glass

My Glass blowing class

My Glass blowing class

          One thing about me is I like to check a place out before I truly commit. I did that with Leslie (of course it only took me minutes to decide she was amazing), I did that with Aquila, and I did that with Live, Love, […]

by × October 14, 2015 × 0 comments

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My visit with Aquila Art Glass Studio and my first Borosilicate flameworking

My visit with Aquila Art Glass Studio and my first Borosilicate flameworking

                  While in Portland I also visited Aquila Art Glass studio. I met Don, one of the owners. He was very gracious and showed me his working studio. Not only do they teach fused glass they also teach flameworking. More than teaching […]

by × October 10, 2015 × 0 comments

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My Trip to Uroboros Factory Tour

My Trip to Uroboros Factory Tour

          During my trip to Portland for my bullseye workshop I also went to a Uroboros factory. I’ll be honest I didn’t know anything about Uroboros until I took this tour. Ken was extremely helpful and so was Carmen. Ken gave us (there were 3 of […]

by × October 7, 2015 × 0 comments

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Casting glass at Bullseye Factory in Portland

Casting glass at Bullseye Factory in Portland

So while I was at the bullseye factory in Portland we got the once in a lifetime opportunity to cast / make our own glass! I’ve done a lot of fun things with glass but this was the most fun and exciting thing I’ve ever done. It was also a […]

by × October 4, 2015 × 0 comments

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Fresh from the Kiln - September

Fresh from the Kiln – September

            I received a request for another commercial fused glass order and they wanted industrial looking these are a couple examples that I chose. I like it when I’m asked to create different types of fused glass for commercial orders. It makes it a little […]

by × September 30, 2015 × 0 comments

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Additional bullseye tours

Additional bullseye tours

        While we were at bullseye we also got to tour the bullseye owner’s house. One thing I loved was the owner was one of the original partners from 1974! That is so cool to me. They like to do tours so people can see how to […]

by × September 27, 2015 × 0 comments

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My Bullseye Workshop techniques

My Bullseye Workshop techniques

On Monday I started blogging about my bullseye trip, so today’s blog is going to talk about the techniques we used in the workshop. Our class was a special class created for bullseye glass distributors students “Explore Bullseye Workshop”. Our class was with Tanya Viet because we are all students […]

by × September 24, 2015 × 0 comments

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My Bullseye Fused Glass Workshop

My Bullseye Fused Glass Workshop

              What a fabulous 9 days I had in Oregon!! I did so much there is no way I can only write 1 blog, not even 3 blogs will be enough, but I’ll try to keep it to 7 blogs but they may be […]

by × September 22, 2015 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Mud experiment

Fused Glass Mud experiment

Over the Labor Day I spent the weekend in Denver with my daughter. She went to desu kan anime conference. While she was at the conference I had planned on going to some of the glass shops in Denver, albeit they were closed due to the holiday. Since I had […]

by × September 13, 2015 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass hair accessory

Fused Glass hair accessory

                      Just a quick blog on a few of my fused glass hair accessories.  I have fused glass hair accessories in hair bands, bobby pins, alligator clips. barrettes, snaps, and more. I also have fused glass snap barrettes for large […]

by × September 11, 2015 × 0 comments