Archive for the 'fused glass' Category

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Button, Button

A custom order for a customer that wanted some eclectic fused glass buttons for her handcrafted knitted apparel.   The glass cabs are adhered to button shanks and are safe for handwashing.  They add a nice touch to clothing and can be made in so many differerent colors and textures. The photo below shows the back [...]

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Rock-N-Lobster

A fun upcycled fused flat wine bottle with a bright red lobster crawling across the top.  Looks great as a decoration or as a platter for cheese and crackers.  These will only be made in very limited quantities, so if you want one, grab it before it crawls away!
Do you have a favorite bottle that [...]

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Photo Proof

I made this fused glass pendant for my daughter to celebrate her journey into self portrait photography.  She is just 12 years old and has had a very difficult time this past year with her health.  A gift of a camera at Christmas seemed to be something that would allow her creativity to continue [...]

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Smashing Horses

I had an order last weekend for a collection of fused glass horse pendants.  I did a few different types, but it was this one that I had the most fun creating.  I cut little horses out of copper sheet and flattened them with a hammer.  I cut squares out of a pretty iridescent blue [...]

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in the light box

I think that bottles are too tight a fit for my light box. I think I needed to have a better backdrop. I know that I have put off photographing a bunch of slumped bottles because they are unruly. I tackled a few of them today. My camera (yikes!) almost fell to the ground. My [...]

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