Macrame set

I can't get enough of these. I found the focal and just knew it had to go onto a macrame bracelet. When I have enough thread left over from the bracelets I make earrings to match. I love the warm coppery colors.

Birds of a feather?

I'm thinking of reviving my birds for the holiday season.
Fused glass Christmas Bird ornaments.

Playing with color.

The cord is bright variegated. Tried it with macrame. I think I like it. Now to add the clasps.

Baby Shower

The picture frames for my daughter's baby shower came out so cute. Her theme was 'Where will you go" by Dr Seuss.

New lines I've been working on for the spring and summer shows.

Getting ready for another show.
Warwick Makers Market. Its the first of a series on Railroad Green.
I will be there June 29, July 20, August 24, October 12, October 26.

My newest project. I just love the way this worked out.
Tree of Life on iridized glass.

New work!

I am so excited with this new work. I've got so many ideas running through my head I can't seem to get them all down on paper. I love it when the creativity flows this easily. As every creative person knows that doesn't happen often enough. I'm just going to try to capture as many ideas as possible!
So here it is the big reveal of new work I'm busy creating for my upcoming show at the Lilac Festival in Rochester NY. I will be there at Booth 109 on May 12th - 13th and again on May 19th - 20th.

Knitting in the off time

I love working with glass but its not what I call a portable craft. In the evenings or just about any time I need to relax I pick up my knitting or crocheting. It so easy to take with you while waiting at the train station or a doctor's office.

This blanket I started a week ago for a sweet guy who is having his first baby. Its a boy but since he is due in the spring I wanted something bright and cheerful. I found this pattern at http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/free-knitting-patterns-for-baby-blankets2.htm

I actually did a test swatch for gauge this time and adjusted my pattern for it. I'm so bad about that with blankets but after last spring making the never ending blanket for my grandson I figured it was time to give in.

I love knitting for babies. I don't get bored before its finished.

Now I'm ready to start the booties that will go with it.

Piermont Apple Fest

A big thank you to all my customers at the Piermont Applefestival 2011. Thank you for making it a beautiful day. The weather turned out fantastic and everyone had a good time!

I'm featured on the Hudson Valley Etsy Team Blog! It features my sushi dish!
Here's the article! http://hvetsyians.blogspot.com/2011/03/have-you-seen-this.html

Great writing by my fellow team member and friend! Check out her store on Etsy
Thank you NellsBelles!

A new treasury Getglassy is featured in!

DappleEtch2

DappleEtch2,
originally uploaded by getglassy.

Dapple and Max Etch Cream

This is a pretty cool product. You paint it on the glass before firing.
http://www.fusingfarm.com/surface-design/wrinkle-creams.php
I bought the Dapple and Max Etch and tried it on some sample glass -

I fired it on transparent blue with a opal white under. I put a cab in the picture that doesn't have the cream for comparison.

DappleEtch3

DappleEtch3,
originally uploaded by getglassy.

The green is a opal green with Max Etch on it.
The pink has Dapple cream.
The dark blue is transparent blue with the Max Etch and I etched with a Dremel cattails on it as a test.

DappleEtch1

DappleEtch1,
originally uploaded by getglassy.

This is 2 layers of transparent blue with Dapple cream on the 2 corners and Max Etch in the center.

The glass has texture to it with the cream fired on top. The Dapple is pretty rough to the point you think you can scrape it off but it doesn't.

My next experiment with it is to see what it does fired with a clear glass top.

Ice Cubes

In honor of today's snow storm (ugh) I'm introducing my new Ice Cube series.
Clear dichroic on white. The dichroic change from blues, yellow, green and pinks with silver stripes for texture.

Testing firing thin fire in glass

test1,
originally uploaded by getglassy.

I put thin fire between color glass and capped with clear. I put chads under the clear to vent.
As you can see in the yellow one the chads left their mark.

In the top 3 I cut shapes, triangles, square and an arrow. They didn't hold their shape.
In the bottom 2 I used glassline paint on the thin fire. It didn't hold the shape that well either but where the paint was it didn't crinkle up too much. They were all fused at full fuse.
In the blue one the thin fire popped through the clear cap.

My New Store GetGlassySupplies

Last summer, just before the accident with my computer chair, I was lucky to run across a deal of a lifetime. A friend of a friend of a friend - let me know about a bent-lamp business that hadn't been active since the 80's. They had a warehouse full of glass and lamp parts and most important a BIG kiln.

Besides my new big boy kiln I was able to pick up boxes and boxes of brass stampings, bevels and stained glass.

The most exciting find in the boxes were Murano Glass bead fringe from the 70's & 80's.
Take a look at www.getglassysupplies.etsy.com

My poor pathetic blog. So neglected.

After a forced slow down in my online activities and, well all my activities I think I'm finally getting back to normal. Late August I had a freaky accident with a computer chair.

I was sitting talking to my daughter late one evening with my feet up on my desk when things started slipping... backwards! I reached up to grab the bookcase as I was falling when I heard a POP. Emergency room visit and x-rays showed nothing so off to have a MRI. There it was - my distal bicep tendon completely ruptured.

Surgery to repair by putting pins in the bone to tie the tendon to again soon followed (no more MIR's for me). 8 weeks in a splint not moving my arm or hand. Followed by 3 MONTHS of physical therapy to get my elbow straight again. But the worse part was the 8 weeks of not moving my hand or wrist caused swelling and then that turned fibrous.

Its been a struggle to get my hand and wrist moving again. Every morning I have to go through a set of hand exercises along with warming to be able to grasp my coffee cup. The jury is still out to see if it will come back to normal.

So when you hear someone say "Don't lean back in your chair, you're going to fall"
LISTEN!

Collaboration can be so much fun!

Collaboration can be so much fun!,
originally uploaded by getglassy.

This is the result of a great collaboration! A wonderful jewelry artist from
Germany has taken my pendant and turned it into a wonderful
necklace or collier!
I has been great fun working with her!
Check out her shop on Dawanda!

http://en.dawanda.com/shop/Klarinette