Fused glass pendants

Fused Glass Cabochons

These are some beginner cabochons I made from scrap glass. Most of these turned out OK. Some I used white pre made dots for embellishments. The second from the top left I used clear frit in the center crevice. The lower left one I used fuseable paint between layers and it caused the bubbles to form. Not what I had in mind. In the next photo I tried the paints again and put them on the top layer with better success. I think if You want the paints in the middle you would need to pre fuse the paint on the first layer then add the second layer and then full fuse everything to eliminate bubbles. The right bottom one had clear frit chunks on the purple area but they sunk in and disappeared. Lessons were learned on these.

Fused glass cabochons

These cabachons were more experiments. The glass painted ones were painted on the top clear layer over the opaque glass. The right top one is painted directly on the opaque glass. No clear cap, just clear on bottom. The second one on top has clear cap with paint on top of clear. The far left top is clear bottom layer, middle chunks of black, red, and dichroic, top layer clear again. The bottom row could be earrings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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More Fused Glass

Fantasy Poppy Plate...9x12 fused glass

This is a one of a kind plate. I designed the plate on my iPad and printed out a pattern. I hand cut all the pieces from glass and put the design pieces on two sheets of black glass and I hand painted the veines and stamens with glass line paint. I added some frit and green glass dots to each flower center and then fused in the kiln.

12x9 fused glass dish

Geometric Fused Glass Platter

My goal for this plate was to use opaque and transparent glass and to use up some scraps. I kind of designed it as I went along cutting the glass.

This shot shows off the transparent pieces. Depending on the surface its placed on it has a different appearance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fused Glass

Quilt Square Fused Glass Dish

Still here in El Mirage, Arizona fusing glass. This piece was made from scrap glass and patch worked together like a quilt block. I was quite happy with it. A good use of white dots I had left over and tiny white squares I cut from scrap. The dark green was a transparent scrap from the trash bin.

6x6 fused glass dish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fused Glass

More Fused Glass

We are still in Phoenix and enjoying the fused glass studio here in the RV golf resort. Here are a couple more pieces we have done here.

Divided dish with glass frit down the center

Art Panel backlit

 

Free Standing Fish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fun with Alcohol Inks

Alcohol ink paintings

This is another side track I've been experimenting with. It is easy to do in a small scale and in a small space such as my motor home. The colors are so vibrant and you can use them on Yupo substrate. If you don't like what you've done just wipe it off with alcohol and start over.

You can use various tools to apply the inks such as Qtips, brush, and pouring. You can lift areas to lighten with Qtip or corner of paper towel. If it is already dry just use a little alcohol to lift and lighten an area.

The paintings below are about 5x7 except the 3rd one is about 10x7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fused Glass

Side tracked from painting

I am in Phoenix area for three months at a RV golf resort. They have many working studios here and one of them is fused glass. So naturally I had to try my hand at it. The following photos are my first projects. It is a very addicting art form. I will have to see about how to follow up with this when I get back home.

 

 

 

 

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Acrylic Landscape

"0n the Way to Jenner by the Sea".....acrylic painting on gesso board

This painting is from the California Coast near Jenner and Bodega Bay. i was so impressed by the texture and variety of vegetation growing down the cliffs near the ocean. The fan brush came in very handy for highlighting and detailing the ice plant and shrubbery.

"On the Way to Jenner by the Sea"...16x20 Acrylic

 

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