I have my first Art show of the year on 6th & 7th August in Woodland Park. I’m excited, I love seeing my friends and longtime customers. As any of you know who come to visit me, I always give away presents for those of you who get my newsletter. […]
In April I gave a fused glass class to four lovely ladies and this month I gave another one to three ladies. Thank you Merle for setting this class up for me. In my first class we made small dishes. Here is the class set up. I gave each participant […]
I love screen printing on fused glass. Recently I sold several screen-printed pieces, so I decided to make a few more. One of the pieces I sold was my octopus’ dish on white glass. So, I decided to make a large black dish with white enamel and a large white […]
One of my favorite fused glass products to make is small dishes. I like to make them because they are fun, easy, and so very versatile. They can be used as trinket dishes, soap dishes, tea caddies, spoon rests, candle holders, and so much more. These four are beautiful I […]
One of the wonderful things about fused glass is it’s versatility. There are a variety techniques and a myriad of items that can be created with fused glass. Because of these reasons and so many more fused glass makes the perfect present. Here are just a few recent fused glass […]
My cousin just redid her bathroom and wanted a fused glass soap dish. I made her a few options. She wanted blue and gray soap dish. I made her 4 options, the problem I’m not sure which is my favorite! I think they are all awesome. I really love making these little […]
I love creating fused glass, which is why I write my posts and newsletters. It brings me such joy when I sell a piece of my fused glass, because it means someone else loves my glass as much as I do. With the pandemic I’ve continued to create my fused […]
Last month I mentioned that Sharon from Tulip asked me to make some fused glass soap dishes. We’ll I went a bit crazy and made quite a few more. Remember these are not just soap dishes they can be used as spoon-rests and trinket dishes to name a few uses. […]
The Winner of the Liberty Craft Fair, is Carmen. I’ve emailed Carmen and she will hopefully be able to make the Doherty Craft fair to pick up her $25 in free fused glass. Below are pictures of my booth at the Liberty Craft Fair. Winner of the Rampart craft fair […]
In keeping with Valentine’s Day. I made some more fused glass hearts. These are all hand cut. I have multiple colors including dichroic. These two fused glass hearts are very large and could make great poker guards. I also made small fused glass dishes all with hearts. The first one […]
Liberty was my first school craft show. It was great seeing so many of my customers and friends. I enjoy hearing how they love my work and how they display my work. It really lifts my spirits and reminds me why I continue to create my glass. […]
For March I’m focusing on fused glass e-books from Helios studios. As I mentioned in my previous blogs, I’ll be discussing 12 of their e-books that I’ve purchased and love. The sixth fused glass e-book I want to talk about is his fused glass puddles e-book. […]
I’ve had a fun fusing month, not only am I doing another commercial order, I’ve also been busy making some fused glass functional art. I like to create fused glass pieces that are both beautiful and functional. This first fused glass platter is quite large 13″ x 6″. I really […]
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 […]
