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Samples of my Fused Glass Commercial soap dishes

Samples of my Fused Glass Commercial soap dishes

                  This month I’ve been blogging a lot about my commercial / production fused glass orders. I mentioned that I have representatives helping me get commercial fused glass orders. Sometimes they email or call me and ask for something specific. Sometimes they […]

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Fused Glass Bowl and Texture Molds

Fused Glass Bowl and Texture Molds

                As I’ve mentioned many times. I love molds and I can’t seem to get enough of them. This fused glass bowl used two different types of molds. A texture mold and the slumping mold (square bowl). The nice thing about a texture […]

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Fused Glass - Circles can be fun!

Fused Glass – Circles can be fun!

This is kind of a continuation of my last blog regarding commercial fused glass orders. One of the many challenges for me with fused glass is cutting circles. So imagine my dismay when for one of my commercial orders I had to make 10 huge fused glass bowls. Since the […]

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Commercial Fused Glass

Commercial Fused Glass

Over the last few months I’ve told ya’ll that I’ve created fused glass for commercial customers. For this blog I’d like to expand on it a little. Especially since I am working on two separate commercial fused glass orders right now and all of my kilns are filled so I […]

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Fused Glass Sunflower night lights - December Fresh from the Kiln

Fused Glass Sunflower night lights – December Fresh from the Kiln

                During my last Craft show after seeing my aspen night lights, I was asked by one of my customers if I could make a sunflower night light. So for December’s fresh from the kiln I thought I’d make a couple. I’ve always […]

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What a busy fused glass Week

What a busy fused glass Week

Want to know why I didn’t blog on Wednesday.  It’s because I just finished working between 12-14 hour days for the last 12 days. It was a crazy and a lot of hard work but I love my day job. Even with those crazy hours I was able to finish […]

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Fused Glass Activity

Fused Glass Activity

Wow I’m so crazy busy,  I didn’t even do a fused glass blog on Wed. I’m doing a myriad of fused glass custom orders: 4 night lights, a poker guard, cuff links, a pendant. I also just finished 100 fused glass soap dishes for a commercial order. I’m also sending […]

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My Last Fused Glass Showing for the Season & Winner of Doherty Drawing

My Last Fused Glass Showing for the Season & Winner of Doherty Drawing

I just complete Doherty HS Craft Bazaar. It’s my last show of the season so it’s kind of bitter sweet. I always love seeing my old friends/customers and love meeting new ones. I’m not sure when my next show will be so it’s kind of sad. I can’t tell ya’ll […]

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Thinking out side the shape of fused glass

Thinking out side the shape of fused glass

I’m not sure if I mentioned it already, but a couple of months ago I had a customer asked me if I could turn my fused glass green-man into a mantel sconce like my Aspens. Then at my last show I had another customer ask me if I could turn […]

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Never throw away art glass - it can be refused

Never throw away art glass – it can be refused

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I sure did. It’s always good to see family. So I always tell my fused glass customers if you break a piece of art glass don’t just throw it a way I can always make something with it for you, i.e., refuse […]

by × November 28, 2015 × 0 comments

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Happy Thanksgiving - More Fused glass from class

Happy Thanksgiving – More Fused glass from class

Just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. We as Americans have so many things to be grateful. During this time of turmoil it’s even more important to remember all of the things and people we are thankful for. God has truly blessed us with this wonderful country. […]

by × November 25, 2015 × 0 comments

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Rampart Craft Show

Rampart Craft Show

Wow 3rd show in three weeks and Rampart was one of the best. I love showing off my fused glass. I sold several special pieces to special people who know amazing fused glass artwork when they see it. It’s funny even though I make a myriad of fused glass artwork, […]

by × November 23, 2015 × 0 comments

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November - Fused Glass Fresh From the Kiln

November – Fused Glass Fresh From the Kiln

As I’ve mentioned numerous time, I love to learn different techniques for fused glass. Glass is the best medium in the world because you can do so much with it. One of the most inventive fused glass teachers I’ve ever met is Tanya Veit. I’ve mentioned her before and eventually, […]

by × November 20, 2015 × 1 comment

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My Fusing class with Patty Gray

My Fusing class with Patty Gray

As I’ve mentioned several times I love learning new techniques in fused glass. One fused glass instructor that has been on my list since I began fusing, is Patty Gray. I was lucky enough to attend her 3 day workshop in Denver and what made it even better is one […]

by × November 13, 2015 × 0 comments