My friend Cathy and I have had several “glass dates”. She is a mosaic artist and I’ve taken several classes with her. Cathy is a kind, loving, and giving person. Something you may not know is she was asked to create a Memorial for the Club Q victims at UCCS. […]
I held a second fused glass class this month, that I advertised on Facebook events. There were 3 students, two where students have taken classes with me before and one was new. Here is the Event announcement, ironically no one made the votives. In addition to the liability forms (yep […]
In March I gave a Fused Glass Dichroic Jewelry Class at Festivitea, we had a wonderful time. Here are some of the myriad of samples I’ve made for the class. The samples included iridized, black dichroic (textured, pattern, and solid), and clear glass as well as both full and tacked […]
Earlier this month I conducted a fused glass plant stake class; it’s such a fun project and it was the first time I taught it. Three of the students made Fused Glass Plant Stakes and one made some coffee & tea dishes, and ornament. Here is how I setup for […]
For May 25th, I’d like to open fused glass class options up to y’all. Please let me know which fused glass class you want to take. Typically, classes are about 2 hours. No experience is necessary. Some of the supplies available for class including vitrigraph, frit, dots, murrine, etc. Max […]
I’ve mention Susan before, she is a basket weaver artist. She’s so talented and her artwork is beautiful. I met her through Merle. She’s come by before and I gave her some fused glass cabochons for her baskets, and she’s even made me a basket. Well, she bought some “blown […]
Last month I made some tea dishes, and I had a class and one of my students made tiny glass dishes and it reminded me how much I love little dishes. Here is a picture of the tiny dish with my normal size dish. Additionally, the top green is 2 […]
This is an extremely personal post. A few months ago, my nephew passed away. My sister asked me if I could make some cremation crosses for her and his family. I first made her some pocket crosses with the ashes on the back. Pocket crosses are kept in your pocket […]
With Mother’s Day coming up I thought I’d create a Fused Glass Gift Certificate and you can choose anything and in any amount you’d like. Just email me and I will create an Elegant Fused Glass Gift Certificate just for you or for your Mom or both. Here are just some fused […]
Normally when people give glasses, they keep to a common subject i.e., ornaments, dishes, casting, etc. But not me, wait until you see all of the things my students made in this fused glass class. As always, I like to show my setup for the students, including their supplies e.g., […]
Normally when people give glass classes, they keep to a common subject i.e., ornaments, dishes, casting, etc. But not me, wait until you see all of the things my students made in this fused glass class. As always, I like to show my setup for the students, including their supplies […]
I’ve written several posts about Festivitea and my fused glass dishes to sell there. Here are some of my newest dishes. I just love making these. I’m very happy with how well they all turned out. I also made a few fused glass dishes that don’t have tea sayings. These […]
During one of my fused glass classes. One of my students and customers wanted to buy another fused glass necklace. She likes the big snaps so since she set up the class instead of two, I let her choose 3 big snaps. Here are two of the snaps she chose, […]
I love making fused glass magnets. I’ve made several types. I have very tiny, fused glass cabochons and thought I’d put some on tiny clothespins. Everything looks better with glass. Perfect for the refrigerator and holding small notes. I also have tiny, fused glass magnets again perfect for the refrigerator, […]
