Roaring 20s - Here we come . . .

Happy New Year from snowy rural Wisconsin.

I love that glass can stay out in the weather all year around.

I love the new molds I got for Christmas this year.

Here they are filled and ready to fire.

Keeping the kilns warm,

Julie

New work - December 2019

I've been doing a bunch of work at the torch. With the almost daily time behind the torch, I'm really enjoying my increase in glass control. 

Here are a few new earrings that I have for sale on my Etsy site.

I have also been working on some lampwork challenges from a Facebook group that I follow. The November challenge was to make a glass mandala. Here is my best attempt. I will need to practice this skill more.

The December challenge is to make twisties in glass. I have been turning these glass twisties into icicles for my tree. I have always had glass icicles on my tree, but this is the first year that I created some of those icicles. I am really enjoying this result of the December challenge.

Finally I have been working on some small holiday animals - penguins, snowmen, santas, etc. I really like creating these. I have then attached them to the small honey jars from my bees as holiday gifts. 

Keeping the kiln warm.

~ Julie

Work in Progress

Winter has hit with a vengeance here. Cold and snow.
My bees are now hive bound.
One day last week it was sunny and 40 degrees and a few ventured out of the hive -

 

I have had some glass failures recently and needed to complete something that I felt good about.

Sunflowers.

I always feel happy making sunflower suncatchers.

Prefuse.

After Fuse.

Sunflowers always make me happy.

I also worked on some enamels on float glass. I love the colors, but the edges are wonky and I'm not sure how to fix them in order to slump into a mold.

I have created a bunch of beads and created bracelets with them.

I have worked on these garden stakes and love the design.

I'm currently working on another green one.

Keeping the kilns warm.

~ Julie

acorns - color and shape

I've been working on acorns recently after finding one in the lawn under an oak tree.

I've been having fun with color, transparency, and shape.

Yesterday I continued these acorns and started to make them larger and more elaborate while not staying true to form, but loving the results.

~Julie

Drawer pulls and more

 

I had a wonderful time making drawer pulls for my new for me glasswork area organizer. I relished making each one different.

I'm biased, but I think the new storage dresser is magnificent.

I also have worked on a new pendant. A bit of red, white, and blue for the upcoming 4th of July.

And a new fused glass bowl made completely out of strips of glass.

Keeping the kilns warm.

~Julie