Fused Glass Mosaic Tiles is another of Tanya’s techniques she has on her fused glass website. I’ve never really done mosaics but I like this one. Tanya included 2 fused glass mosaic techniques in the one video. First I made two sets of mosaic using light blue and a rose […]
I love making fused glass jewelry. Typically I glue bails on my pendants but some are either transparent or are beautiful on both sides. But I tend to break a few so I wait until I have several to drill. These 2 are casted fused glass donuts, however after coldworking […]
As I mentioned this month I’m going to focus my blogs on fused glass webinars (Recycled Glass) by Jodi McRaney Rusho from Glass with a Past (on Curious Mondo). I just love these webinars both the format with curious mondo and Jodi’s classes. If you get a chance to buy […]
As I mentioned, this month my blogs will focus on Creative Paradise Inc (CPI) Molds. I wrote my first blog on jewelry molds including simple cast molds, holey molds, and hollow holey molds. CPI has so many different fused glass jewelry molds. One of my new CPI fused glass molds […]
2017 is the Year of the Rooster according to Chinese zodiac. The Year of the Rooster will start from Jan. 28, 2017 (Chinese New Year) and last to Feb. 15, 2018. Rooster is almost the epitome of fidelity and punctuality. For ancestors who had no alarm clocks, the crowing was significant, as it could awaken […]
Sometimes, when I create fused glass jewelry I make a block of glass to cut my pieces from. In metal terms a block of metal is called ingot so I thought I’d steal the term for my glass ingots. Anyway first I fuse various pieces of glass together. I added […]
I have some amazing customers that like to present me with challenges. At first both Ann and Melanie would ask me to change one of my normal pendants into a snap. Which was fun because it makes me look at my fused glass pendants in a new way. But recently […]
In order to do well in the art community you have to get into shows. The best shows are typically juried. To get into those shows you have to have great photographs. The jury looks at the pictures to decide what handmade items are the best and allowed into the […]
While I was at my last show one of my favorite customers and I were talking about my fused glass snaps. She was telling me about how she had one made with a custom picture but she had lost it. I told her that I could make another one for […]
In January, I challenged my Fused Glass newsletter followers to submit their ideas for my DYK (Did you Know) section of my newsletter for a free fused glass pendant. One of my customers recommended a Fused Glass essential oil diffuser pendant. The recommendation wasn’t strong enough for me too write […]
A few years ago a good friend of mine asked me if I could fused someone’s ashes in glass. A childhood friend of hers had died and she wanted to create a memorial piece to keep him close. It was my first time creating such a special piece of glass. […]
Easter is just around the corner so I thought I’d show some options for Easter Fused Glass Pendants. I like these because some are little Easter angels, some are bunnies. I also have some beautiful Fused Glass Religious pendants. […]
There are two main types of COE that I use and I’ve blogged about coefficient of expansion (COE) of fused glass many times. As I mentioned before COE is how glass expands and contracts when it heats and cools. When glass is the same COE and is considered fusible it […]
With both St Patrick’s day (March 17th) and Easter (April 5th) coming up I wanted to write a blog about some of the fused glass pieces I have for both Holidays. First last year for both St Patrick’s day and for Easter I wrote blog regarding the meaning of each […]
