In my last post I wrote about my new fused glass night lights. Another of my favorite things to make is fused glass candle shields. I make them the same way, but instead of plugging them in as a night light, they can sit anywhere and light up. Again, they […]
I love making fused glass night lights, they are one of my favorite things to make. Of course, I say that about the majority of things I make. The reason I like fused glass night lights because they are functional and art all in one. They make gifts for parents, […]
In my last post I wrote about my fused glass night lights. Another of my favorite things to make is candle shields. I make them the same way but instead of plugging them in as a night light, they can sit anywhere and light up. Again, they are functional and […]
I love making fused glass night lights. They are functional and art all in one. Here are some of my fused glass aspen night lights. They are some of my favorites. In addition to my aspens, I made some fused glass flower vase night lights. Perfect for Mother’s Day. I […]
A couple months ago I created fused glass signs with flowers I call them my flower canvases, if you don’t remember here, they are again. I went a little nuts and made several more fused glass flower canvases. Here are a few of them before I used them. What should […]
Recently I made several fused glass flower magnets and art pieces for Mother’s Day and for shops that showcase my fused glass art. They are beautiful the way they are, but they can be displayed in various ways. The fused glass vases can be added to frames with washi paper […]
With Mother’s Day coming up I thought I’d make some Fused Glass Flowers for Mother’s Day. There are so many options for these flowers. First are small pieces that can be magnets or pendants. I also made some bigger ones the first row has a clear base. The second row […]
Recently, I’ve been making a lot of silk screen fused glass pieces. Since I have Jewish friends I wanted to make a few for them. In case you were curious Hanukkah is 10-18 December this year. I have two Star of David’s. One is larger and I made it into […]
So I’ve been playing with a new fused glass technique, called pressed glass. I tried it years ago from an e-book but I didn’t care for it. Then one of my favorite glass instructors (Tanya Veit) did a video on pressing big pieces and then I watched another video on […]
As I was preparing for my DYK in my December’s Newsletter, I came across a few other fused glass pieces that I just wasn’t completely happy with and decided I’d re-slump them. I made this beautiful leaf a few months ago, but when I slumped it I didn’t care for […]
My fused glass mantle sconces are very popular so I thought I’d make some that are a little simpler and smaller. They are both made with special textured glass. I also sandblasted the back of each candle shield. They come with a small candle and light up any space! The […]
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 […]
I wanted to explain something that some people even glass fusers do not know. It is about bubbles. Tiny champagne bubbles are a natural occurrence in fused glass. Bubbles occur when two or more layers of glass are […]
