Fire Polished and Finally Ready

Several things got done yesterday.

My Aunt Ann send some of her photos for the first time on her own. Here’s Louisbourg after high winds

Wendy opened her glass blowing studio and you can see some photos at

www.glassartisans.blogspot.com

And I fractured some more marbles, this time iridized ones

They will be ready for the Cape Breton Home Crafters Christmas show at Center 200 on Nov 12,13 and 14. Along with lots of other goodies.

And last but not least I finally fire polished the pieces I made awhile ago. Because they are cast each one is unique.

 

Above are the 4 sizes of the tag series. More different styles before next season

 

Have a fun Halloween

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Dichroic Glass Sculptures

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.

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New Fleur de Lis Pieces

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.

 

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New Shelves

Well the good news is that all the wind chimes I dropped off at Wendy’s last week has sold and she needs more. I have dropped off a fleur de lis at Fortress Louisbourg and am waiting to hear back from them. And this is the last ship this week until August 22. So that gives me 4 weeks to get enough done that once the ships start arriving in multiples I won’t have to come home and produce anything.

And the best news of all is the new shelves got installed in the work shed and once organized I will be able to fuse glass,cast glass and play with glass frit and actually have room without having to move everything to find a couple of inches. Life is good.

Got some good ideas for displays on our table this year that should show it off well. we now have 5 glass artists at the cruise terminal so we have to get folks to the table.

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End of Week Wanderings

I did a little bit of work and a little bit of site seeing the end of this week. Started on Friday and wound our way through back roads to Louisbourg. Stopped at the Visitor Information Center and dropped of a fleur de lis. Am hoping that we can do some business together. If you haven’t been to Fortress Louisbourg in awhile it is worth a day of your time. Wander the park grounds and take in all the sites. It is truly a “back in time” feeling and one you shouldn’t miss. Take a jacket just in case although one wasn’t needed on Friday. The folks in the Information Center and on the grounds are friendly and professional and a pleasure to deal with.

Of course couldn’t leave Louisbourg without driving to Lighthouse Point. And even though I didn’t take a picture of the lighthouse I did of the Fortress from there.

  You can tell it was a beautiful bright sunny day and we sat at the picnic table letting the world pass by.

Yesterday, Saturday, we travelled to the other side of the Island. Another beautiful day. We took the Englishtown ferry instead of driving the loop. The new ferry arrived this winter. I don’t like it, can’t stand at the railings any more and that was the fun part that we did since we were kids.(that wasn’t yesterday) Progress isn’t always better.

We stopped at a few gift shops along the way and ended at Wendy’s and saw 2 pieces of my fused pieces one being My red fused glass in Peter's jewellery. Had a great visit and found out that Wendy is going to have demonstrations at her shop this year. One is going to be a young glass blower. Watch for that date as we don’t have any glass blowers on the Island so it should be fun and informative.

Or next and last stop was at Shari’s new basket studio. She has been working hard and this is her first season in her new studio so if you are out in the River Bennett area stop in and see her work. It is awesome. She does baskets as well as twig furniture.We did take a few pictures there

The love seat Lorraine is sitting in is extremely comfortable.  Check out her blog at

http://redtwigbrowntwig.blogspot.com/

And now that it is summer it is  to hot for Milley to stay in the car so she stayed home and sulked. She won’t look and is with holding kisses. Oh well!!!!

Next week will be new fused and slumped glass pieces. I have several pieces ready to be slumped and others in the head that need to be made.

Stay tuned.

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