One of my good customers and friends asked me if I had any fused glass poppies. I have the two below, one is pretty big and one I turned into an Ikebana vase. She wanted a smaller one, so I made her the poppy below, the first two pictures are […]
I love a challenge and one of my customers and friends asked me to make a poinsettia. There are a couple of different texture molds that I showed her. She asked me if I minded making both and I told her absolutely not. I made some test sheets and we […]
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 […]
For Christmas I made a co-worker a beautiful purple and green fused glass bowl. I love this spirit glass but, shockingly enough I can’t find a picture of the bowl I made her. It’s similar to bowl below, but I put an elephant in one of the corners. She liked […]
One of my Fused Glass goals for 2020 and 2021 was to use the glass and findings that I have on hand. Yes my name is Karen and I tend to buy glass and findings then like them so much I don’t want to use them. I know it’s ridiculous! […]
Sometimes when I make a fused glass art piece it just needs a little something extra. Whether it’s a bowl that doesn’t have a flat bottom. (I talked about this earlier this month.) Adding a base really makes the difference. In addition to adding a removable base for bowls vase […]
One of my New Years resolutions was to use more of the glass I have on hand. So in this post I want to show you one of my favorite ways to use small pieces of glass. I made mini fused glass bowls. First I prepare my casting mold and […]
During my home show, Sharon, came down from Denver and took several fused glass pieces for her store. I love Sharon’s store (Tulip) and I’m so glad she was able to come to my show and pick up some great pieces to take to Tulip in Denver, including: Small dishes […]
I’m asked occasionally do you hate selling your fused glass. The answer is yes sometimes I do. A few years ago I had a really difficult time selling my fused glass wolf sconce. I thought it was a beautiful, and it made me sad to sell it. […]
As I mentioned, this month my blogs will focus on Creative Paradise Inc (CPI) fused glass Molds. So far I’ve written mostly about CPI fused glass molds casting and textures. I written my blogs on CPI fused glass jewelry molds, button molds, textured molds, and casting molds all by CPI. […]
For March I’m focusing on fused glass e-books from Helios studios. As I mentioned in my previous blogs, I’ll be focusing on 12 of my favorite e-books that I’ve purchased and love from them. The fourth e-book I want to talk about is the fused glass his beautiful bowl backs […]
Another fused glass technique I first learned from Tanya is pattern bars. Actually she taught several types of pattern bars. The original fused glass piece we made in class has several techniques including: pattern bars, flash glass, and powder printing. This blog I’m only going to focus on fused glass […]
As I mentioned in my last blog I am focusing on the fused glass techniques I learned in two of Tanya’s big Bootcamps. In this blog I thought I’d write about fused glass strip construction, I learned it in the first large project bootcamp. Typically when creating fused glass you […]
Last month I focused on fused glass techniques I learned from a Patty Gray class I took. For this month I’m going to focus on some fused glass techniques I learned from Tanya Veit from AAE Glass. I’ve written about Tanya many many times. The first time I met Tanya […]
