Recently I saw an article about uranium glass that glows under florescent light. I found it fascinating and I read up on it; here is some of the info I learned. Uranium glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before […]
I’ve mentioned several times about commercial or production fused glass orders that I make for either hotels or restaurants. Over the last few months I’ve had several repeat orders. Here are a few. This one was for a hotel in California – soap dishes. Her free gift was also a […]
One of my customers asked me if I could make a custom fused glass feather pendant to match a jacket (left picture), I said yes of course. I use a casting mold to make my feather pendants (right picture). I used COE 90 glass for one and COE 96 glass […]
I’ve written about Tulip’s in Denver several times. I’m very lucky that they have some of my fused glass in their shop. It’s changed hands a few times and the new owners came by to checkout my studio and to drop off some pieces and to pick up new pieces. […]
We went to Westcliffe again this month. I love summer in Westcliffe. The pictures below are all from the Bluff. Such pretty flowers. I may need to try to make the red and blue ones in glass. When we’re in Westcliffe we do a lot of driving, as we drive […]
Sky and I made candles recently so we decided to make some bath bombs as well. Here are some of the supplies and some of our finished pieces. It was fun but it’s also pretty messy! I just wish I had more citric acid so we could make more. Of […]
I’ve always loved honey bees, so I made some fused glass honey bees. They are perfect for so many things. Here are some of my fused glass bees. Some bees are on stems and two are on magnets. Now how to display them. Well they are small and can go […]
So May and June were very big months for my daughter and our family. First Sky finished her bachelor’s degree at UCCS here in Colorado Springs. It’s quite an accomplishment especially with the pandemic going on for the last year and a half. Sadly she didn’t get a real graduation, […]
This month I received commercial production order. It was a fun one but lots of work. First I cut out squares and then I cut circles. I cut over 200 circles and only broke 2, that’s crazy good!! Then I washed them then, painted them, full fused them, then slumped […]
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 […]
I’ve talked about my fused glass flower magnets before, I call them my forever flowers. Well today I got some horrible news about one of my nephews. So these 3 fused glass flower magnets are going to three special people who need prayers and thoughts. I don’t want to go […]
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 […]
Recently I met an amazing woman, her name is Tracy; she is a police officer and a glass artist. This police-woman is one of the most compassionate, caring, and dedicated people I’ve ever met. We spoke about the current state of affairs and of the myriad of things she said […]
