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I happened into the fused glass space in 2001 and combined a love of recycling with fusing and the rest is history. When I started there was very little information available about fusing with recycled glass, and I like to think I’ve helped change that. Problem solving is my happy place, and glass problems are my favorite flavor. Luckily for me there are still so many questions to be answered!
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Painted Triangle Beads
Once you've mastered the basic kiln formed triangle bead, you can move on to more advanced beads. For instance, adding painted stripes to your triangle glass beads is a quick way to add color and fun to jewelry designs. Start with Clear glass paintbrush 3 colors of...
Triangle Bead Molds
Triangle bead molds are now available in the online shop. Each mold ships with 12 stainless steel mandrels, a tube of bead release and an instruction sheet and a full color tutorial for a bracelet using your new mold. Not sure if it's for you? You can preview the...
Mixing Bottle Glass for Fusing
The most frequent question that I get is "Can I fuse different kinds of bottles together? I saw someone else doing it and it seems to work." followed by "My fused bottle projects are breaking in the kiln or later, how do I fix that?" See the pattern? So, I thought...
Adding Texture and Pattern to Float Glass
In your fused recycled glass travels, don't overlook float glass. Sure, it might seem like large sheets of clear window glass couldn't be more boring, but it's really an incredibly versatile tool. Not only is it possible to get large pieces for big projects, you can...
Fused Painted Hummingbird
For our third project using the February Free Kiln Carving pattern, (available in the Big Book of Kiln Carving Patterns) we're going to create a painted hummingbird dish using our kiln carving stencil as a pattern. If you haven't downloaded the pattern yet, you...
Hummingbird Fused with Metals
This fun bird is a variation of a kiln carving pattern. I used the same design as a stencil for sheet copper and brass. The pattern can be found in the Big Book of Kiln Carving Patterns Materials needed: Copper and brass sheet (22-24 gauge is good) Clear glass sheets...
Flaming Heart Windchime Tutorial
Flaming Heart Windchime Bottle Glass Tutorial This pattern is available in the Big Book of Kiln Carving Patterns. You will need to print and cut out the pattern using 1mm or thicker fiber paper. Step 1: Find (or cut out) the heart and flame portion of your kiln...
Bottle Glass Frit Balls – Overview
Lately I've become enamored of working with frit balls. I had no idea how fun and addictive these things are! Maybe because they look like unnaturally colored caviar or tiny marbles, who knows, but they are pretty cool. First though, you have to make them. Making...
Glue Chip Glass
Recently, I ran out of glue chip glass and decided to learn how to make it myself. Everyone has probably heard of glue chip glass, and the process isn't a difficult one, although it is much more work than expected. Glue chip is a process where the surface of the...
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