Orange Basket Weave Fused Glass Plate

This type of fused glass plate is one of my favorites to make!  By this, I mean the basket weave design.  Before getting into fused glass creations, I used to weave baskets made out of various types of reed material.  I really enjoyed making baskets and even sold a few.  Once I started making fused glass plates, I learned a technique for creating a basket weave effect.  I also make vases using this same technique.

After cutting all the strips for the fused glass plate, I lay them out in a specific way.  I will take 1/4 of the strips and lay them down parallel to each other, then another 1/4 of the strips and lay them down perpendicular to the other strips and so on for the rest of the strips.  This gives the illusion of a basket weave.

After fusing these strips together, I then fuse them to two layers of clear glass.  This creates a substantial fused glass plate.  I love using black iridescent glass for the strips, because this glass changes colors after it is fused.  Some purple and gold colors emerge, as well as others.

Christine — Glass Artist

 

Clear Fused Glass Vase with Blue Glass Lace

I have always enjoyed making fused glass lace.  I have incorporated it into many different projects.  For this fused glass vase, I fused the blue glass lace to a piece of clear glass.  Then, I draped the fused glass into a vase.  These have been very popular at our Art Festivals.  I wish I had more time to make a whole bunch of these fused glass vases!

I have a piece of red glass lace that is waiting to be fused to a piece of clear glass – similar to this vase.  I will post a picture when I get it done and take a picture of it.

Christine — Glass Artist

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Dichroic Fused Glass Plate

Making this fused glass plate was very fun! I had a great time picking and choosing which size and color dichroic noodles I wanted to put in the clear section. For the two borders, I used a black iridescent glass for added sparkle.

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Red and Silver Fused Glass Earrings

These fused glass earrings are so cute!  My inspiration for making these earrings came from the need for red dichroic fused glass earrings.  There isn’t any dichroic glass that is red.  There are a few that are close, but they are more of an orange color.  So, I thought I would put silver dichroic glass on top of some red opal glass.  I have made some pendants that are similar to these, as well.

I recently talked with a lady who puts red translucent glass on top of silver dichroic on clear glass.  This also looks very nice.  I later tried this, but I couldn’t see the dichroic through the red glass.  So, I realized I needed to use a thin red glass instead of the regular thickness.  I keep forgetting to buy the thin glass, but one of these days I’ll get around to it!

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Lots of Fused Glass Pictures Coming Soon

I just took a bunch of pictures of some fused glass spoon rests, vases, wine bottles stoppers and plates!!  We have a couple of Art Festivals coming up this month, so I have beeen restocking the shelves with more fused glass art.

I also sent a bunch of Grey Goose and Absolut Vodka Bottle Spoon Rests and Trivets to one of our Galleries in Newport, Oregon on the coast – a great Gallery: Inscapes Gallery.   They should be set for a little while!!

More to come…

Glass Artist – Christine

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Almond Fused Glass Pendant with Asian Symbol of Love

These fused glass pendants are fun to make.  The black symbol is a decal and I have used many different ones.

I’m not sure if the symbol is Japanese, Chinese or another language – does anyone out there know?

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Feathers in a Fused Glass Plate

This fused glass plate was a custom order.  I think it turned out very well, especially the feathers!  I am giving most of the credit to my husband.  He cut out all the glass and cleaned it, while I did the fusing.

Each of the white feathers are one piece of glass with black frit applied on top of the white glass.

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Red Fused Glass Spoon Rest

This red fused glass spoon rest is a popular color when I sell them at Art Festivals.  These glass spoon rests do look great on almost any color stove or counter-top. The main fused glass spoon rest has two layers of glass making it very substantial.  To decorate the glass spoon rest, I cut small squares of black and white and even small squares to put on top of the opposite color.

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Wine Bottle Stopper Decorated with a Fused Glass Dichroic Square

I started making these wine bottle stoppers with a fused dichroic piece of glass glued to them last year.  With this flat style, I can choose any size or shape of fused glass to glue to the top of the wine bottle stopper.  I am having fun trying different patterns and colors of dichroic glass to use with the wine bottle stoppers.

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Black Heart Fused Glass Pendant

I just made this fused glass pendant for a customer.  I had a red heart glass pendant on display at our booth at an Art Festival.  A lady asked me if I had a black heart glass pendant and I told her that I didn’t.  However, I told her I would make one for her, if she wanted and she said “REALLY!!”  She told me that she used to have one that her father gave her a long time ago and she had lost it.  She felt really sad about losing it, because her father had made it while serving in the military.  She wasn’t sure how he made it.  She had been looking for a replacement until she saw my red heart fused glass pendant.  Apparently, it resembled the one she lost.

I told her I was very busy with Christmas orders, so wouldn’t get to it until after New Years or so.  She said that was fine, since it was for her, anyway.  After I made one for her, I needed to glue a bail onto the fused glass pendant.  Well, the bail came off after my husband does his “test” to see if the bail is secure.  This glue wasn’t very old, so I was surprised that it didn’t work.  So, I opened a new package and glued the bail on the glass pendant, again.  This time – success!

I got an email from the lady when she got her new fused glass pendant.  She said she loved it and it was worth the wait 🙂

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