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Guess what's in the kiln!

Guess what’s in the kiln!

Guess what I’ve been up too. Actually quite a bit, I’ve been fusing like crazy because I have a big show this month and it’s my first time at this location. More information will be in my Newsletter! This first one is pebbles (crackle but it looks like pebbles). Wait […]

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Finished the custom fused glass order

Finished the custom fused glass order

So last week in one of my blogs I showed you some custom fused glass pieces that I created. These are the fused glass coasters that I finished. I think they turned out really nice and my customer liked them as well.                 […]

by × June 10, 2016 × 0 comments

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Custom Fused Glass pieces from my kiln

Custom Fused Glass pieces from my kiln

Crazy busy week I just got home from my month long trip. It’s so good to be home. I put some custom orders in the kiln as soon as I got home. This is  a set of Fused Glass coasters, albeit they aren’t quite done. I’m going to put a […]

by × June 2, 2016 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Mushroom lights

Fused Glass Mushroom lights

Last week I did a blog about my fused glass garden Mushrooms. I love them they are so great. In fact  here are a few more fused glass garden mushrooms. (the bottoms aren’t on because it’s difficult to take a picture unless they are in the ground.       […]

by × April 15, 2016 × 0 comments

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Clean my Studio or Fuse Glass - Which Did I Chose?

Clean my Studio or Fuse Glass – Which Did I Chose?

So it’s the first week in April so guess what I’ve been up to?  That’s right taxes. It took a while but I got it done. Matter of fact I even decided not do glass until I got my taxes done. I’m glad it’s done, I’m very happy with myself. […]

by × April 4, 2016 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass - What Did I make?

Fused Glass – What Did I make?

Since last month’s DYK is about how I start a fused glass I thought I’d show you a fused glass piece that had so much potential I changed my mind 3 different times!  As I create pieces whether it’s a dish or pendant there are left over pieces so I […]

by × March 30, 2016 × 0 comments

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Busy Fusing Beautiful Functional Art

Busy Fusing Beautiful Functional Art

I’ve had a fun fusing month, not only am I doing another commercial order, I’ve also been busy making some fused glass functional art.  I like to create fused glass pieces that are both beautiful and functional. This first fused glass platter is quite large 13″ x 6″.  I really […]

by × March 27, 2016 × 0 comments

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Flameworking with Borosilicate

Flameworking with Borosilicate

I love creating fused glass, but I also love any type of glass. So I have taken a couple of flameworking classes (see my past blogs). However the borosilicate class I took wasn’t too in-depth so I thought I’d take another one.  Leslie recommended I take one with Glasscraft. So […]

by × March 23, 2016 × 1 comment

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Which Fused Glass Bowl Did They Choose?

Which Fused Glass Bowl Did They Choose?

In January and February. I blogged about one of my fabulous customers who bought one of my handcrafted fused glass aspens and broke it. I’ve always told my customers if they break a fused glass piece that they buy from me to bring me the pieces and I’ll make them […]

by × March 4, 2016 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Review - Screen Melts

Fused Glass Review – Screen Melts

Each month I tried to do a review of some kind of the myriad of Fused Glass DVDs, E-books, Magazines, tutorials, etc. that I watch or read. I watch several of the Glass Pattern Quarterly (GPQ) webinars. Some I watch during the first run, so to speak, so I can […]

by × February 17, 2016 × 0 comments

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fused glass Votives

fused glass Votives

In addition to my shows and commercial orders, I also make fused glass pieces for the shop in Denver, Tulip,  that show cases my fused glass. The last time I visited Patty she asked me to make some fused glass votives and candle shields. Typically when I fire fused glass […]

by × February 14, 2016 × 0 comments

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February Fused Glass Mold of the Month

February Fused Glass Mold of the Month

The majority of last month I was busy with commercial  fused glass orders so those processes and fused glass pieces monopolized the majority of my newsletter blogs. I got a short break from commercial orders and I’ve actually been enjoying my big kiln for over a week. Wow have I had […]

by × February 12, 2016 × 0 comments

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Screen Melt - fused glass centerpiece

Screen Melt – fused glass centerpiece

Last month I wrote a blog about a fused glass bowl I made out of the remains of once was a beautiful fused glass Aspen sconce. As I mentioned in that blog that the Aspen was so large (with a little extra glass), I was able to make two bowls. […]

by × February 8, 2016 × 0 comments

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What's in the Kiln?

What’s in the Kiln?

I don’t think I’ve ever taken a picture inside my big kiln, this blog will change that. I have so many awesome pieces in the kiln I thought I’d show a quick snapshot before shutting the lid.     This is whats called a slump fest I 13 different pieces […]

by × January 29, 2016 × 0 comments