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Happy New Years! - 2017 is going to be a great year for fused glass!

Happy New Years! – 2017 is going to be a great year for fused glass!

Happy New Years! Every year I try to set goals for my fused glass. I also review my goals from last year to see how I did. I’m looking forward to this year and learning new techniques.             2016 was a great year for me […]

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Fused Glass Sepia Sign

Fused Glass Sepia Sign

I blog about my good friend, Marilyn, all the time and the different fused glass pieces that I make for her.  Well recently I made some custom photo fused glass magnets for her (I made some for me as well).           Then this month while I […]

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Blog, Holiday Messages

Merry Christmas 2016

Merry Christmas 2016

I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas. I had a great Christmas and was able to spend sometime with my husband and daughter.  I also got to speak with my son and I got to spend time with two of my good friends. Yep it was a great Christmas.   […]

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My Thick Scenic Fused Glass Painting

My Thick Scenic Fused Glass Painting

In November I took a painting class with Shelley Long. I finally picked it up today. OMG it’s so beautiful I had to show it too you. It’s 1 inch thick. It’s so beautiful, I just love it.  I especially like the aspens! It’s amazing and the firing schedule was […]

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Respect for Fused Glass Instructors

Respect for Fused Glass Instructors

I love taking fused glass classes from amazing teachers like Bob Leatherbarrow, Tanya Viet, Amanda Taylor, etc. I love learning their techniques and meeting other glass artists that love fused glass as much as I do. Another thing I like doing is buying their fused glass artwork.  This piece is […]

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Art, Blog, Fused Glass, Night lights

Fused Glass Lantern - 4 panel

Fused Glass Lantern – 4 panel

Last month I showed two different types of lanterns with my fused glass. Here is another type of lanterns with 4 panels of glass. This one I put 1 powder print (flames, 2 clear textured, and a orange / red. Obviously I can make panels with decals, custom, colored art […]

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Art, Blog, Fused Glass, Fused Glass Events

My Last Show of the Season

My Last Show of the Season

So this weekend was my last show of the season. I enjoy seeing my old friends and making new ones. I want to congratulate M. Ward she won our drawing for $25 free fused glass. You can look through my sites www.elegantfusedglass.com, my Etsy store, or my artfire store. If […]

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Art, Blog, Custom, Fresh from the Kiln, Fused Glass

Screen Printed Fused Glass Serenity Prayer!

Screen Printed Fused Glass Serenity Prayer!

I did it, I screen printed the serenity prayer on fused glass. It took me forever but Isn’t she beautiful. The first one didn’t turn out because white isn’t strong enough to stand up to the background. I wish it was because the white against the aventurine blue was beautiful. With this […]

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Another type of fused glass lantern

Another type of fused glass lantern

Last week I showed you a lantern with several tiny fused glass panels. This week I thought I’d show you a bigger lantern with larger fused glass panels. This one I put some dolphin fused glass pieces and then I put some confetti glass in.  Glass likes to shrink when […]

by × November 27, 2016 × 0 comments

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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. My husband, daughter, and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We drove over the Colorado mountains to the western slope, specifically Delta to see his family.  It was a great weekend. We had Thanksgiving at his sister Nancy and stayed with his […]

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My Painting on Glass Class with Shelley Long

My Painting on Glass Class with Shelley Long

I just took a great class with Shelley Long. This was my 2nd painting on glass class with Shelley. She is a fabulous teacher. I also really enjoyed the other ladies in my class. Wonderful and talented women. The technique that Shelley taught us this time was several layers of […]

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Ft Carson Holiday show

Ft Carson Holiday show

This weekend I had a show at the Ft Carson Army Base.  Yes I’m Air Force but all of the military is kind of family.  It was a small event, albeit I had some great customers come by. I love meeting new customers but I really love it when my […]

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Getting Ready for My Fused Glass Shows

Getting Ready for My Fused Glass Shows

I’m getting ready for my 4 up coming art shows and for my store in Denver. One of the fused glass Items I’m working on is my night lights. You can see I have a whole little forest of fused glass night lights.  Every color and combination of trees.   […]

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Finished my Fused Glass from New York

Finished my Fused Glass from New York

Last year I took a class in New York and blogged about it.  I didn’t finish one of my fused glass bowls. I finally finished it and thought I’d post the final picture. When I left class I left it as a shallow dish. But the next step would make […]

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