I love glass and I love figuring out different ways to use my fused glass. I’ve been learning a bit about resin and I wanted to see how it works with fused glass. Plus, since my kilns are full with my new fused glass production order I thought it would […]
I mentioned in an earlier blog this month I went back to Rhode Island. I’ve been to Newport twice before an I wanted to go to Thames glass and do a quick glass blowing intro. The last time I did glass blowing it was in Oregon. I enjoyed it very […]
I’ve blogged about my fused glass flower pockets before. This time I thought I’d make some fused glass flower hangers, which instead of sitting they hang. The first fused glass hanging pocket, is a triangle. I fused some vitrigraph on top and used stainless steel […]
In April of 2017 I did an entire newsletter on Creative Paradise’s molds. I love their creative paradise’s texture molds. I used some different colors in my fused glass mantle sconces. This first one is iridized white, lady in the woods. She’s beautiful and she looks amazing with the light […]
It’s spring time so I made some pretty fused glass wind chimes. I made them with brass chain, stainless steel chain and copper wire. I think they are all pretty cool I even took some to my store in Denver. This fused […]
I’m so in spring mode, albeit here in Colorado we don’t always have a spring. Today was beautiful, but tomorrow it could be a blizzard. Anyway, I just wrote a blog about my fused glass mushrooms and last month I wrote about fused glass garden stakes. So while I was […]
While I was in Emeryville visiting my Son, Alyssa, and brand new baby girl. I got a chance to go to the bullseye resource center. One of the things I love about bullseye is they show artists work. This time they showed, 3 fused glass artists. The first was Susan […]
While I was making my vitrigraph pieces I came across some glass that I wanted to refuse. Some were donut pendants that I found too large. So I decided to cut them down. I really like them now. They were casted fused glass donuts and I cut off the sides, […]
I mentioned Sandy in another blog. She has amazing taste for real art. Anytime she comes she picks the most unique pieces. In my woodland park show she bought my first fused glass fish. In the Doherty show Sandy chose several pieces. My fused […]
Melanie is another one of my friends and amazing customers. She recently started a new job with foster children in El Paso county. I love children and wanted to support both the children and Melanie. So I donated over a 100 fused glass pendants. I included chains/cords and put them […]
As I’ve mentioned, I really enjoyed Doherty Craft Fair this year. Since it was my last show of the season so many of my friends came by to see me. I even remembered to take pictures of a few of them. The first picture is of Sandy, Me, and Cheryl. […]
I’m not sure if most people realize this, but for me when I sell a special piece of fused glass it’s like losing a tiny piece of my heart. Several important fused glass pieces sold a the Doherty craft fair. One of pieces that meant a lot to me is […]
As always I do a drawing for the winner for each craft show I participate in. For Rampart the winner is Lyn. Hopefully Lyn will contact me soon. However, if she doesn’t and you signed up during the Rampart show then you may have an opportunity! I’ve also emailed Lyn, […]
During my show at Woodland Park two of my new fused glass pieces went to good homes. Both pieces we’re techniques I learned from Jodi “Glass with a Past”. I covered her projects in May’s Fused Glass Newsletter. My first fused glass piece was my spinner fish. I’m sure you […]
