Textured Designs on Glass

07/27/08 – Textured Designs - Learn how you can add intensity and dimension to your fused glass pieces. These designs can be accomplished in quite a few manners. Here are a few...

Textured Pad - Purchase these pads to add some simple designs to your fused projects. Find out where these pads can be purchased and what designs are available.

Glass Embossing - Bronze dies and a sturdy handle enable you to impress a design into glass. The glass needs to be molten hot in order to accomplish this technique.

Kiln Carving - A few strips of fiber paper cut and arranged in your desired design will produce the look of carving in the glass.

Check out the Textured Designs page for further information and instructions.

Glass Fusing Bracelets

07/24/08 – Fused glass bracelets make a gorgeous adornments. There is such a variety of options you can incorporate into this idea. Use some dichroic to add pizazz to the piece, or do some glass embossing to add depth and texture.

This technique is definitely not for those that are squimish to place their hands inside a sizzling hot kiln. Follow every safety measures listed when attempting these cuffs. Making these is a little intimidating when first attempted, but once you get the method down, it is quite simple.

This page also discusses the various problems with this process and how these can be resolved. Find out more about the construction of fused glass bracelets, and the different concerns when selling these items to the public.

Vitrigraph

03/03/08 – Vitrigraph is not a new procedure in glass fusing, but it sure is hot! When you have the opportunity to watch and then maneuver molten glass as it wiggles and flow s from the bottom of a raised and well supported kiln. There is a lot of setup and safety procedures with this method. If you want to learn more about this magical way of pulling and cutting sizzling glass as it flows from the kiln, visit the page on Vitrigraph. Once you have all these pieces, they can be annealed or used in other projects and annealed during that process. They will definitely give your artwork that one-of-a-kind look and texture.

02/04/08 – I have received a lot of questions about Fusing Photo Paper. This ceramic decal can be fused onto glass. This turns photos into wearable pieces of fused artwork. Check out this page for more information on accomplishing this technique. Now you can turn old photos into priceless fused glass keepsakes.

Red Hot Valentines Day Pins

01/23/08 – The site has been updated with some pins for Valentine’s Day. Check out the Red Hot Valentines Day Pins page for more information. The page now includes links to the following Valentine’s Day pins:

Bent Heart

Chocolate Dripping Heart

Kitty Love

Puzzle Piece

Red Dress

Simple Heart

Tuxedo

Be sure to stop by the site for some fantastic ideas for Valentine’s Day gift ideas.

National Wear Red Day

01/10/08 – Today a page was added on the Glass Fusing Made Easy site. The page is for National Wear Red Day, which is the first Friday in February. In recognition of this important day and the value of heart disease awareness, I have published a page on the Red Dress. Did you know that heart disease is the number one killer of women today? This noteworthy day prompts the importance of taking care of ourselves and loved ones. Construct and give red dresses to all the females in your life to tell them how important they are to you.

Added a couple of pages to the Seasonal Pins page.

01/03/08 – Worked on the Seasonal Pins page today. Added a couple of pages...one on a New Years Baby Pin and an Easter Bunny Pin.

The holidays seem to creep up on us so quickly that I thought I would start working on some ideas for the upcoming holidays. I have a list of friends that really enjoy receiving pins for all the holidays, so I need to get working on these pretty soon. I am working on a Valentine’s Day pin that should be up shortly and then will start working on a St Patrick’s Day pin.

I would place most of these pins in the more advanced category, because these do require the use of a glass saw to cut out the patterns. Assembly of the patterns is very simple and quick once the pieces have been cut.