Finally have a chance to post some pictures.
We are going into the last week of the cruise ship season and things have been pretty hectic. Not a good time of the year for cruises in the north Atlantic. Some get cancelled because of the weather and others like today have passengers who can’t speak our language so don’t even try. Not great for sales.
Anyway here are some new fall leaves pieces
This one is called Main Street, Our Town. We have some shoes, crafts, gifts a mall and of course clothes. And you can’t have a Main Street that isn’t paved in gold.
This is 2 houses in Our Town series, perhaps mine and grandma’s.
Away for a few minutes to what I call “The Tree of Life”. The leaves are a moss green while the earth and branches are a bronze powder with dichroic accents.
And we are back to the changing of the colours so can’t have that without “Falling Leaves”
Back to Our Town, this is simply our house, You can see in the picture below that I put an easel back on it to allow it to stand or be hung.
And last but not least, a
night light in the series with the automatic censor, so it comes on as it gets dark, great for bathrooms or hallways.
Well I finally took some time to get some pictures. First the fleur de lis for Fortress Louisbourg. Even did some special carding.
Here are the dichroic pendants, magnets and coasters and hot pads.
Then I did a new grouping of tacked dichroic pendants for the ships and while I was at it did some framed pieces that I call dichroic sculptures. Unfortunately these pictures don’t do them justice but will try to get better ones before putting them on the web.
I am really pleased with these pieces especially the one in the pewter frame. The wooden frames can stand, be hung or lay flat. the pewter frame is for hanging only and is bigger than the others as well as the glass pieces is larger.
Time speeds by and can’t seem to keep everything posted. Did do some new fleur de lis pieces for Fortress Louisbourg. Will post some pictures later but have some dichroic fleur de lis pendants done as well as magnets,coasters and hot pads completed. Will take them out this week.
Last time I was out decided to drive to Kennington Cove. Hadn’t been there since I was a kid and forgot how beautiful it was.
Not sure where this guy ended up must have climbed over the rocks from here, no more foot prints.
It was a couple of days after Bill went through and the area had just reopened that day.
Well, have been busy, ships are arriving in numbers and business is good.
However did get these pieces fired and framed over the past week so thought I had better post.
Colours stayed and we are happy with it.
Again a few bubbles but nothing that distracts from the piece.
And third but not least my favourite and the one we tested with.
We put a varnish on this one to try and keep the layers of paint from moving and it worked. Burned off without any adverse affects.
Well we have some new pieces to show you. They are in the first stage and have not been fired yet
These pieces are going into our Mystic Fusion line but wanted to show you them in case you don’t follow that blog.All of these pieces are approximately 4X4 in and we are still discussing display options
The first is an eagle
Over the next couple of days these will be fired and I will post as we progress.
Thanks to very kind glass artists on the warm glass board I belong to they have given use some ideas of mediums to use to make the painting process much easier.
The second item is a parrot,he is stunning
The third is a commission of a tiger. We did this smaller on a pendant and received a request to do not in jewellery format. So here it is.
And last but not least is a snow leopard that we are experimenting with. We have actually covered the bottom layers with varnish and then painted over. This one is a crap shoot, no idea what will happen. we have gotten better suggestions since then.
So at this point all I can say is stay tuned for the next steps
Have been trying to complete orders and get ready for the ships starting the 23rd of August. Have done some fused glass night lights in “Our Town” series
And of course turned on
The light bulb in it is brighter than it should be at 7 watts, usually it’s 4 watts, and I didn’t have one. They came out very nice and are a nice addition to home decor.
Have completed other items, pictures to follow later and still ideas that haven’t been put to glass yet.
Yesterday I went to deliver an order to Wendy at North Shore. I never look at this as a chore, I absolutely love Cape Breton and this time of the year it is particularly beautiful. So any chance I get to putter around I take it.
First we stopped at Shari’s for lunch. When we went into the shop we discovered that she sold the twig love seat she had there. A picture was in a previous entry, today it was replaced with her beautiful work
Then we went to Wendy’s to deliver the order and watch Kerry Ann Gibson demonstrating lampworking
That was fun and decided to take her glass when she has one in the area.
It was then time to return home along the ferry route. The mackerel are running so there are fishermen all along the shore. Some clean their fish there so the seagulls are ready and eager to get supper.
Won’t be long before the ships are back so have to get ready for my own stuff. Am going to do a number of the small metal wind chimes and put on the large tree I got last week, can’t wait to see it full. Along with the houses will probably do some fleur-de-lis as well as some stars of David and flowers. So fusing and slumping is the name of the game for the next couple of weeks.
I enjoyed a couple of days off this past week and spent them with my basket weaving friend Shari. I noticed she put one of the baskets on her site that she was working on when I was there.
Really nice colours.
I did manage to get 2 wind chimes done while I was there, and Wendy picked them up on her way home. Heard from her this evening and she needs more.
When I arrived home my ornament trees had arrived. I have 2 of these small trees and a large one for our table in the fall. Now I will have to make sure I can fill them with fused glass pieces. The branches can be adjusted and the small one holds 64 pieces each.
The other thing I have done is in “Our Town” fused glass series. The small fused glass pieces I decided to turn into small wind chimes. I like those, as well would make nice fused glass nightlights. Got a couple of weeks.
The other good news is Louisbourg Fortress wants some cast glass and fused glass fleur de lis. So I will be working on them as well.
Glad I had 2 days off.
Well I am officially on our 4 week break. That doesn’t mean I don’t have to work, just means I don’t have to pack up once a week for a day at the ships.
I need to make wind chimes for Wendy. And have completed some things for the Center. Some panels
This one will be a series of many which will become the Our Town Series
This one Lorraine says looks like earth when you see it on the internet. I see it as many paths in life some connected, some dead end.
This one absolutely steals my attention. When looking at this one I ask myself “What’s Out There?”
The above are fused pieces and great for home decor
Then I did some glass casting. I cast some glass jewellery as well as the sea shells and another face.
I like the striking contrast between the red and black.
The shells you have seen before as well as the glass cast boxes. And although the face is similar here is the new face.
And to throw a little fun in here are some future items as soon as I figure out what to do with them. They could be pins?, they could be the start of small wind chimes?. So if you have any ideas please add some comments, would love to hear your suggestions. They are 3inhx1.75in w.
And last but not least several pins, same mold done at different temperatures. Which is your favourite – detail or not?
And almost for got small faces.
So you see, although I wasn’t writing I was working.
