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May 2024 Newsletter

- Upcoming June Events:

• Home Shows - None

• Art Shows - None  

• Home Classes - None *I am having a class at Festivitea (see below)

I will be extremely busy in June and August so I will not be able to give home classes or a home show in June or August. However, I will have 2 or 3 classes in July.

I've been asked to do a Christmas in July Class i.e. ornaments. Absolutely, the best way to have a class is to get 3-5 people together and schedule it. Let me know what you'd like to learn in July.

2nd Fused Glass Dichroic Jewelry Class at Festivitea

2nd Fused Glass Dichroic Jewelry Class at Festivitea

In March I gave a Fused Glass Dichroic Jewelry Class at Festivitea, we had a wonderful time. Here are some of the myriad of samples I've made for the class. The samples included iridized, black dichroic (textured, pattern, and solid), and clear glass as well as both full and tacked fused pendants and earrings. I cut a variety of backgrounds …Read more.

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Fused Glass May 25th Class

Fused Glass May 25th Class

I held a second fused glass class this month, that I advertised on Facebook events. There were 3 students, two where students have taken classes with me before and one was new. Here is the Event announcement, ironically no one made the votives. In addition to the liability forms (yep someone did cut their finger). I also gave each student …Read more.

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Fused Glass Plant Stake Class

Fused Glass Plant Stake Class

Earlier this month I conducted a fused glass plant stake class; it's such a fun project and it was the first time I taught it. Three of the students made Fused Glass Plant Stakes and one made some coffee & tea dishes, and ornament. Here is how I setup for the students including their supplies e.g., vitrigraph, opaque glass, transparent, …Read more.

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Fused Glass Class for May 25th 2024

Fused Glass Class for May 25th 2024

For May 25th, I'd like to open fused glass class options up to y'all. Please let me know which fused glass class you want to take. Typically, classes are about 2 hours. No experience is necessary. Some of the supplies available for class including vitrigraph, frit, dots, murrine, etc. Max number of students is 5 (minimum of 3), so if …Read more.

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Blown Glass with a Fellow Artist

Blown Glass with a Fellow Artist

I've mention Susan before, she is a basket weaver artist. She's so talented and her artwork is beautiful. I met her through Merle. She's come by before and I gave her some fused glass cabochons for her baskets, and she's even made me a basket. Well, she bought some "blown glass" pieces, but they were very sharp and she wanted …Read more.

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Lost Earring, oh what to do?

Lost Earring, oh what to do?

Have you ever lost an earring? Well, I have including fused glass earrings that I've made. Don't ask me how but it happens. I make fused glass earrings both post and dangle earrings? Sometime one of my earrings gets lost and instead of trying to make a matching one I make them into tiny pendants. I have to say, my …Read more.

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Knives with Fused Glass Dots

Knives with Fused Glass Dots

A month or so ago I added some fused glass to spoons. I really liked how they turned out, here they are again. I've been wanting to do the same with knives, they turned out great. I also have some tiny spoons which are perfect for smaller teacups, etc. Aren't they pretty. That's one of the great things about I …

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Tiny Fused Glass Dishes

Tiny Fused Glass Dishes

Last month I made some tea dishes, and I had a class and one of my students made tiny glass dishes and it reminded me how much I love little dishes. Here is a picture of the tiny dish with my normal size dish. Additionally, the top green is 2 layers of glass, and the bottom green is 1 layer …Read more.

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Fused Glass Cremation for my Sister

Fused Glass Cremation for my Sister

This is an extremely personal post. A few months ago, my nephew passed away. My sister asked me if I could make some cremation crosses for her and his family. I first made her some pocket crosses with the ashes on the back. Pocket crosses are kept in your pocket to let you know God is with you. Clearly knowing …Read more.

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Did you know ...

This section is used to answer any questions you may have or to pass on tidbits of information that add value and enhance knowledge regarding fused glass, metals, or jewelry in general. Let me know if you have anything you'd like me to discuss.  This "Did You Know" is about a Red Hat event

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My good friend Jax invited me to speak at a Red Hat luncheon this month. Here is a picture of the ladies in their beautiful hats. I spoke a bit about glass and how I got started.

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While we were at the luncheon, I passed around some of my fused glass pieces including some small dishes, night light, plant stakes, and several other pieces. I was able to show the difference between full fused and tack fused, among other topics.

 

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After the luncheon I invited them to come to my home studio / gallery. I gave each person that came a free pendant. As you can see, I made a lot of red and purple pendants. The hat on the table is the Red Hat, Jax let me wear to the luncheon.

 

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After choosing a free pendant, I showed the ladies my different rooms including my finished room which included some of my fused glass jewelry. 

 

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Then I showed them my inspiration / finishing room. This is where I finish my pieces. You can see my pendants I was finishing up.

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I also showed them my gallery area. I so love showing off my beautiful unique fused glass artwork.

 

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Lastly I showed them my studio, where I teach my classes. 

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They had a chance to purchase some of my fused glass artwork. I really appreciate those who bought some of my fused glass.

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This is my good friend Jax. One of the pieces she took home was a fused glass dragonfly. Jax is an amazing artist and is going to try to make me some displays for my dragonflies. I can't wait to see what she creates. 

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I never really know what people truly think of my talks and my fused glass. Well Margaret sent me this beautiful thank you card.   It means so much to me that people enjoy my fused glass. Thank you, Margaret!

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