December 17th 2018
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| Glass cocktail stirrer |
The art of glass entered my life a few years ago and I can honestly say it has brought me joy. From
the first scratchy cut on the glass to opening the kiln to see what the heat has done to my simple creations, there is nothing, nothing that I do not like about it.
Despite not having really made much this year, the Christmas spirit began to seep into me through the fusing of glass, from looking and searching out ideas, to sketching some thoughts down on paper and then tweaking the ideas once I began to cut has been so much fun. Want to see my little creations?
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| The first Christmas haul included 'nisse' and some trees |
From the three nisse in the kiln to before firing, look what the heat did...
I made little heart tokens in all shapes and sizes, some to hang, some as little pebbles and a few as stitch markers too.
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| Hanging hearts with frit and wire |
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Pebble token hearts with copper and
heart stitch markers |
I made glass for the talented Kim at Little Hearts who has two cats, this was my version of her feline friends...
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| Cats in glass |
And then I made some Christmas tree cocktail stirrers, before firing...
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| Cocktail stirrers in glass before firing |
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| Christmas tree cocktail stirrers made in glass |
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| A glass tree in tack fusing to give some texture |
My husband is not kind to his cufflinks and losing them or treads on them, who knows what he does to them, so this year, he will have four almost identical pairs!
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| Glass boat cufflinks |
Then finally we came upon the idea of trying to slump some bottles and see what that would do...
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I added some copper hearts to one and thick
kiln paper in the bottleneck to keep the opening |
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Look closely you can see how I am trying to
keep the neck open so it will not fuse shut |
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| It worked! Fused bottle with an open neck so I could add flowers! |
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| Can you see how the bottle has become flat! |
Now if you will excuse me, I think I may go drink a few glasses of something so that I may make some more glass presents out of bottles... hic...
♥ Have you decided to make any presents this year? ♥
I do love your fused glass! The cats are particularly cute :D
ReplyDeleteThank you Shelagh, compared to many I am not talented but it really is addicitive
DeleteAbsolutely gorgeous x
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen
DeleteI LOVE every single one of your glass creations! They are all so sweet and lovely!
ReplyDeleteAwww, thank you, so kind of you to say so x
DeleteShe said she liked them Dee, so that's good. I am glad you stopped by too xxx
ReplyDeleteOh, I like them all!! And you are talented; it's a development journey, so you will continue to grow in the art. Don't worry about where others are; where you are is perfect!! And it's so good you take photos; later you will look back and see how much you have learned. But I honestly can't see anything I'd change in your work now. Well, one thing: I think the cuff links would be even nicer if half faced the other way. But that's me. I like my earrings to do that, too, although I generally prefer odd earrings (same materials, but slightly different design).
ReplyDeleteI loved the textured tree, too. So pretty! But my favourite would have to be the flat wall bottle for flowers. What a great idea!
Hugs from me. ~ Linne
I can envision a tree decked with all glass hearts (well, maybe some Nisse, too haha). They would be
I like the idea about the cufflinks Linne, I must admit I did wonder about that as I made them. Problem is i have now put them smewhere so very safe I cannot find them to wrap ready for Christmas!!!! Eeeek.
DeleteThese are totally, absolutely GORGEOUS. Beautiful and so individual. WOW!
ReplyDeleteThank you Beth
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