Cookie Cutter Dam

An experiment gone wrong??? Maybe not. I tried using a cookie cutter I thought was stainless steel for a dam but as you can see it was not. It was tin coated. Fortunetly I lined the inside edge with kiln paper so the glass actually turnd out OK all the tin coating burned off cleanly so maybe if I kiln wash it and lined it I could use it again. Would the steel give off dangerous fumes? I don’t know. Guess I better check into that. Here is the photo of the heart. It is about 5” and made from scrap glass.

Fused Glass Update

Its been awhile since I’ve posted. I know you should post every day but that’s just not how my life is. Honestly I don’t think you all have time to read posts daily either. So here goes my fused glass update. In my last post I talked about a class I took in Las Vegas at the Glass and Bead Expo. Today I am talking about the second class I took there.

Below are some photos from the class. The class was called Fritography with a Twist with Michael Dupille as the instructor.

I can’t give away his secrets but I can say that we used his product called VitriGel with glass powders using two different techniques of creating art on fused glass. I love using the product. I’ve been using aloe vera gel for powder painting techniques but this gel is much much better. I am so interested in creating fine art with fused glass and this class was right up my alley. Below are my first pieces I did in the class. I don’t do my best work in a class situation but it was fun and my pieces aren’t too bad. Check them out below.

You can go to Michael Dupille’s website to purchased his products and videos I just purchased his beginning Fritography Video and can’t wait to receive it.

Coral Bowl

I had a great time at the Las Vegas Glass and Bead Convention recently. I took a class on making coral bowls. It was only a 3 hour class so we only got to construct an 8” bowl. It was a little hard to get the amount of holes I wanted in this size bowl. I wasn’t to happy with the instruction I received. The number of glass pieces should have been a lot less and more spread out for my liking. At least I know what not to do on my next one. The piece was full fused there and it was all white glass. We took the piece home to sift powders on and full fuse again and slump ourselves. I thought that class was a little pricey for what you learned.

I took another class which was more fun and right up my alley. I will post about it tomorrow.

Acrylic Painting in Progress

Here is a series of photos showing my 16x16 acrylic painting, step by step, on Canson Acrylic Paper. This was the last painting I did this winter in the Phoenix area. This is on the grounds of the San Exavier Mission. It is an extraordinary mission with a lot of history.

I’m still loving painting on this Canson paper. My next challenge will be mounting the paintings I’ve done on this paper to hardboard for framing. I will let you know how that works out.

Abstract Acrylic Painting

This painting is an abstract painting that just happened. It was not preplanned except that I first painted it on my ipad, something that I often do. I kind of liked something about it and decided to paint it again on paper. I made some small changes to it to improve the compostion and just had fun with it.

16x20 Acrylic on Paper.....”Life Lines”.

Newest Acrylic Paintings

16x20 Acrylic on Canson Acrylic Paper..... “Fall on the River”

These paintings are painted on a new paper I just came across and I really like. It is Canson Acrylic Paper. I love the weight of it and it doesnt need a gesso coating. It has a great surface for all kinds of acrylic applications.

16x16 Acrylic on Canson Acrylic Paper.....”Sunshine on a Foggy Day”

16x20 Acrylic on Canson Acrylic Paper.....”Prickly Pear Cactus Blossoms”

Back to My Painting

This post is a quick catch up on my acrylic paintings. Lately I have switched to painting on paper rather than canvas or boards. These are on Watercolor paper. Its fun to change your usual routine to freshen up your style a bit. Some times I gesso the watercolor paper to give it more body and make it less absorbant.
These can be framed like watercolors or mounted on canvas with no frames for a contemporary look.