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A Choice intention platter just came out of the kiln yesterday. In this larger (about 14″ square) piece of fused glass art I chose dichroic glass instead of copper mesh for the embellishments. The dichroic glass seems to add sizzle and character to the different directions you can choose from. The arrows are made from…
Glass artists use several very different ways to create fused art glass gifts. Cold glass working, usually either stained glass or leaded glass, is one method that doesn’t require a kiln or other very expensive and large pieces of equipment. Glass blowing, which requires temperatures higher than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit to work, is another method…
Louise Krampien has done it again! She created a wonderful class that I just completed yesterday all about how to create a relief print in glass. It was a fun and interesting three and a half day class at the Bullseye Resource Center in San Francisco. The image to the left is of the sales…
One last quick post about the backsplash tiles. The tile installation was completed last week and they look quite pretty behind my bathroom sink, even if I do say so myself. For those of you who might want to do a tile installation of this type yourself, I’d like to share a few tips. First,…
These are the two finished 12″ tiles for the downstairs bathroom backsplash. Whew! At some point, I got to believing that these backsplash tiles would never turn out properly. I’m very glad that they are completed and will be installed in the bathroom tomorrow. I need to make a trip to the hardware store today…
This past week I had another go at the 12″ backsplash tile for the downstairs guest bathroom. This time the tile turned out very well – no splits or breaks, in spite of a few bubbles forming. I was able to refire it a second time without splitting or breaking it this time. (You can…
Fused Glass Plates and Bowls are Perfect for Graduates (And Other Ideas)
Every graduate is special, and few things let them know how much you appreciate all the hard work they put into their degree than a thoughtful gift. During the graduation season, consider brightening a graduate’s world with fused glass plates, bowls, and other art pieces – with a special personal touch. The perfect gift pairs…
Here’s another one of my kiln disaster stories, aka, “no, that’s not what I wanted at all!” I’ve been working on a pair of 12″ square tiles for a backsplash in my guest bathroom. The tiles are made from a bottom layer of aventurine green glass, a middle layer of nine 3″ squares of different…
I wanted to post an update about the final look of the Block Party project and evaluating the process a bit, now that I’ve seen the results. The results of the kiln carving experiment turned out really well. The only small downside is that the difference in height between the numbers and the feather image…
The last half day of our screen printing class was a wrap up session. Once we finished talking about the last of our projects, now that they were out of the kiln, Louise provided the supplies we needed to pack up our projects safely for transport. We were also given a screen to take home,…
