Rainy Sunday

It was a rainy day today, so definitely a nice day to be inside and be a little creative. I was able to put away a lot of things in the workshop and sort things a bit. Also I wanted to try out some of the small molds I had recently acquired. Each piece is about 1/2" across. I made 6 squares and 6 circles. Apparently I didn't put enough frit in the square molds and the glass didn't fill in to the corners, but made round pieces. The finished pieces were attached to a bracelet form.

The other piece with the branch was done with etching cream on the dichroic piece before firing. Once the image was etched on the glass I fused it to a piece of green glass about the same size. I really like the way the gold on the dichroic crackles. Necklace bale attached and I have a necklace!

Let There Be Light

Some glass pieces have found their life as nightlights. Unfortunately my photography skills don't quite capture the best view. It really is neat the way the light changes the way some the pieces look. These pieces also show how eclectic my style really is. I know I would become very frustrated if I had specific designs in mind at the beginning. It seems with glass fusing the end product can come out completely different than what was intended, if anything, at the start.

Workspace

I enjoy seeing others' creative spaces so I thought I'd share mine. It's not the most spectacular workspace, but it works out pretty well. The wood workbench is actually an old divingboard. It came with the house and once all the debris was cleaned off we figured out what it had been in its previous life.

My workspace is located in the basement. It's a bit cold and damp down there right now. The basement is not completely water tight so I get to hear a bit of running water when it is rainy weather. The water drains into the basement, to a sump pump and then is pumped outside to the front of the house. We put down a raised rubber floor and I got to test it first hand today. I could see a bit of water underneath, but I was not standing in water at all.