Fused Glass Zodiac Leo – July 23 Every month this year I’ve been writing a blog about the Western Zodiac symbol for that month. July’s Zodiac Symbol is Leo which is the Lion. I have various decals with the Leo symbols and I can put […]
July – Fused Glass Eye Awareness All year I’ve been writing blogs regarding the Awareness causes for each month. July doesn’t have a whole lot of causes that I can create fused glass for. However, I do have some cool fused glass eye […]
My Fused Glass Birthstone – Ruby. Ruby is also the gemstone for the 15th and 40th wedding anniversaries. It’s similar to my garnet, albeit I made my fused glass Ruby more transparent red. According to my research including American Gem Society, the name […]
June Fresh From the Kiln – Fused Glass Bolo Ties A few months ago, I was reading an article (Goldstone Ladies’ Bolo tie) in Lapidary Journal Jewelry Art by the great Lexi Erickson. * For those who follow my blog you know that […]
For today’s blog I thought I’d show you one of my new techniques, Fused Glass Pebble Pendants. I learned this technique in a class I took in Florida. It’s created with little fused glass pebbles, as you can see I used dichroic pebbles […]
For those who follow my Fused Glass blog and receive my Elegant Fused Glass Newsletter know that I participated in the 37th Annual Springs Spree event this past weekend. It was my first outside event which was quite […]
I wanted to explain something that some people even glass fusers do not know. It is about bubbles. Tiny champagne bubbles are a natural occurrence in fused glass. Bubbles occur when two or more layers of glass are […]
According to Western Zodiac Gemini symbol is the twins. I have fused glass Gemini pendants that have different types of decals fused on top that will not scratch off. Additionally, any fused glass pendant (or any other fused glass pendant) can […]
May’s birthstone is the emerald. So in keeping with my theme of creating fused glass birthstones here is my Fused Glass May Birthstone, Emerald. I must tell you this picture doesn’t do the piece justice. the depth and sparkle are […]
Ok I’ve finally done it. I’ve added 20 different Fused Glass Pendants to my Elegant Fused Glass by Karen website. All of these Fused glass pendants are unique and handcrafted by me in my Colorado Springs home studio! So check them out, remember the camera doesn’t do fused glass justice. […]
According to Western Zodiac Taurus is the symbol for the bull. I have fused glass Taurus pendants that have different types of Taurus decals fused on top that will not scratch off. Additionally, any fused glass Taurus pendant […]
Since Easter occurs in April this year, I thought I would explain Easter along with some of my Easter fused glass pendants. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like one of the […]
Normally I create a fused glass simulant for each monthly birthstone – obviously, I cannot duplicate diamonds in glass. However, for my Fused Glass Diamond – version of April’s Birthstone I use Dichroic glass which has sparkle, […]
Chainmaille and Fused Glass For those that follow my fused glass blogs and newsletters know I’ve been touting the amazing chainmaille created by Stephanie, in fact my daughter and I bought two pairs last weekend. First a little background. According to […]
