by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass, Jewelry
Frequently at art shows I see many beautiful pendants with boring bails. I admit, the bail is often the last thing I think about when making jewelry, and often my bails are even less interesting than the average boring bail. I’ve decided my new go to is a...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Jewelry, Tools
For the longest time, I’ve been balancing my freshly dipped kiln formed bead mold mandrels on whatever is handy. Well, not anymore! If I had have realized how easy it was to make a drying rack, I would have done it ages ago! To make your own mandrel drying...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Float (Window) glass, Jewelry
This tutorial builds on the previous post about Fusing with Plaster Forms. We’ll be using one of the Plaster of Paris butterflies that we made last time. Materials 2 pieces of thin clear window or bottle glass Plaster of Paris butterfly 1.25″ of 20 gauge...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
Are you participating in holiday shows and boutiques this year? Have you made enough art? Getting stressed out? Here are some ideas to get your inventory beefed up and ready to go! (Click the title to go to the tutorial.) 1. Bottle Trinket Boxes Made with cut...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Float (Window) glass
Some time ago I was given a stack of glue chipped float glass. I found it was good for all sorts of things, but, inevitably, I ran out. After some investigation online (and offline), I found several methods of making my own glue chip glass. I will say here that I am...
