Simon Pearce supports the Vermont Institute of Natural Science’s 31st Annual Birdathon happening from April 20 – May 22 with 100% of proceeds from the sales of his glass bird paperweights going to the Birdathon.  This event is the world’s … Read More...

Andrew brown made the cover story for the Albuquerque Journal today.  Read the article and hear about how he found glass and what his technique is.  Andrew says his “quest is to make things that have not been made … Read More...

Beautifully light and springy floral handmade glass beads on Etsy by seller DerondaDesigns.  I love the soft pastel background with the intricate flower on the front.  And there’s a whole set of them!

Find out how to win a copy of one of Cathy Lybarger’s glass tutorial ebooks at the Lori Greenberg Glass Bead Blog.

Follow Debra Jennings at Watch Me Create as she muses about her beloved purple glass, that others have such a hard time mastering.  She shares lots of pictures and shows you the different color variations she’s been able to get … Read More...

Adorable little fused glass pieces on bobby pins.  Find out more and see more styles at Whim & Fancy.

If you have not experienced the glass art of Kevin O’Grady, you are missing out.  But, don’t fret because his work is in galleries around the world.  It sounds so corny to say, “these pictures do not do the … Read More...

Beautifully painted fused glass beads and pendants by Michele Lynch.  Fused glass, painted and cured for 24 hours and then fused again to form a durable, scratch proof piece of art.  Be sure to check out Michele’s blog to see … Read More...

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Steve Immerman, surgeon and kiln-formed glass artist discusses the similarities between his vocation and avocation.

This beautiful stained glass image was photographed by Aaron Bennet.  You can see more gorgeous images at Aaron’s Flickr stream.  The cathedral (Chichester) is unbelievable…and Aaron’s images capture it in all it’s glory.

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Dante Marioni, glass blower in Seattle, WA talks about glass blowing, his past, how he got into glass and a lot more.  Great footage of glass blowing!

Spring is definitely in the air and Atlantic Art Glass knows how to do it right.

Another great tutorial on the enVision blog on reducing silver glass.  This time it’s Triton and Psyche from Double Helix Glass.

It’s easy with products from Hang Your Glass.  Being a bead maker I’ve not had the dilemma of hanging glass pieces but now that I think about it, there are some pretty interestingly shaped glass pieces out there.

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Thanks to Jesska of the Thousand Threads blog who turns us on to Australian glass artist Les Baxter.  You can see more of Les’ work at the Architectural Glassworks web site.  From bright and bold to earthy and serene these … Read More...

I received a link yesterday to a great glass etching tutorial.  For the step by step picture tutorial, surf on over to the Create Studio Blog.

Thanks for the link suggestion and make sure to send me your glassy … Read More...

It’s this weekend in Vegas.  A whole arena with a glass flameworking competition going on.

From their site:  This 30,000 square foot, 4,400 seat arena is well appointed with 4 -72’ flat screen monitors that face all sides of the … Read More...

Now there is a blog that puts a focus on working the elusive silver glasses that are so popular right now with glass bead makers and buyers  Maybe reading the enVisin blog will help with that.

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Rose over at the Spawn of Flame blog brings us a tutorial on how to make Silvered Ivory Stringer.  What is that?  It’s ivory glass, rolled in fine silver foil and then pulled into long glass strings (stringer). These stringer … Read More...

The Perfect Home.  Made of cast glass by UK glass artist Jessica Townsend.  A house of glass brings up all kinds of imagery.  Visit Jessica’s site to see what her visions of the pieces are.