First full disclosure, I’ve “talked” to Mark Hufford (Fused Glass Artist / Painter) many times via Facebook, email, and messaging. In fact, I begged him to teach here in Colorado and I’m ecstatic that he will be teaching in Denver next year (yes, that’s how booked he is)!! Obviously, I’ll […]
I love textured molds, whether it’s an image like the Tree of life or just a design texture. July’s mold of the month is a texture mold called Lady in the Woods and she’s beautiful. Similar to green man, but it’s a woman with flowers. The interesting thing about textured […]
I’ve always found glass painting fascinating and I’ve watched countless videos but I have always wanted to take a class. I just learn better with hands on. Next year I am taking a class with Mark Hufford (a great glass painter). During one of my many conversations with Mark he […]
I have been busy, busy making fused glass photo stands. I love these matter of fact I’m keeping one. It’s light purple and dichroic (both expensive glass) so instead of trying to explain why it’s twice as expensive as the others. I really love […]
My mold for August is a Fused Glass wine rack mold. I chose a beautiful piece of glass so I didn’t change it a lot other than fused it with apiece of iridized glass which gives it depth. The glass as aventurine green, white, purple and really amazing. […]
I love my fused glass night lights and one of my favorite of course is the tree of life. I have several types of the Tree of Life decal, some gold and black, gold and white, only white, only black. I put them on pendants and I also love putting […]
I know I’ve blogged about this before but, one of the the aspects of fused glass that I love is if you don’t like it you can refuse it. When I took the glass class with Amanda in New York I mentioned that I broke one of my fused glass […]
There are many ways to create a fused glass vases, most of which I’ve blogged about before. Fused glass Handkerchief vases. They can be made with round glass or square glass, big or small. This is a fused glass handkerchief vase with handmade glass and clear glass on the […]
In order to do well in the art community you have to get into shows. The best shows are typically juried. To get into those shows you have to have great photographs. The jury looks at the pictures to decide what handmade items are the best and allowed into the […]
Before I got really crazy busy I was writing one blog a month about a new mold each month. I know it’s been a while but I have some cool molds so I thought I’d start writing my mold of the month again. This is a cool mold it’s a […]
So I just finished 3 fused glass bowls. I can leave them as bowls they are little 5 inch dishes that are perfect for pretty much anything. But the bottoms on them are awesome too! […]
A few years ago I took a class and learned how to create fused glass drop vases. I really enjoyed the class and made 2 beautiful vases. Problem is when I got home I made a couple but broke them when I cut the […]
So last week in one of my blogs I showed you some custom fused glass pieces that I created. These are the fused glass coasters that I finished. I think they turned out really nice and my customer liked them as well. […]
Father’s Day is just around the corner so I thought it would be good to remind you of some possible Fused Glass options. I have several fused glass items perfect for all types of Dads, tie tacks, cuff links, poker guards, […]
