Category: Art

Blue violet glass

I’m a few weeks behind on posting my creations, because I like to leave each photo up for a few days before I post the next one. At this rate it will be May before I post what I’m working on now. Stay tuned for my lampworking fish and my newest little books.

Green and Gold lampshade

Cracked Yellow-gold lampshade

This was my biggest lampshade, and the colors turned out mottled because they interacted with each other chemically.  Unfortunately, I think I got a drop of water on the base of it when I was getting it off the puntie, as when it came out of the annealer it had two huge cracks on either …

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Pale violet bowl

I wanted the edge of this bowl to be fluted like the petals of a lotus, but it spun out of kilter while I was flaring it out.  It will still work for floating roses in, assuming I get some roses on my new bushes.

Blue and Brown Book

For the cover of this book I used some Chinese brocade, and the beading from my daughter’s shoe, which we got at Target. (I hope she’s learned that if you leave your shoes outside and they get ruined, mommy will cut them apart and use them for art.)  After I cut and pasted the different …

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