Category: Glass

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A Brown Explodey Flower (3×3)

Hmmmm……. It’s been a while – eh?

I spent a week in Michigan teaching glass stuff this summer. That was fun. Inbetween questions, instead of staring at the backs of people’s heads or something, I decided to keep my hands busy. Also, I needed some glued glass to demonstrate “how to grout” without demo-ing on someone else’s work. The next few posts are of the little things I finished while teaching.



4″x4″ mosaiced tile

I’m not sure, yet, whether to turn these in to coasters or decorative wall hangings.

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Repurposing glass for garden art

Later this week these dishes will be in my garden as large(ish) garden flowers:

Very much a borrowed idea, but it was too neat not to try out on my own. The plan is to use epoxy and then use my oven to anneal/strengthen the bond. I have another box of glass still in my car from last weekend’s flea market trip waiting to be made in to some more once I find some inexpensive and interesting colorful second hand glass dishes.

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Stained glass progress

The other day I realized that in August I’ll be helping to teach a stained glass/fused glass class and yet I haven’t actually finished any stained glass in…..well, years. So. Back to this project started in 2008….

Over the course of about 5 hours (across two days) I finished grinding, washing, and copper foiling it to get it to fit in the frame (with a few design mods due to carelessness and limited glass to make up for mistakes. ooops.):

I’ve since also finished 80% of the soldering, too, but have yet to take a picture of that. I’m still working out how I want to finish the outer edge and what patina to use on the solder. This is intended for my bathroom window, but I don’t think I want to permanently install it. So….. lead came? Or a wooden frame? I’m not sure yet.

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Sushi plate experiment

Last week I visited my parents. You never know what kinds of adventures you might encounter while over there. This time, my mother turns to me and says, “I want you to make a sushi plate.”

OK (^_^) of course! Here are the results. One worked, one did not.

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Small Green Pendant

I finally sat down to play with metal and fire this weekend and here’s what came out!

Very plain. Very simple. But still pretty. AND confidence boosting. I finished it in far less time than I’d expected AND now i have several more studio-type things set up and ready to use! (most notably: my buffer is up and running!)