In General:

Fused glass is the art of taking glass sheets and melting, molding, mixing them in kilns under extreme heat.

Sometimes they are fused simply and often they are fused multiple times to create unimaginable glass to be cut, sanded and shaped into pieces of beauty – bowls, dishes, jewelry and more.

The Fused Glass artist shepherds the process often by being willing to allow reactions to create  wholly original combinations. The artist can see the glass and the future of the glass while traveling each of the steps to making their desired pieces.

In Specific:

The process of creating Fused Glass art begins with a special sheet of glass that is cut to shape, then placed in a kiln at high temperatures- sometimes for a couple of days.

Then it is sanded, polished and placed back in the kiln for final shaping.

Many of my creations are from the Cracks & Breaks Collection which shows fragments and disruption and from the “_____”

Dream it.

This Bowl was created using a technique call Zyggi Melt. Here different pieces of glass are placed on a metal bar and heated at a very high temperature. As the glass melts it falls on a form to create a new piece of glass that later is placed back in the kiln to shape again.

Fuse it.

These lovely Red Pendants are made by adding powder, Frit (broken glass in different sizes) and broken glass to a sheet fusing it for hours at a high temperature. Then later cutting it to the desired shape and polishing it.

Create it.

My Aqua Jewelry is one of my favorite reaction creations. This is where the vanilla has copper that reacts with the turquoise and creates a ring around the colors.

Here is a small pendant and earrings that are simple and colorful. A favorite of the artist!

React it.

The Gray Brown pendant is from a block of glass created by adding colors that react with each other. Then they are cut with a table saw picking the most interesting reactions of each sheet.