SEA OF JOY: Simple, sleek, contemporary wall art. Slippery, but high in protein. [ripple fish]
COSMOS: The final frontier? Nah ... just an easy, straightforward project that makes a great impression. [milky way, galaxy]
HEIRLOOM KEEPSAKE BOXES: Here's a slam dunk choice for gifts or treasures ...simple construction, endless design possibilities.
CREATING ON THE EDGE: A technique that never gets tiresome ... designing with glass strips on edge.
AUTUMN ASPEN LEAVES: Pre-fused elements to use in awesome autumn artwork ...
CAST GLASS HEARTS: We dip our toes into the hot waters of glass casting, and retrieve nine gorgeous hearts...
HANGING BIRD BATH: Here's an easy one that will please you, your neighbors and the local tweetie birds. It's a very modifiable idea -- do it my way or just wing it!
DROP VESSELS: Drop Vessels require your direct participation in the hot glass forming process ... exciting and rewarding!
FRIT BLOSSOMS: The perfect project for those rainy days when you just want to escape into glass. No thinking, no planning, just PLAY... [flowers] (watch trailer)
PRESSING FLOWERS: Pressing elements in your kiln creates a colorful library of goodies to use in countless creative ways ...
KOI POND DISPLAY PLATTER: Using pre-fused elements to visually design a finished piece has the advantage of being a WYSIWYG process -- what you see is what you get.
CHERRY BLOSSOMS: Imagine the joy in this Glasshoppa's heart when the cherry trees start to bloom. A lesson in using layers to create visual depth.
BEST KEPT CUTTING SECRET: How many tools are hawked with the promise of improving or simplifying your glass cutting? This one is a cheap, no-brainer.
MUSHROOM GARDEN ART: Kiln-fired glass mushrooms to highlight your green spaces both indoors and out. Plus a powder application technique for creating organic appeal.
TORCH PULLED STRINGER: Store-bought stringer has many uses but the natural, "organic" look isn't one of them. Learn to make your own, simply and safely.
RAINBOW JEWELRY: Stripes are simple but beautiful when rendered in luminous glass, and added intricacy is a cinch if that's your heart's desire.
ASPEN LEAF PLATTER: A beautiful autumn platter with a one-piece circular rim ... made with elements from the Autumn Aspen Leaves tutorial.
FISH BONES PLATTER: This fanciful skeleton on an oceanic background makes use of reactive white glass and simple color-testing to assure desirable results.
THE ANT, THE LADYBUG AND THE DRAGONFLY: It's a Bugfest! Three easy fusing projects for home, garden and gifts.
SUMMER SUNFLOWER: A free-form and flattering flower to flaunt come springtime. Two circles, lots of petals, and plenty of satisfaction for many seasons to come.
MAKE A STAND!: Having trouble finding the right display stand? Make your own, out of ... what else?
KOI: PRE-FUSED DESIGN ELEMENTS: Pre-fused elements make designing projects visual and intuitive ... These koi fish are just one example.
TRANSPARENCY OVERLAYS: Transparency is the visual characteristic that distinguishes glass from all other art forms. Here we build on that distinction...
FRUIT SPOON RESTS: Counter Candy! One mold and THREE designs to dress up any kitchen counter top. [strawberry, grapes, avocado]
MAKING & MOUNTING BIG GARDEN ART: Colorful and popular, the most challenging part of glass garden art is mounting the glass to an iron stake ... Here, problem solved.
COPPER-FRAMED GARDEN ART: Turns out copper pipe is a snazzy and easy way to display yard art - and this colorful fish is a flashy example.
DEVITRIFICATION & FIRE-POLISHING TRAY: Glass Fusing is a challenging enterprise -- here is one easy way to handle those yuckie surface blemishes ...
BALLOON GARDEN: A daring peek into the dark netherworld of unconventional fusing techniques ...
PINWHEEL BOWL: This bowl consists of 12 cut glass pieces arranged on a wavy-edged clear base. Simple construction, impressive results.
LAYERED GLASS LANDSCAPES: Easy multi-layer depth and dimension
POINSETTIA HOLIDAY DECOR: An easy holiday highlight for all skill levels ...Wall-mount or table centerpiece.
MUSHROOM NIGHT LIGHTS: Fungi Vitreosi illuminata -- an eye-catching little shelfie with or without the lighting. The stem is a bottleneck; the lighting is an inexpensive, off-the-shelf night light kit.
BIRD OF PARADISE POT-STICKER: This tropical marvel in fused glass can be made in one firing or two and in as many versions as you're willing to configure.
WILDFLOWER HAND MIRROR: Make a hand mirror or make great wildflowers -- here you'll learn both...
PETAL PLATTERS: Here's a very straightforward design whose pattern arises from the effect of overlapping colors. .
TROPICAL TEASER: This easy coral piece serves as a creative stand for a colorful tropical fish ... Together they form a dreamy art glass sculpture...
PRICKLY PEAR POT-STICKER: Easy, head-turning, smile-making glass project ... [cactus]
CRAZY QUILTS IN GLASS: Easy, colorful & fun. A classic homemaker's craft informs modern glass art design ...
REVEALING IMAGERY: Make creative use of negative space between glass pieces to create focal imagery. Simple designs and simple construction create simple elegance.
SEA TURTLE: If turtles don't float your boat, this project features a couple of widely useful techniques that will.
FRACTURE-STREAMER WALL CLOCK: Most any work in glass can easily become a beautiful timepiece...
