Category Archives: Glass

It’s been a while, but I’ve finally broken my string of project disasters with the fused glass. To celebrate, I’ve made a small piece for my mother’s birthday (shhhhhhhh… don’t tell her!). It’s just a little trivet with an abstract … Continue reading →

After a bit of a hiatus with the glass fusing (I’ve been super busy lately and not much motivated to hang around the joint while I wait for glass to melt), I decided to make a new bowl. This one … Continue reading →

After my attempt at fusing gold leaf failed miserably, I decided to try again: this time without any adhesive. I had a fair amount of scrap tekta lying about the place (as one does) and decided to try a number … Continue reading →

So, sometimes things don’t always work the way you want. I wanted to experiment with gold leaf as an inclusion, so I bought some gold leaf (surprisingly inexpensive stuff, by the way… gold leaf is very thin) and some adhesive … Continue reading →

I’ve finished the tiled star piece. I used a metal slumping form (otherwise known as a cheap stainless steel mixing bowl) to slump the dish into a general bowl shape.

It’s been a while since I could spend time in my glass shop, but I did get a new toy recently I had to try. My new toy is basically a jig to make it easy for me to cut … Continue reading →

I’ve created two more kaleidoscope objective wheels for my father. This time, I tried a plain white opalescent glass I bought a little while ago.

My father likes kaleidoscopes and has actually made a few. I thought it might be interesting to try to make some objective disks for them. Here are my first two tries.

I have a new piece. I wanted to play with inclusions a bit (that’s when you include something other than glass between the glass pieces). In this one, I put copper leaf in between two pieces of clear glass.

Wow… first comment! Amy, you win the prize!