A famous fused glass Artist Boyce Lundstrom coined the phrase never refuse to refuse and I’m a firm believer in that. Earlier this month and last month I wrote blogs about refusing broken glass pieces. This one is about a fused glass piece that […]
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner I thought I’d let ya’ll know just a few fused glass presents for that special person! Fused glass functional pieces like center pieces, Flowers, poker guards, pendants, and event though I didn’t have room there’s also earrings, wine stoppers, and everything you can […]
One of the myriad of reasons I love fused glass is how other art-forms can be incorporated into fused glass. I’ve mentioned art clay, stamping, flowers, and so many other arts. In several of my Facebook groups I follow I came across a post about Rangoli, according to Wikipedia “the […]
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 […]
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 […]
This past weekend I had a booth at the Liberty HS craft fair and as always my fabulous fused glass newsletter friends showed up to support me. I also met a more kindred glass spirits. People that see my glass for what it is, beautiful artwork. It felt so great […]
This past weekend I had a booth at the Smoky Hills HS in Aurora. I had a good time talking to my fellow vendor (who makes amazing fudge) and made some new friends as well. I had several people sign up for my newsletter / enter my $25 Fused Glass […]
Just wanted to show off some of my fused glass dichroic pendants. These are all handmade fused glass dichroic pieces. The can be worn as pendants or if you don’t like jewelry they can be changed into either […]
Great news. At the Woodland Park Art Festival, I had someone approach me to sell my fused glass artwork in a Denver shop. She came over last night and picked out some pieces to see if they will work in her shop. I’d love to have my fused glass in […]
Just a quick blog on a few of my fused glass bracelets. I have fused glass bracelets in link, cuff, and snap on my websites (Fused Elegance, Elegant Fused Glass by Karen, Etsy, and Artfire). I also have fused glass […]
Just wanted to show off my new stunning fused glass dichroic butterfly wing pendants. These are all handmade fused glass dichroic pieces. The can be worn as pendants or if you don’t like jewelry they can be changed […]
With Father’s day coming up I wanted to show a few fused glass pieces for men. When most people think about fused glass for women or for the house but it’s just not true. Fused Glass is for everyone including men. As shown in the picture there are Fused glass […]
There are two main types of COE that I use and I’ve blogged about coefficient of expansion (COE) of fused glass many times. As I mentioned before COE is how glass expands and contracts when it heats and cools. When glass is the same COE and is considered fusible it […]
April New Fused Glass Mold – Tree of Life In keeping with my new rule of writing a blog about my molds I picked up a great mold the other day – the Tree of Life bottle slumper mold. Slumping is basically giving shape to a piece of glass. But […]
