During one of my shows last year I was asked if I could make pocket crosses. I wasn’t sure what she mean and she explained they are just to keep them in your pocket without a bail. It reminded me of worry stones. When I was stationed in Turkey, worry […]
I thought I’d post some pictures from my latest business trip to Rhode Island. I’m sure you will wonder why what does it have to do with glass? Well I’ll tell you, we stayed at the Marriott in Newport, Rhode Island and as soon as I walked in there was […]
Everything I do involves glass. Recently I took two webinars about concrete jewelry (Curious Mondo). They actually used different concrete. One is more concrete looking grey speckled and one is white. Of course when I use another media it all revolves around how I can use it with glass. The […]
While I was in Emeryville visiting my Son, Alyssa, and brand new baby girl. I got a chance to go to the bullseye resource center. One of the things I love about bullseye is they show artists work. This time they showed, 3 fused glass artists. The first was Susan […]
While I was making my vitrigraph pieces I came across some glass that I wanted to refuse. Some were donut pendants that I found too large. So I decided to cut them down. I really like them now. They were casted fused glass donuts and I cut off the sides, […]
Last year I took a class with Laurie Spray on cane’s and vitrigraph. I’ve used some of the blue cane in several pieces but I wanted to use some of the orange cane I made in actual fused glass pieces. I made 3 small dishes. […]
Happy New Year! Every year I do a review of my glass activities. 2017 was a great year for me professionally, family, and in glass. I added more responsibilities at work and I love it. As far as my family life; my daughter graduated High […]
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 […]
I mentioned Sandy in another blog. She has amazing taste for real art. Anytime she comes she picks the most unique pieces. In my woodland park show she bought my first fused glass fish. In the Doherty show Sandy chose several pieces. My fused […]
Melanie is another one of my friends and amazing customers. She recently started a new job with foster children in El Paso county. I love children and wanted to support both the children and Melanie. So I donated over a 100 fused glass pendants. I included chains/cords and put them […]
So not only did my old friends come by I met some new ones as well. Julie came in wanting to match the teal in her shirt with a pendant. Within 2 minutes we found 2 fused glass pendants, 1 teal which matched her shirt perfectly and a red one […]
I mentioned Julie in another blog. She and Vicky come and see me at my shows on a regular bases and normally buy my fused glass snaps. Both Vicky and Julie have amazing taste. Last show Vicki bought one of my favorite fused glass vases of all times and during […]
As I’ve mentioned, I really enjoyed Doherty Craft Fair this year. Since it was my last show of the season so many of my friends came by to see me. I even remembered to take pictures of a few of them. The first picture is of Sandy, Me, and Cheryl. […]
I’m not sure if most people realize this, but for me when I sell a special piece of fused glass it’s like losing a tiny piece of my heart. Several important fused glass pieces sold a the Doherty craft fair. One of pieces that meant a lot to me is […]
