New Fused Glass Pieces

This came out of the kiln this morning. The 2 green trays are done with 2 layers of clear and a combination of frits that remind me of tide pools formed between rocks once the tide goes out.
"Missy" the face has been slumped into a bowl and will end up in a gallery in Cheticamp in a folk art gallery .
The lattice work bowl is destined for a shop in Mahone Bay. Check out my web site
www.caperglasscreations.com
to see where our pieces are carried.
The final tray is going to the Cape Breton Center for Craft and Design for their auction Friday night.
Hope they have a successful night.

A Cousin

Since this is my blog about all glass I do as well as living in Cape Breton, today I will post the cousin. I am pleased with this pieces and would like to do a series but can't quite figure out how to display them. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
Also fired some of our (Bob MacDougall and I) Mystic Fusion pieces and am hoping I can enter them in this part of the post.

 

  

I have to say photos don't do these items   justice. Next shots will be these done up into pendants

And now for acouple pictures of my Cape Breton in winter taken by my Aunt Ann.

 

This is at the Miners Museum at Glace Bay, Cape Breton NS

 

This is a shot of the outside of the Miners Museum

 

Another angle of the outside of the museum

And that is it for Sunday morning in Cape Breton.

A new Cast Glass African Mask

Well I took an small cast glass Africian mask out of the kiln. Next week I should be able to use the new rings but for now I tried a mask. It is probably 5 inches long and about 3 in. wideand about an inch to 1 1/2 inches thick.
I really like it, will have to come up with some kind of a stand for it. I would like to do a series of different colors as well as perhaps larger masks.

New Casting Rings

Today I picked up the new casting rings and can't wait to get started however I have some orders that need to get done first. Today was an absolutely beautiful day in Cape Breton so took the time to visit Laura Moore in her new shop in Bras D'Or. Laura is the owner of Finders Keepers and we have agreed to put some of my cast shells done from recycled glass in her shop. http://lamooredesigns.com/
Check out her website.

Some new pieces

I have been ignoring this blog and shouldn't be. So I will bring you up todate on some new pieces.

Janet has set up a ring for Cape Breton Artisans and apparently my blog on wordpress isn't going to link over so I will keep this one going as well as the other one.
This one is on the same site so will work fine.
These pieces are cast from recycled glass and will find themselves in a few shops on the Island as well as one in Mahone Bay.

Silver Dart

It's Sunday morning forgot the pictures

100 Years of Motorized Flight in Canada

Well last Sunday, my sister Lorraine and Aunt Ann made our way to Baddeck to witness the reenactment of the flight of the Silver Dart on Baddeck Bay. It was a beautiful sunny day and one day earlier than the actual flight day that was Feb 23, 1909. However par for our winter it was calling for our 11th major storm of the season on Monday and it didn't disappoint.
However Sunday made up for it. We stood on the frozen lake for approx 2.5 hours. The wind was strong and cold but we were dressed for it. The buzz and excitement was awesome and more amazing it flew. It was hard to get good pictures because as soon as I would get settled in a good spot a crowd would move and stand in front.
Dispite the cold and minor frustration in picture taking(it was so cold my Aunt's camera froze up)