Last month I wrote a post about some of the silk screened jewelry I created. I really enjoyed making them that not only did I make some more silk screened jewelry and I made etched jewelry. This first group of pictures are some new screen printed jewelry. The picture on […]
Last month I wrote about several fused glass techniques and projects and I thought I’d better follow-up on a few of them. First I want to thank you for all your kind comments and emails. They mean a lot to me. Also thank you for liking and enjoying my travel […]
I don’t know about you but I love frosted glass like sea glass. After watching a class with Jodi a year or two ago I bought a rock tumbler. I never used it until the past couple of months then I went nuts! Jodi was right a tumbler is amazing!! […]
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 […]
In March I wrote a post about making custom fused glass donuts I made for a customer. Below are pictures of what she made with the first fused glass donuts I made for her. Aren’t they beautiful! She’s so talented! Anyway She asked me to make her a couple of […]
This month I’ve written several posts about the myriad of fused glass art pieces I’ve made or finished this month. For this post I want to focus on some of my fused glass snaps. Here are some of my large fused glass snaps. If you’d like to learn more about […]
A glass stringer is a straight tiny (1mm or 2mm) rods. I’ve never really used them before, because I prefer organic shapes and sizes of vitrigraph. However, I just watched a class (curious mondo) on how to use stringers and I must say I was inspired. I pulled out some […]
In my last post I showed some of my fused glass pendants that I drilled holes into. I thought I’d show you some of the pinch bails I used, needless to say I’m pretty much out of bails now. I need to get better at wire wrapping. Anyway, here are […]
Do you want to know a little secret? I really don’t like drilling into pendants. Typically I glue on a bail but sometimes the piece is either transparent or they are so pretty on both sides that I just have to put a pinch bail on it. Sadly I can’t […]
I have probably about 4 different types of enamels, that I’ve barely ever used. These fused glass pendants turned out great. I painted the backs of several cabochons to see how they’d turn out. Luckily I didn’t have to fire them too high. Here are the red cabochons. I love […]
I love talking about other artists especially when they incorporate my fused glass in their work. Jody of Grandview Creations creates amazing wood art, including jewelry. He made several wood findings for me to incorporate my glass. Here are two I used with my glass. They look great with my […]
In preparation for my fused glass home show this month, I made several new functional pieces and thought I’d show them too you. First was fused glass stirrers. They make great gifts (add a box of tea or coffee etc.). They are made of all glass. This is a different […]
This past weekend I met up with an old friend. I’ve known John since my second base in Germany over 30 years ago. John hasn’t changed at all, it’s crazy. Here is a picture of John and me this past weekend. This is a picture of my friends (Glenn, Diane, […]
The Winner of the Doherty Craft Fair, is Bernadette. I’ve emailed Bernadette and hopefully she will contact me soon. Below are pictures of my booth at the Doherty Craft Fair. See my baby? I actually wasn’t there Saturday until 3pm but Dan and Sky did a great job. Then Sky […]
