This technique was something I kind of made up, because the other students in the class just did their own, straightforward projects. I saw that someone was using mica pigments on her glass work, and I have a bunch of those that I use for mixed media. Naturally, the ones made for glass are expensive. …
Category: Glass
Jun 15
Beetles in Amber
I took a fused glass class this spring. I hadn’t been terribly inspired by anything I’d seen in fused glass, but I figured that it was one of the few types of glassworking I hadn’t tried yet, so I ought to give it a go. My first couple of pieces are really ugly. So ugly …
Jun 03
Glass Acorns
May 24
Rabbits of Willendorf
Laurie Nessel did a demo in this class where she made these amazing little netsuke rabbits out of a solid lump of glass. These were my attempt. I think I need a lot more progress if I’m going to make rabbits that look like rabbits. Maybe the glass was too hot, or maybe I pushed …
May 22
Eggs Three and Four
Two more eggs, nesting in the glass nests I made. I tried to think of nice colors for the Easter eggs that I would like to look at, but I couldn’t think of any, so I made these ugly ones instead. It occured to me that I could make natural colored eggs, but wouldn’t it …