This month I took a Mandala Glass Dotting class. I’ve seen dotting on rocks and wanted to see how dotting would work on Glass. Painting with dots (I just call it dotting) it’s also known as pointillism and is basically making dots of different sizes with paint. Recently the types […]
One of my favorite fused glass techniques is crackle. I learned it from the great Bob Leatherbarrow. If you look in the links below I’ve listed some of the past posts I’ve written about my classes with Bob. Well I’ve made some small pieces just to have a bit of […]
I’ve blogged about Mica before and even wrote a DYK about it. I love mica, it’s a mineral and actually comes in a rock form but most people think of it as a powder. Mica is used in cosmetics and electrical components. For these pieces I used mica (gold, copper, […]
So last week in one of my blogs I showed you some custom fused glass pieces that I created. These are the fused glass coasters that I finished. I think they turned out really nice and my customer liked them as well. […]
Crazy busy week I just got home from my month long trip. It’s so good to be home. I put some custom orders in the kiln as soon as I got home. This is a set of Fused Glass coasters, albeit they aren’t quite done. I’m going to put a […]
Mother’s Day is the 6th of May and will be here before you know it. Fused glass is a perfect gift for Mother’s day. It can be as a pendant, nightlight, dish, sconce, vase, and so much more. A while back I did a youtube video of some fused glass […]
In addition to my shows and commercial orders, I also make fused glass pieces for the shop in Denver, Tulip, that show cases my fused glass. The last time I visited Patty she asked me to make some fused glass votives and candle shields. Typically when I fire fused glass […]
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 […]
Last week my good friend and fellow glass artist nominated me and a couple other of our friends to post some of our fused glass artwork on our Facebook group. I had been seeing others post their pictures so I was thrilled to be included in those chosen by another […]
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I sure did. I was even able to spend some time in my studio! Wow do I have a few specials fused glass pieces to show you for my December fresh out of […]
On the 27th of July from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. I will be participating in a local event with over 30 other crafters and vendors at Pikes Peak School of Expeditionary Learning (11925 Antler’s Ridge Dr., Falcon, Colorado *off Meridian Ranch Road). We […]
