Last month I had a commercial order for a small hotel in California. I’ve been making soap dishes for this hotel for several years. She’s always been understanding when I run out of the normal glass I use for her so we’ve changed the colors a few times. This time […]
I received another commercial fused glass order recently. The order was for 25 fused glass dessert dishes. We talked it through, and she wanted a bowl / plate shape. I showed her a plain clear dish and one with texture, pictured below. Which do you think she chose? The texture […]
I received a new order for custom soap dishes. She wanted clear and a starburst effect. The first picture is the full fuse on a texture mold. The second pictures is the full fused pieces and on the slumping molds. The last picture is after they are slumped. Aren’t these […]
Several years ago, a restaurant in Florida asked me to make some fused glass copper textured dishes. I’ve made them several times, and I just finished another order for them. I really like making these dishes, they are so much fun seeing the different pictures in the copper. They have […]
I recently had an order for 200 fused glass ivory soap dishes for a hotel in Arizona. I enjoy making fused glass for hotels and restaurants. I love that hotels both big and small respect glass art and want handmade glass in their wonderful hotels. As you know I give […]
I love it when I get a custom fused glass order that is a bit challenging. One of my restaurants consistently challenges me all the time with new dishes. This time he wanted a unique shaped dish. I love this mold and hand cut all of them to match the […]
This month I finished a beautiful custom commercial order of 25 big fused glass blue bowls. It’s a wonderful restaurant in Aspen Colorado. It’s quite large an a wonderful organic shape. I truly appreciate their support. I stopped by the restaurant and hotel on my way back from Delta Colorado. […]
My fused glass commercial soap dish order is complete. This was the 4th style with the order and this one alone was over a 1000 piece order. It took me several months and my good friend Tracy helped me with it. Thank God for Tracy. Here are just a few […]
I mentioned a few months ago I had several big commercial fused glass orders orders. Well I’m finishing up two of the orders this month. The first one is this beautiful transparent blue fused glass soap dishes. The picture on the left shows some of the different phases. Of course […]
I mentioned last month that I’m working on a lot of production orders. Well with the help of Tracy I finished another order – 460 ivory glass soap dishes. It’s a lot of cutting, washing, and firing but it’s also very satisfying to get them boxed up and sent. They […]
I’ve mentioned several times about commercial or production fused glass orders that I make for either hotels or restaurants. Over the last few months I’ve had several repeat orders. Here are a few. This one was for a hotel in California – soap dishes. Her free gift was also a […]
This month I received commercial production order. It was a fun one but lots of work. First I cut out squares and then I cut circles. I cut over 200 circles and only broke 2, that’s crazy good!! Then I washed them then, painted them, full fused them, then slumped […]
If you follow my newsletters you know I create custom commercial fused glass pieces for various hotels and restaurants. This month I received a very unique order. A restaurant wanted me to create fused glass amber leaf bowls. I drew a design and then hand cut the leaf from two […]
I’ve posted about my custom production or commercial fused glass orders several times. I’ve been working on a very large order this month, 200 small coupe dishes. They are a lot of work. I had to cut a blue and clear circle for each dish, then break them out, sand […]
