Lesson learned the hard way! DOH!!! I have five failed platters in my kiln … So much went wrong – splintering, bubbling, over-firing. Shoot, what a mess! I feel like a newbie. I thought my kiln and I had a better understanding of each other. So, I’ll try again – this time without the conservative, …
Category: fused glass Tags: comfort food, dichro-slide, dragonflies, failure, fleur de lis, frit, fused glass studio, iridescent glass, kiln firing, kiln load failure, life lessons, mica, never an expert, platters
Up, down and run around – just call me ‘Sue’ … or Crazy. What a week! Started on Monday, with a middle of my sleep-time doctor’s appointment. Back and forth we went 3 times this week (more in a minute) … And in between? We (ok, actually Olivia) had puppies! Some 16 hours of (well …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... life Tags: biopsy, breast infection, busy week, Clayton Hill Neo, diagnostic tests, fused glass platters, happy dance, medical problems, Neapolitan Mastiff, puppies, stained glass tiles, stamping glass
My tiles have moved along … they’re in the kiln for the third (??? final) firing. I learned a lot, and I have [A LOT] more learning to do … but I think I like them. A family emergency is ending well … the phone lines were fired up for a bit yesterday, when my …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... life Tags: ER nurse, family emergency, flying pig, fused glass studio, great coworkers, learning, Neapolitan Mastiff, pansy, special thanks, stained glass tiles, stroke, TIA, vitri fusaille, Zeus
Feelin’ a bit more like me, and the Motrin is actually helping today … so I had a great day in the studio! I’ve been spending a lot of time learning Vitri-Fusaille (Peter McGrain) along with all other painting on stained glass techniques (Thank you, Williams and Byrne!). Look what I have to show off …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... life Tags: Clayton Hill Neo, feeling better, flying pig, fused glass studio, learning, Neapolitan Mastiff, new projects, painting on glass, peter mcgrain, stained glass, vitri fusaille, Williams & Byrne, Zeus
Cuz that’s what’s banging through my head right now … it would seem that my fever is back … IT’ssz all good … Here I’ve been for the last three days, feeling the cowbell bang through me …Umm, not exactly the way I envisioned Mother’s Day Weekend 2013 … but – I’ll roll … I’ve …
And ending on a great note: I’m meeting with ‘The Girls’ again – my childhood friends. We’ve had some (slightly) impressive changes since we last got together … [Good Lord – we ARE some kind of version of “The Big Chill”] … so, we have lots to share. I’m so looking forward to seeing them …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... ER nurse, non-glass ... life, non-glass ... SANE, recipes Tags: breast cancer, breast cellulits post reconstruction, childhood, ER nurse, experiments, family, flexi-glass, found family, friends, fused glass, glass studio, glass techniques, learning, life, medical problems, modern day, mothers day, peter mcgrain, roots, SANE nurse, The Big Chill, work
Where have you been all my life? An amazing, wonderful, incredible coworker (whom I LOVE!) shared a frosting recipe this weekend (it ALMOST made up for all the craziness we endured on behalf of our patient population … 5AM take down of a male someone half my age … don’t get me started!). Anyway – I’m sharing …
Category: non-glass ... ER nurse, non-glass ... life, non-glass ... SANE, recipes Tags: crazy in the ER, dessert recipes, ER nurse, frosting, good food, great coworkers, SANE nurse, weekend wrap up
Had a bit more studio time … so I learned a bit about David Alcala’s glass tapestry (amazing!), and played with flexi-glass … had some troubles getting started (it’s NOT supposed to roll and wrinkle like that), but had more success with fine frit and mica: And here’s my “object d’art” … basically …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... life Tags: David Alcala, family time, flexiglass, glass experiments, glass tapestry, good week, Iron Man 3, learning, movies, trying recipes
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