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Commercial, Fused Glass

Commercial Fused Glass Dishes

Commercial Fused Glass Dishes

I received another order for fused glass caviar dishes for a small restaurant in Colorado. I’ve made these before and they are a bit complicated. I used a grinder and saw in addition to hand cutting the pieces. I also hand cut the mold to slump the glass into. It […]

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Fused Glass, Home Decor

New Slumped Fused Glass Dishes

New Slumped Fused Glass Dishes

I love creating fused glass dishes, whether for art or as functional pieces. I just finished slumping several new dishes. Here are just a few of them. There are myriad of techniques and they are in various sizes. This first set is pieces of clear and blue fused together then […]

by × March 25, 2023 × 0 comments

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Wissmach Glass Pebbles and Squares

Wissmach Glass Pebbles and Squares

Last month I wrote about some of the fused glass pieces (below are just some of the dishes) I made with Wissmach Prisma Glass, Reactive Blue Oster Pearl and Oster Pearl Reactive Blue. Such a beautiful glass. I loved this glass so much I decided to make pebbles and squares […]

by × March 8, 2023 × 0 comments

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Small Fused Glass Dishes

Small Fused Glass Dishes

I love making fused glass dishes. I finished some small, fused glass dishes. The small 3-inch square dish below is made with a pattern bar. It’s perfect for rings or a small candle or just as a pretty little dish. This tiny 3-inch dish is a mix of iridized glass […]

by × February 26, 2023 × 0 comments

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New Fused Glass Pot-melts

New Fused Glass Pot-melts

In December I made fused glass pot-melts with my good friend Tracy. I enjoyed making them so much I made some more. Here they are in the kiln, I used a similar setup that Tracy and I used. Here they are, after fusing. I like seeing the pots with the […]

by × February 16, 2023 × 0 comments

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Pot-melts with Tracy

Pot-melts with Tracy

In December Tracy came over and we created pot-melts. I have been trying to decide how to use mine, which is one of the reasons for the delay in writing this post. I love creating fused glass pot-melts because you never really know what you are going to get. Here […]

by × February 4, 2023 × 0 comments

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Wissmach Glass

Wissmach Glass

There are several types of glass including Bullseye Glass and Oceanside Glass and I use both for different reasons. Another type of glass is Wissmach Glass, it’s 96 COE glass. I normally use the Wissmach Luminescent glass, but they also have this beautiful glass called Prisma. I had a sheet […]

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Inclusions in Fused Glass

Inclusions in Fused Glass

I thought I’d make some small fused glass pieces with inclusions. This first group is special mica pieces I purchased from a fellow artist. Some I cut out e.g., hearts, and some she cut out like the cogs. The ones that are transparent can be pocket charms or I can […]

by × January 18, 2023 × 0 comments

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Custom Fused Glass Barrettes

Custom Fused Glass Barrettes

During the Rampart Craft fair, a new customer asked me if I could make matching barrettes based on two, she found. For one of the barrettes, I was lucky and was able to make another barrette that was pretty close to the original (last 2 photos). It’s difficult to completely […]

by × December 6, 2022 × 0 comments

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Custom Fused Glass Spoon Rest

Custom Fused Glass Spoon Rest

A few years ago, one of my good customers asked me to create a 12 fused glass spoon rests with standup metal holders. It’s kind of funny it took me forever to get the firing schedule and size right, so you’d think I’d remember. She asked me to make her […]

by × December 1, 2022 × 0 comments

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Santa and Snowman dishes

Santa and Snowman dishes

Last month I made some fused glass Santa and Snowman dishes. These 3 photos are my snowmen dishes, I think they are so cute. I really like adding the vitrigraph to the bottom. I also made some Santa dishes. I like them too, especially the beards. I like them better […]

by × October 14, 2022 × 0 comments

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Commercial Fused Glass Dessert Dishes

Commercial Fused Glass Dessert Dishes

I received another commercial fused glass order recently. The order was for 25 fused glass dessert dishes. We talked it through, and she wanted a bowl / plate shape. I showed her a plain clear dish and one with texture, pictured below. Which do you think she chose? The texture […]

by × October 8, 2022 × 0 comments

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Fabulous – Small Dish Fused Glass Class

Fabulous – Small Dish Fused Glass Class

Last Saturday, I had a wonderful small dish fused glass class. I really like the small group and we had lots of fun, and they did a fabulous job. Believe it or not there is a lot of prep work to get ready for a fused glass class, even for […]

by × September 22, 2022 × 0 comments

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Fused Glass Small Dish Class

Fused Glass Small Dish Class

On Sept 17th 12:00 – 14:00 p.m. I’m having a fused glass dish class in my home (Class duration: 2 hrs). Max number of students is 5 (minimum of 3), so if you would like to take this class, please email me (elegantfusedglass@gmail.com) ASAP to reserve your spot. The cost […]

by × August 28, 2022 × 0 comments