HOLIDAY TREES & WREATH: Yes you can crank out fused glass holiday gifts with only a few days to go ...The first of these sparkling keepsakes may take you an hour. The next? Half that.
YARDBIRDS: These wdpeckers mount easily on posts, trees or the wooden trim of buildings and make great craft fair fare ...
LIGHT YOUR TREES: Pick the right lights and illuminating your fused glass holiday trees is cheap, quick & easy..
HANGING GLASS ON WALLS: Here is a simple and affordable approach to standoff wall mounting that anyone can use.
SNAPSHOT STANDS: Great for small pictures, easy gifts and quick craft sales. Fun kids project, too!
STARBURST BOWL: Holiday design or otherwise, this is an easy technique with dazzling results!
STAR OF HOPE: An optically brilliant and symbolically promising project for hearts and homes ...
WAVE FORM: Water & glass ... so closely related ...
AUTUMN ALDERS: Creating Depth with thin layers -- the third dimension...
EXPLORING DEEPER COMPOSITIONS: Exploring the challenges of deep compositions using frit
POPPY PARTY: Three wall-mounted variations on the ageless poppy -
UPSCALE SWITCH PLATES: You may never appreciate how boring switch plates are until you change them out for something more artsy.
THREE LIGHT TEA LIGHT: Simple, elegant and adaptable to virtually any design or technique ...
SPIRIT TABLETS: Here we teach both Fossil Vitra and Kiln Carving in the process of creating some venerable wall art.
FAUX FLOWER PLANTERS: These open-backed half-rounds will adapt to your design ideas and any interior decor you choose.
CRATER CREATIONS: The formless takes on form when we design with voids ... Unique to fused glass, "cratering" is a head-turning special effect and surprisingly controllable.
HEXWING CANDLE HOLDERS: The crystal crowns of candlelight ... easy, inexpensive and impressive ...
DRIP MELTS: Pot melts, grid melts, mesh melts, screen melts ... Let's call them all Drip Melts ...
JELLYFISH WIND CHIMES: Just like real jellyfish, these colorful chimes are no brainers
IKEBANA VASE: Ikebana and fused glass -- a perfectly harmonious relationship.
BRILLIANT RAINBOW PLATTER: We can do things with glass that simply aren't possible with any other medium, and when we do, everybody turns to look.
LADY BUG WALL POCKETS: Here we drape glass over fiber paper to form three sides of an open cavity. Wall pockets are the result...
HEARTS FROM REMNANTS: Leftover love! Turn your scraps or remnants into beautiful cast glass hearts...
PATTERN BAR PLATTERS: Step-by-step pattern bars and the platters they make possible...
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FRAGMENT ART: Texture and transparency are the name of the game!
MEJIRO: “Coloring” simple line art with frit, filling in sections, almost like paint-by-number, then press-forming to fuse.
COPPER-SULFUR REACTION PLATTER: Seamless black borders, simple cold-working and the art of fire polishing … and a stunning glass project.
SUNRISE SILHOUETTE: Smooth and uniform color gradients with glass powder -- without using a sifter.
VITRIGRAPH STRINGER: Maybe the most versatile glass fusing accesssory -- where to get it and how to make your own, safely and effectively.
CLASSY GLASS OUTLET PLATES: Add some real class to an overlooked and ordinary household feature ... Easy project!
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DROP VESSELS, PART III: Last of a three-part series on this irresistible branch of our craft. Thickness to height relationships, cold working, and important design considerations.
THE NEIGHBOR'S GARDEN: This floral project looks more complex than it really is — the air of teeming abundance comes from overlapping objects and avoiding empty spaces.
FOGGY MORNING: Irregular edges and aspect shapes add dimension and eliminate flatness in this little landscape scene. A one-firing project that we assess, touch-up and fire again.
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POWDER PATTERNS & CORAL Geometric patterns and organic models including the popular coral techniques, plus moldmaking with SilkeMat.
STONEWORK TABLET I love the “grouted look” and have tried various ways of making it easier, but nothing has satisfied me until now --
COLORWAVE TRAYS I showed these to a fusing friend and she said “Ooooo… beautiful … but it looks really, really hard…” Bingo. Easy project + looks difficult = high rewards.
OUTLINED ABSTRACTS Never underestimate the power of a black outline. It’s a classy touch that adds impact even to the otherwise mundane. Here are two accessible approaches...
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THREE OPAL OVALINES Here's something to do with any piece of wild, unconventional glass — isolate a shape, give it a neutral background, & fuse. Plus -- cutting deep inside curves...
HANGING GLASS IN WINDOWS: Suction cups suck -- avoid them. This update reviews new adhesive utility hooks that just might be the answer.
TEA KETTLE TRAY: As simple as this one seems, there are some very valuable things to learn here ...
DRIP MELTS TO DROP VESSELS: We've explored Drip Melts and made a few Drop Vessels, why not combine the two? ...
RADIANT HUES: Here we illustrate how the interplay of glass and light that we so lovecan be achieved in only reflected light...
Li'l BUD VASES: These little guys are serlously addicting. I had to make myself stop. One firing, no rim to remove, excellent craft fair fare!
BUD VASES II: Here is a followup to the “Li’l Bud Vases” project. It won't stand alone; you'll need to have seen that one to make sense of this one.
COLORFUL STANDALONES: Check the boxes: cutting, layout, firing -- easy, easy easy. Plus, a free lesson in testing for compatibility.
DIAMOND SNOWFLAKE: Ninety-four diamonds. Forty-two of each color plus ten connectors. Here's how to cut them perfectly and arrange them creatively ...
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