I had a fun order recently for fused glass textured dishes. I love adding texture to dishes it makes clear much more interesting and fun. They wanted 4 rectangle and 4 round clear dishes with a spiral texture. Aren’t they awesome? I love the champagne bubbles. I also 4 blue […]
Recently I saw an article about uranium glass that glows under florescent light. I found it fascinating and I read up on it; here is some of the info I learned. Uranium glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before […]
I’ve written about Tulip’s in Denver several times. I’m very lucky that they have some of my fused glass in their shop. It’s changed hands a few times and the new owners came by to checkout my studio and to drop off some pieces and to pick up new pieces. […]
Sky and I made candles recently so we decided to make some bath bombs as well. Here are some of the supplies and some of our finished pieces. It was fun but it’s also pretty messy! I just wish I had more citric acid so we could make more. Of […]
I’ve always loved honey bees, so I made some fused glass honey bees. They are perfect for so many things. Here are some of my fused glass bees. Some bees are on stems and two are on magnets. Now how to display them. Well they are small and can go […]
In March or April I made a lot of glass bottles vases, I made so many that I decided to make some into candles. Today my daughter Sky and I made some candles. Here are some of the glass bottle candles I made. I made the candles a little dark […]
In March and April I wrote two DyK’s about recycled bottles. I thought I’d show you what I made with some of the tops of bottles. I love recycled bottles. Here are some using different colored bottoms. I like the different shapes of bottoms and tops. I can include a […]
After taking my glass with Craig Mitchell Smith last month I went crazy making some fused glass vases. It’s not the same technique but I am very happy with them. The first two are a beautiful amber. I really like the bases. The bottom two are really fantastic. The red […]
My cousin just redid her bathroom and wanted a fused glass soap dish. I made her a few options. She wanted blue and gray soap dish. I made her 4 options, the problem I’m not sure which is my favorite! I think they are all awesome. I really love making these little […]
One of my friends and loyal customers is moving out of Colorado next month and as a gift I made her a very special fused glass “aspen” nightlight special in it doesn’t look like my “normal” aspen nightlights. As you can see I added a lot of dicrohic dots, a heart, […]
Last month when I got an order for recycled bottle cheese platters. I mentioned to him that I was trying to think of what to give him has his gift for purchasing the bottle cheese plates. He told me what he could really use was something to hold lollipops in. […]
I’ve taken several mosaic classes from my good friend Cathy. With the pandemic Cathy is teaching online classes. She’s a great teacher and so much fun! This past weekend I took a mosaic slate with with her. Mosaics is so relaxing. It turned out wonderfully. Here is a picture before it’s […]
One of my focus areas for the new year was to use products that I buy. I bought a mold for making bases for votives. The kit came with the mold for the bottom, drill bits for drilling the holes, and of course light fixtures that fit perfectly into the […]
With Valentine’s Day coming up I wanted to show a couple of my new fused glass hearts. These first two are hanging fused glass hearts. The left one is made with frit and the one on the right is made with little cabochons on iridized textured glass. Since I made […]
