I’m still playing with my reverse enameling and stamps. A few more to finish and I will have a major coffin load of spoon rests & dishes. Tonight’s progress: I was painting while heating up our vit kiln for this brown/tan pull. Oops! Having said that … SOMEONE (DH) was right there with the …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... life, recipes, vitrigraph Tags: cane, Chloe the Bulldog, Clayton Hill, cooking, fred flintstone, fused glass, learning, million dollar spaghetti, murrini, painting on glass, poppy, reverse enamel painting, snapping turtle, stamps, the bread, vitrigraph kiln
DH surprised me tonight by suggesting a vit pull. Aww … Thanks, babe! So – we did. It’s Bullseye aqua, teal, steel blue, emerald green, powder blue, warm white and clear. I’m happy with the results! And then, I stole a few hours for enamel projects … I love the cat & dog spoon rests. …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, vitrigraph Tags: cats, Clayton Hill, day of the dead, dogs, glass stamping, murrini cane, Neapolitan Mastiff, Neos, poppy, reverse enamel on glass, ring dishes, spoon rests, summer, Victor
I finally have all three kilns running! Spoon rests, night lights, bowls/plates galore! And, I did a little painting tonight. We’ll see what the kiln gods think … but I like what I have started. I didn’t care for the diluted bubbles the necessary shims made in my last attempt, so now I’ve added a …
Category: fused glass Tags: bird, finger bowls, flower, fused glass blog, glass plate, glass spoon rests, night lights, poppy, santa fe, south west, stamping with glass paints, stringer projects, tapestry, thinfire painting
Holiday weekends sure are busy! But overall good! I have highlights: We have puppies! (Of course it meant a long sleepless period … but look at those faces!!!) Momma Izz (Isabella) is doing great, eating and sleeping like a champ and her pups are growing before my eyes. (And, we will catch up on sleep …
Category: crafts, fused glass, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... ER nurse, non-glass ... life Tags: beaded bracelet, bumble bee, busy, busy life, Clayton Hill Neo, Clayton Hill Studio, custom requests, ER nurse stories, fused glass, glass art, glass bowls, glass jewelry, heart, holiday weekend, insomnia, kumihimo, life is short, Neapolitan Mastiff puppies, no whining, poppy, pudding shots, sleepless, spoon rests, sugar packet medicine, suncatcher
Darn you Creative Paradise! But, my mind was elsewhere, so I followed the firing schedule (even though, through previous experience NO LESS, I know better!) and messed up my project – and mold. Aaargghhh! To top it off – my next move was to mess up my ‘lil palette knife beach scene. Gone is the …
Category: fused glass Tags: beach, bowl, digital images in glass, failures, fused glass studio, learning, mistakes, ocean, peacock, platter, poppy, set backs, zebra
I’m trying, re-trying and learning. Let me show you: Here are the fired pieces from previous posts; Two coffin loads this week (Tuesday and today); A close up of my first ‘palette knife’ trial (fingers crossed), peacock re-try WITH success (yay), and a new votive candle mold trial (didn’t quite work, but I …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... ER nurse, non-glass ... life Tags: beach theme glass, bizarre patients, ER nurse, fish, full moon weekend, fused decals, grandma, irid glass, Maggie, ocean, palette knife, peacock, personalized, poppy, votive mold, weekend wrap up, wimpy men
After sleeping for some 13 hours, I woke to our first summer day! (I am absolutely NOT complaining about the temperature!!!) So – we spent some time getting the garden in order (rototilling, weeding, general clean-up). I do believe I will sleep well tonight, but I had a blast playing in the dirt! With our …
Category: fused glass, non-glass ... life Tags: air conditioning, bowls, catch all, circle of life, forest man, frit envelope, fused glass studio, future jewelry, gardening, hot temperatures, night light, poppy, rainbow, soap dish, spoon rest, stringer bowl, summer, sweating
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