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 […]
One of my Fused Glass goals for 2020 and 2021 was to use the glass and findings that I have on hand. Yes my name is Karen and I tend to buy glass and findings then like them so much I don’t want to use them. I know it’s ridiculous! […]
This month when I was putting away some of my fused glass artwork from my art show, I realized some of my dishes had round bottoms. I like it dishes that are what I call kinetic (move), but some people don’t. So I took some of my favorite molds and […]
Last month I wrote a post about a custom fused glass pyramid I made for my friend of mine. It was beautiful and I enjoyed the challenges involved in making the pyramid. Since I enjoyed making the pyramid I decided to create a couple casted fused glass hearts. I think […]
I wrote a couple of posts a while back about two stained glass classes I took with my good friend Lela. One was Lead and the other was Foil. Lela was so good at stained glass she made one for her mom. When she came over to my home show […]
A good friend of mine recently asked me to make her a fused glass pyramid. You may not know this but fused glass likes to be 6 mm or 1/4 inch thick. What I mean by that is when you put glass in the kiln at full temperatures (1450-1480) and […]
