I’ve been giving a lot of classes and I’m really loving it. On the 3rd of February I had a combination Casting and Pocket Vase Class. It’s funny most classes people make the same thing i.e., dishes, ornaments, pendants. Well, I have several students who are advanced and like to […]
Normally the maximum students I host in my fused glass classes in my home studio is 5. However, for my fused glass class on the 4th of February a couple of odd consequences occurred. Roni who scheduled it asked if 6 people could participate – I said yes since y’all […]
Last month my friend Cathy and I went up to Tulip Gift and Card Store. Sharon the owner has some of my fused glass in her wonderful shop. I dropped of 2 boxes of fused glass including some of my aspens. Here are some pictures from some of the beautiful […]
One of my goals is always to try new fused glass techniques. Well, this is one of them, it’s based on Mark Lauckner’s Patreon courses. He is a fabulous artist and I love his techniques, so unique and fascinating. I won’t go into how to make the technique, but I […]
I love creating fused glass and I love sharing my fused glass. I look for worthy places to donate my glass artwork. Sometimes it’s for them to resell like Mission Wolf or www.millionkids.org and some of them are just as gifts like when I gave several pieces to Mary’s Home/Dream Centers “A […]
I’ve made several business card holders from glass, and I typically have them on my craft tables and cell them as well. Here are a few of my business card holders. I’ve made business card holders out of recycled bottles, here are just a few. I wrote a post about […]
One of the things I just love about fused glass is how many techniques there are. One of my favorites is bubbles. There are lots of ways to create bubbles and one of my favorites is bubble paint. I have several different kinds of paint. Here they are in the […]
Last week I had two of my favorite students ask to make some casted hearts. Since I have a minimum of three students, we invited two of my friends who have wanted to take a class, to take the class too. Here are some pictures of the class setup. I […]
On February 3rd I am teaching a Fused Glass Dichroic Jewelry Class at Festivitea. Sign-up for this class through Festivitea. I taught a Fused Glass Ornament Class at Festivitea in December and had a wonderful time. In preparation for the dichroic jewelry class, I made several samples using iridized, black […]
I love writing about Festivitea, a few months ago Lela and I took a macrame class together there and this past week we took another macrame class together. Here is what I made during the first Macrame class. I love how Margo decorates the shop. What a beautiful and cozy […]
I mentioned Gary from the www.bigredbarnoriginal.com, in my November DYK, he’s an amazing artist. I’ve bought several pieces from him, and in Nov he had a lovely mountain scene picture. I commissioned him to create a picture of my view of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. Here are a few […]
I made another set of custom commercial fused glass soap dishes for a hotel. They are simple, but elegant black dishes. Here are the fused glass soap dishes in the kiln for a full fuse and slumping. Here are some of the fused glass soap dishes already to be shipped […]
I love Murrine and Millefiori. In case you don’t know murrine is little pieces of glass that are cross-sections of cane that reveal images. According to Wikipedia, murrine “first appeared in the Middle East more than 4,000 years ago and was revived by Venetian glassmakers on Murano in the early 16th century”. […]
I just finished making another custom production order. This time it was fused glass amenity dish. They were made with a special glass that’s a bit difficult to work with, but I think they turned out great. I used a special mold – spiral. You can see how I grind […]
