In January I wrote blogs about my class with Patty Gray and I wrote about my bubble soap dishes that I couldn’t find well I found them in the oddest place. I really like this technique! The white one on the right is the jaws at the top. […]
There were other fused glass techniques I learned from Tanya that I won’t be doing blogs about this month. The first time I did fused glass tapestry was with Tanya, as art. The one on the left is the one I learned at Tanya’s and the second one I learn […]
Another fused glass technique I first learned from Tanya is pattern bars. Actually she taught several types of pattern bars. The original fused glass piece we made in class has several techniques including: pattern bars, flash glass, and powder printing. This blog I’m only going to focus on fused glass […]
For February I’ve focused on larger functional fused glass artwork, but I also wanted ya’ll to see some of the pendants I’ve been working on. In case you were curious yes I’ve made so many new fused glass snaps as well!! All sizes!! […]
I’ve been focusing on fused glass techniques I learned from Tanya. One technique I learned from her was the crackle technique. As you know the father of crackle is Bob Leatherbarrow, however the first time I tried it was with Tanya, she taught it with jewelry then she taught it […]
In the first big fused glass boot camp I took with Tanya she taught us sandblasting. The owl is still one of my favorite pieces that I made. She made us do it as homework and it took us all week, but I love it!! I keep it in my […]
I have been busy this month revisiting old fused glass techniques. However, I had some fused glass bowls I didn’t like all that much. For anyone who comes to my shows or reads my blogs know that if I don’t like a fused glass piece that I made then I […]
As I mentioned in my last blog I am focusing on the fused glass techniques I learned in two of Tanya’s big Bootcamps. In this blog I thought I’d write about fused glass strip construction, I learned it in the first large project bootcamp. Typically when creating fused glass you […]
Last month I focused on fused glass techniques I learned from a Patty Gray class I took. For this month I’m going to focus on some fused glass techniques I learned from Tanya Veit from AAE Glass. I’ve written about Tanya many many times. The first time I met Tanya […]
I’ve been revisiting fused glass techniques from my class with Patty Gray. First I want to tell you a kind of funny story. This was one of my favorite fused glass techniques Patty taught us so it was one of the first ones I redid. I made 2 soap dishes. […]
This month I am focusing on a class I took with Patty Gray. I really enjoyed the class and one of my favor fused glass techniques she taught us is what I like to refer to as windows. When my son was around 16 he was in an AP […]
As you know my blogs for January are focusing on my fused glass class with Patty Gray. As with the other fused glass technique I’ve written about this month I love this technique. Patty calls it jaws and I really like it. It’s fun and easy and I think it’s […]
2017 is the Year of the Rooster according to Chinese zodiac. The Year of the Rooster will start from Jan. 28, 2017 (Chinese New Year) and last to Feb. 15, 2018. Rooster is almost the epitome of fidelity and punctuality. For ancestors who had no alarm clocks, the crowing was significant, as it could awaken […]
One of my New Years goals for my fused glass is I have decided to revisit some of my favorite techniques from some of the classes I’ve taken. In Nov 2015, I took a 3 day fusing class with Patty Gray in Denver, Colorado with my good friend Pam. I […]
