Wandering around Pinterest for a variety of inspirations I came across a tutorial for an encased triangle bead and thought this would be a good one to share with all of you. It’s a cute bead with lots of design … Read More...
Wall Street Journal Thinks Glass is the Buzziest Material in the Art World
As seen on Facebook…The Wall Street Journal is saying that glass is the buzziest material in the art world. Well, duh. Artists that don’t normally work in glass want to and those that do are finally being noticed. But we … Read More...
Heart Bead Tutorial from Amy Trescott – Forever Grateful Beads
It’s almost Valentine’s Day so I’ve been looking for tutorials to make hearts and other valentineish stuff. This tutorial by Amy Trescott of Forever Grateful Beads is a good exercise for beginners but it’s also something cool for those with … Read More...
Today’s Tutorial – Frit Twisties
More lamp work tutorials! I’m totally addicted to Pinterest cause there are so many cool pictures and projects and inspirations! I saw this tutorial about making frit twisties and knew I had to share it. It comes from Art Jewelry … Read More...
Wavy Bead Tutorial from Lampwork etc.
Wandering around Pinterest I found a cool tutorial for bead makers. The link took me over to Lampwork, etc. with a post from Victoria’s Glassworks. I love these beads and found this particular way to do it pretty cool as … Read More...
7 Glass Art Sculptures from Dale Chihuly
If you are familiar with any of the professional names in the world of glass art, then you have most likely heard of the beautiful and modern work of artist Dale Chihuly
. With each piece of his work having … Read More...
How to Cut Glass Underwater With Normal Scissors
So is there a trick to cutting glass? Yes, 100% there are lots of different techniques, but one of the most popular at the moment is cutting glass with scissors underwater. So can you cut glass with scissors?
What? Really? … Read More...
Happy New Year – Hook’s Tears
Happy New Year to everyone. I saw this little bit of glass trivia and thought it would make a good posting for the new year. It’s about Hook’s Tears, also known as Prince Rupert’s tears. Back in the 17th century … Read More...
Happy Merry Christmas to All
Just a quick happy merry xmas to all that read my little blog. Hope you all get all you wishes granted and don’t eat too much. We’ll be back to glass tomorrow…
Photographing Glass from cmog.org
Anyone who works in glass knows that photographing it can be rather difficult. Over at Corning Studio they have an article on how to set yourself up to photograph your glass. The set up looks fairly easy to deal with … Read More...
Glass Gift Boxes with Dichro from Colour de Verre
There’s still time to make this lovely glass gift box by Colour de Verre. If you don’t have the mold, get it! And then follow the link and read up on how to make glass boxes with dichroic glass. … Read More...
6 Christmas Holiday Painted Window Art
There is just something about that hometown feel of walking down the street past the locally owned businesses and seeing the windows painted in brightly festive art. It puts you in the perfect spirit for the Christmas season and … Read More...
Super Cool New E-Book From Fused Glass Books – Art of the Line
Some of the best information about kiln forming glass comes from Paul Tarlow over at Helios Glass…fusedglass.org…Fused Glass Books. All of those places. He has a fantastic line of e-books that I’ve written about here before. His newest … Read More...
Another Glass Christmas Ornament Tutorial – With Photos!
Here’s another Christmas ornament tutorial for those of you that may not be regularly working with glass. It involves standard glass ornaments
you can buy and your photos.
The resulting ornaments sure are cool. And special since you get to … Read More...
Crayon Melt Glass Ornaments DIY from Instructables
I’m going to have as many tutorials for holiday decorations as I can find…these caught my eye cause the ornaments are so darn pretty!! Melted crayons and glass ornaments you can buy just about anywhere that sells Christmas decorations. Easy … Read More...
Painting on Glass – What You Need to Know
I’m kind of addicted to Pinterest…so much more fun than Facebook. Anyway, I pin many glass goodies and tutorials too, see the link below.
There are so many! Today I found a little something about painting on glass
. The … Read More...
6 Glass Christmas Decorations
If you haven’t started decorating for the Christmas holiday yet, you most likely will be soon, and these 6 glass decorations are guaranteed to add an extra special touch to your holiday space. With just over a month left until … Read More...
We’re Living in The Glass Age
I just saw a great video talking about glass with two of my favorite television guys, The Mythbusters. It’s really a commercial for Corning Inc., the glass manufacturer but it’s great information about glass and the technologies of the … Read More...
Is It Too Early for a Christmas Tree Ornament Tutorial?
I’ve already heard Christmas music in the stores…I’m not that happy about that but what can you do? We are all thinking about the holiday season…so I ask, is it too early for a Christmas Ornament tutorial? Probably cutting it … Read More...
New Classes For Winter from Bullseye Glass
Bullseye has some brand new classes that will take what you know regarding vitrigraph and murrini to the next level. Nathan Sandberg will teach those classes and then there’s the casting. I love casting glass and what Bullseye is offering … Read More...