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Fused glass - Confetti Art

Fused glass – Confetti Art

I love fused glass one of the fun ways to actually create unique glass is to create confetti glass. I put clear and colored glass, along with stringer, frit, etc. in a shape and fire it until it’s fully fused. I love confetti glass because it’s truly one of a […]

by × October 12, 2016 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass "Slurry" bowls

Fused Glass “Slurry” bowls

There are so many ways to create fused glass bowls. A new way I recently learned is called slurry’s because you create it using wet glass powder. I also added frit and vitrigraph. It’s great because you can add various colors and make various designs. These are 4 that I […]

by × October 12, 2016 × 0 comments

Accessories, Fused Glass

Fused Glass Eye Glass Holder

Fused Glass Eye Glass Holder

Those who know me know that my eyesight for reading is pretty much non existent. So I am constantly looking for my glasses, once I was searching for my glasses and found 3 – on my head! So I made fused glass eyeglass holders. I wrote a blog about them […]

by × October 11, 2016 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass - Texture

Fused Glass – Texture

I love fused glass and one of the things I enjoy about glass is you can make it into so many things. One of my favorite techniques is called kiln carving or bas relief. One way to do that is to put the glass on a textured mold and it […]

by × October 11, 2016 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass drop vases

Fused Glass drop vases

          A few months a go I wrote a blog about my drop vases. I really enjoy this technique. They are so pretty and interesting to make. I made them out of several techniques including casting, frit, crackle, and screen melt.  I also put a flat […]

by × September 22, 2016 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Flowers

Fused Glass Flowers

As those who follow my fused glass newsletter know I love fused glass. As I’ve said a thousand times Glass is so versatile and you can make anything with it! Recently I bought some amazing molds, molds that make flowers! So I filled my kiln with them and tried them […]

by × September 9, 2016 × 0 comments

Art, Blog, Fresh from the Kiln, Fused Glass

Purple - Fused glass

Purple – Fused glass

        I have been busy making new fused glass pieces for my show at the Holly Berry Festival 16-18 Sep. I’m asked a lot to make purple pieces. These are pretty cool one is a dark purple with Victorian flower texture and the other is a streaky […]

by × September 6, 2016 × 0 comments

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Sept Fused Glass Mold of the Month

Sept Fused Glass Mold of the Month

All I can say about this fused glass “bowl” is it’s amazing!! I say bowl but it’s really a piece of art. It’s 13 inches in diameter. It’s kind of like a watercolor. There are 5 koi all hand done and in various colors.             […]

by × September 3, 2016 × 1 comment

Art, Blog, Fresh from the Kiln, Fused Glass, Fused Glass Events, Holiday Messages, Locations, New Monthly Molds

Guess what's in the kiln!

Guess what’s in the kiln!

Guess what I’ve been up too. Actually quite a bit, I’ve been fusing like crazy because I have a big show this month and it’s my first time at this location. More information will be in my Newsletter! This first one is pebbles (crackle but it looks like pebbles). Wait […]

by × August 31, 2016 × 0 comments

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It happened again, Broken Aspens

It happened again, Broken Aspens

During my Woodland Park show. A wonderful customer bought my multi season fused glass aspens. Sadly before she got it home it was dropped and broke. As I’ve mentioned in the past. If someone buys a large fused glass piece from me and they break it (within a couple of […]

by × August 28, 2016 × 0 comments

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Several Fused Glass updates

Several Fused Glass updates

I’ve had a very productive fused glass week! First, Jo came by on Friday and picked up her prize. Actually she chose a necklace to match her earrings (so she took the $25 off of the price)! Wow they look great on her!!  And it matches her shirt perfectly!!   […]

by × August 22, 2016 × 0 comments

Fused Glass, Home Decor

Fused Glass Memories - continued

Fused Glass Memories – continued

Earlier this week I wrote a blog about adding colored decals to fused glass. My friend also wanted some sepia choices. So I made her a sepia fused glass night light and magnet. The nice thing about custom sepia decals is that they are fused on so they can be […]

by × August 17, 2016 × 0 comments

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Winner of the Mountain Artist Festival Show

Winner of the Mountain Artist Festival Show

        First if ya’ll have never been to this event it’s fabulous. Some real artists. In fact my daughter and I struggled limiting what we bought. My favorite is a copper sculpture made by Judy and Dave. It’s truly amazing artwork and wonderful people! Second it’s a […]

by × August 8, 2016 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Magnets

Fused Glass Magnets

In my Fresh From the Kiln this month, I showed a few of the plates (for the wall) with hand printed decals. These decals are full color verses the sepia decals I can make. One draw back is that the hand-printed colored decals are baked onto the glass instead of […]

by × July 30, 2016 × 0 comments