During one of my shows a great customer of mine bought one of my favorite bowls. It was a red screen melt bowl. It was hug, thick, and beautiful. Here is a picture of me and Carla with it. Literally the next day she told me it broke. We didn’t […]
My good friend Lela asked me if she could put my some of my fused glass in her Bed and Breakfast. What an honor, her bed and breakfast is beautiful and I love seeing my fused glass in such a beautiful place. Here are a few of the rooms with […]
I blogged about a Fused Glass class that I took with Laurie Spray in Sept last month. After reading my blog one of my customers told me I should make some more to actually sell, so I made 3. I think they are fantastic!! The cool thing about the flowers, […]
This month my new mold is my oval dam mold and then an oval shelf ring mold. As I was going through my glass I found some blue glass and I thought it would be perfect for this mold. I think they turned out really well, I love the transparent. […]
I mentioned in an earlier blog that I am cleaning up my studio. One of the things I had a lot of was glass that I never finished including frit. So I made a several fused glass pendants. These are casted pieces. I had an entire jar of blues and […]
I have been so crazy busy these last few weeks. In addition to work, going to Steamboat, etc. I’ve been working on cleaning and organizing my studio. First I organized my molds. BTW have I mentioned I have hardly found a mold I didn’t like? I have all kinds of […]
Something people may not be aware of unless you are a glass artist is kiln repair. To get it right This is from JenKen’s site, “Kiln relays are found in the kiln’s control box and are responsible for switching the power to the kiln’s elements on and off.” Each of […]
I’ve blogged about my fused glass “Buddha’s” (Kwan Yin) several times, because I like them so much. I make my Buddha’s with ceramic molds by Laurie Spray. She’s an amazing artist and I’ve blogged about her several times as well. In addition to the Buddha molds, Laurie’s made several of […]
I love creating commercial / production fused glass art. One of the places I create functional glass for is a wonderful restaurant in Aspen. The head chef always challenges me with new requests. I’ve made several dishes for him including Caviar dishes, platters, and bowls. I’ve been working on a […]
I recently took another trip to Ottawa Canada for a business trip. It was freezing, but so pretty. I really love Canada, it’s such a wonderful country and amazing people. Here are just a few pictures from my trip. I just love the canals and the architecture. If you get […]
The Winner of the Doherty Craft Fair, is Bernadette. I’ve emailed Bernadette and hopefully she will contact me soon. Below are pictures of my booth at the Doherty Craft Fair. See my baby? I actually wasn’t there Saturday until 3pm but Dan and Sky did a great job. Then Sky […]
When creating glass jewelry most of the time it’s made by gluing a fused glass cabochon to a base. Sometime after a lot of wear the glue can fail and the glass will come off. One of my long time customers brought in a couple of her fused glass pieces […]
During the Doherty craft fair one of my favorite customers asked me if I could do something with a glass bracelet that she broke. It was a beautiful purple dicrohic glass bracelet. Below are the broken pieces. I wasn’t sure what COE the glass was but I did a test […]
Something that you may not know is most metals, except for gold or fine silver, tarnish. Most of the time I use a sunshine cloth to keep my jewelry looking new. It cleans gold, silver, brass, copper, and glass. But I had a couple of really tarnished pieces and didn’t […]
