I love creating fused glass. I also enjoy donating my fused glass to worthy causes. My friend Cathy told me about Inside Out Youth Services for LGBTQ+ youth 13-24. I have many gay and lesbian friends and you may not know it, my daughter is part of the LGBTQ+ community. […]
I taught a second dichroic jewelry class at Festivitea this month. Here are some of the sample pendants and earrings I had available, aren’t they so gorgeous. I explained the difference between full fused (left) and tack fused (right). I provided colored, clear, black, etc. backgrounds & dichroic glass. I […]
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 […]
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 […]
Have you ever lost an earring? Well, I have including fused glass earrings that I’ve made. Don’t ask me how but it happens. I make fused glass earrings both post and dangle earrings? Sometime one of my earrings gets lost and instead of trying to make a matching one I […]
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 […]
In February I was scheduled to teach a Fused Glass Dichroic Jewelry Class at Festivitea, however, we had a snow storm and had to delay it until I returned from my trip to Korea. Here are some of the myriad of samples I made for the class. The samples included […]
When I was making the resin, glass, and shell artwork I had some extra resin. With my extra resin I decided to add dried flowers to some of my fused glass cabochons. This one is nice and smooth. It’s simple but really smooth. I’m not sure what I will make […]
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 making fused glass pocket hearts and crosses. I also love making my forever flower magnets. As a reminder here are some of my pocket hearts and my pocket crosses. Here are some of my forever flower magnets. I love making and giving them to people who need a […]
In July I visited Mission Wolf and donated fused glass and screen-printed ornaments for them to sell and help their mission of rescuing wolves. Here are some of my donations from July. In July we also visited Mission Wolf to deliver the donations and during our visit to Westcliffe. Here […]
One of my good friends had an old friend come to take a private class. She wanted to make fused glass flower vases. Here are a couple pictures of the setup. Kathy chose to make 4 flower vase panels and 2 flower magnets. Here are some class photos. Since it […]
A couple of months ago I finished up some of my fused glass drop vases. Here are the pictures of them and the majority of them turned out beautifully. However, there were a couple that didn’t turn out well. The first picture shows how I separated it, the how uneven […]
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so I’ve been making a lot of Fused Glass Hearts, this month. I’ve used different techniques to create my heart, this first group are quite large and are casted. They are a bit big for pendants but make great pocket hearts. The next technique is a […]
