Signs of the end of summer

 

In the kiln tonight: slumping a black dish. 

Simple. 

Clean. 

Hope to make it as a donation for a raffle to benefit women.

~ Julz

Is it strange that I like wonky?

My bowl -

I think the slump over the ss mold was a bit hot and the edges are a bit wonky.

I like wonky.

You?

~ Julz

:-) Amber Bowl

August brought a lot of work hours and a trip to the Rocky Mts, but not much glassing.

The mountains were breath-taking.

We did accomplish some short hikes and sightseeing.

Amber bowl w/ red embellishments:

Prior to its first fuse (full fuse) for my amber bowl w/ red embellishments.

This morning - I am slumping over a ss bowl mold that has been kiln washed.

Note: my fail in cutting a circle . . . one side broke:-( 

I really wanted the bowl to be this size, so I am trying to use the broken circle. 

In the top photo you can see my attempt to hide the broken piece by placing clear frit over the seam. In the bottom photo you can see that I failed because the seam where the glass broke can still be seen. 

I am always learning and being humbled by the glass.

~ Julz

Friday - going in many directions

My last kiln run has been done for a few days. 

I liked it, 

but it wasn't what I wanted.

I now realize that I shouldn't have taken this piece to a full fuse.

I have placed it in my basement window to ponder 

and I'm re-creating it now in a smaller version with a partial fuse rather than a full fuse.

It's sharing the kiln with a piece for a garden stake.

I weeded the garden this morning and found my mystery lily in bloom. I love the ethereal qualities of this flower. The leaves show in the spring and then die back until late July when the flower blooms.

I am also attempting a new design using some fused circles.

I feel as if my muse is on vacation with this design, but if I ponder long enough . . .  either I will put it away or something with come to me.

:-)

Not an exact science.

~ Julz

Kiln is warm again :-)

This morning I was able to create a new design and get it into the kiln -

~ feeling good about that on this sunny Sunday ~

* random flowers from my garden

~ Julz

Tagxedo

- the words from my blog. Playing on the Internet this morning;-)

~Julz

Red Dish - square

Very simple red dish.

~ Julz

Plant Stakes - some good

Well yesterday morning I looked in the kiln and was disappointed by my little experiment w/ aluminum.

darn

The glass was too hot to handle and tonight was my first chance to get back and take pictures. Life is good, but busy and can get in the way of glassing.

My other garden stake was made w/ copper star inclusions. The copper turns red when used this way and can be very pretty.

I learned.

Anyone want some aluminum? 

Actually the disintegrated aluminum is cool, it's just not the effect that I was looking for in this project.

I'm sure I will be able to use this in the future.

:-)

~ Julz