During the Doherty craft show one of my long time customers bought a nightlight and as I was about to ring it up I dropped and broke it. Ironically it was right after she said it’s amazing your pieces don’t break. I said oh they will if you drop them […]
In March and April I wrote two DyK’s about recycled bottles. I thought I’d show you what I made with some of the tops of bottles. I love recycled bottles. Here are some using different colored bottoms. I like the different shapes of bottoms and tops. I can include a […]
One of my friends and loyal customers is moving out of Colorado next month and as a gift I made her a very special fused glass “aspen” nightlight special in it doesn’t look like my “normal” aspen nightlights. As you can see I added a lot of dicrohic dots, a heart, […]
I’ve taken several Glass Mosaic classes with Cathy. This one was interesting because it was a zoom class. I’ve taken a few fused glass zoom classes. I just love the interaction with other glass artists. Here are my mosaic aspen leaves. I really like them. In addition to doing the […]
Since next month is Halloween, I thought I’d do a post about some fun fused glass for Halloween. Here are two of my fused glass night lights. The one of the left is a decal and frit and the one on the right is murrine (I love the Halloween themed […]
One of my cousins came to Colorado Springs this month. I haven’t seen her since I was 11 or 12. A little background, as a child when we went to Oklahoma my Aunt Pauline and Cousin Carol Jean took us in and helped us a great deal. Kualine is Carol […]
I love making fused glass candle shields and night lights. Here are four of my recent candle shields. They are fun because they are small and can be made from every technique. The three on the left are made with cut glass, casts, confetti, and frit. I make my candle […]
Last month I put some of my fused glass artwork in a local shop – The Flipping Peddler. Here is my first piece I sold at the flipping peddler. I also replaced it with another night light. (sorry the picture is so blurry). I went to The Flipping Peddler recently, […]
This month I’ve made several new fused glass night lights and I thought I’d show them off. These first ones are made with iridized glass, ironically I made flowers. I also use both switch lights and sensor switch. I love my nightlights they are such pieces of art. These two […]
I love my fused glass night lights and one of my favorite of course is the tree of life. I have several types of the Tree of Life decal, some gold and black, gold and white, only white, only black. I put them on pendants and I also love putting […]
During my last Craft show after seeing my aspen night lights, I was asked by one of my customers if I could make a sunflower night light. So for December’s fresh from the kiln I thought I’d make a couple. I’ve always […]
11 Nov 2014 As a retired Air Force all patriotic holidays are important to me obviously Veterans Day is one of the most important. I have several patriot fused glass pieces that are appropriate for all patriotic holidays including Veterans Day. […]
It’s difficult to belief but Halloween is just around the corner so I thought I’d show you a few of my fused glass Halloween pieces. I have a couple of Halloween fused glass night lights and several Halloween fused glass pendants. As always I’d be happy […]
One of my favorite aspects about Fused Glass is how versatile it is. Most people by now have seen Fused Glass jewelry but there is so much more to Fused Glass than jewelry and one of my favorites is Fused Glass Night Lights. One challenge with Fused Glass is it […]
