In my last fused glass blog I wrote about how great the ladies were in my class with Bob Leatherbarrow (including Liesbeth). For this blog I wanted to talk about Bob and the glass itself. As I mentioned before, I will not provide any secrets. Bob teaches and will be […]
Earlier this month I wrote a review on two eBooks by Paul Tarlow “Waste Not! Fused Glass Projects Using Scrap Glass 1 & 2”. As I mentioned in that review when fused glass artists create glass pieces whether it’s jewelry or art pieces we have a lot of what we […]
Bullseye glass is so cool they have a myriad of different types of glass that are very interesting. Two very unique types of bullseye glass I want to show off tonight is steel blue and opaline glass. I love the steel blue glass because when you fuse clear glass on […]
There is so much to fused glass, techniques, glass, molds, etc. I enjoy all of the above. I’m constantly learning new techniques, buy various types of glass, and of course molds. Of course the best of all worlds is to combine special glass, techniques, and molds together in one special […]
When fused glass artists create glass pieces, whether it’s jewelry or art pieces, there is a lot of what we call “scrap” or leftover glass. Moreover, sometimes when we create fused glass pieces some of the pieces don’t turn out quite as well as […]
The first full week of May brought a lot of rain for Colorado Springs. And even though the saying goes “April showers bring May flowers” after watching Cara’s video (in my May fused glass review) I thought I’d make […]
Spring is here and I’m so ready as evident by this blog. What made me think of it was a good friend of mine was talking about the fused glass garden art I made her a couple years ago. I made it for her because her garden is beautiful and […]
For today’s blog I wanted to write about one of my new fused glass obsession. It’s called Fused glass pebbles. I took a fused glass boot camp class from one of the best fused glass artists / instructors I know. Her name of course is Tanya Veit. I’ve blogged about […]
March’s Fresh From the Kiln is based on this month’s fused glass review. I wrote a my fused glass review blog about one of Webinar Wednesday’s club Fused Glass Artist’s Cara. I enjoy her videos. But the video I blogged about […]
Every month I do a review on a book, video, etc regarding fused glass or anything connected to fused glass. In November I joined the Webinar Wednesday club through Ceramic Arts. They have a couple fused glass artists, bead artists, ceramic artists, etc. So today I […]
I love making fused glass mantle sconces and candle screens. I’ve made several including custom with a picture created in sepia, my aspens of course, holidays (Santa and Star of David), bubble, just to name a few. I’ve even made more abstract candle screens. The difference […]
During the craft show at the end of January I met some amazing women. For example Jen, makes handmade soaps and candles. I loved her custom made soaps and candles and she liked my fused glass. She asked me to create custom shaving bowls, candle trivets, and incense burners for […]
Earlier this month I did a review on a “Wear Your Fused Glass Art – Bibs…” and I thought I’d create a fused glass necklace related to the book. I also wanted to show you the a fused glass bib necklace I did before I read the book. First a […]
Last week my good friend and fellow glass artist nominated me and a couple other of our friends to post some of our fused glass artwork on our Facebook group. I had been seeing others post their pictures so I was thrilled to be included in those chosen by another […]
