WOW long over due but finally got back to taking some pictures and uploading here. We will start with some cast jewelry done with mixed frit colours.
A new piece of cast dichroic. 
And some tableware etc.
The dishes are slumped. The jewellery still needs fire polishing and bails. Tomorrow is another day.
When I stacked the 2 plates/trays and the bowl together I realized they would make a nice dinner ware place setting. Maybe by the end of the summer a new set of dishes.
This is a 3 section serving dish, would also make a very nice centerpiece with candles and beach stones or some crystals.
This is the bowl done in the same colours as the serving tray.
The 2 together with my helper in the back ground. She decided it was time for a nap, wish I could have joined her.
Smaller of the 2 plates.
Larger plate, much less dark blue. I love these colours.
From this angle you can see the contours of the plates.
See you tomorrow for jewelry.
Okay so the Olympics has taken over my life, it is almost over but remember the Brier starts on March 8.
Just to let you know that although I haven’t been blogging I have been working at glass in between everything and have some pictures to prove it.
Night lights finished, bagged, tagged and ready for sale
Stars – made, bagged tagged and ready for sale
Pictures finished, framed and ready for sale
And last but not least spent time trying to decide how to display our table this year as we are only going to have one instead of the 1 1/2 like last year. So room is the key. Found these new display items for our jewellery pieces.
It’s great, will hold approx 25 pieces and will take up less than a foot of table space.
So that has been my past 2 weeks.
There are drawer pulls firing now as I try to construct a back for them, there are clock pieces being done, lupine hot pads and belt buckles in the works.
Next week, new month
I have decided to take my friend Janet up on her challenge. http://scarfaday.blogspot.com/
I will work everyday in February except for weekends either at the kiln or finishing projects from the kiln.
Hopefully this will kick start me in the right direction for the season.
So I started today and have several pieces in the kiln. One is the second firing of a panel I want to give tomorrow. Nothing like cutting it close. The worst is I usually do these in one firing and not sure why this time I decided to do it in stages. Hope it works, I slowed down the ramp up times as well as holding longer at the annealing time. Keep the fingers crossed.
Also have my first attempt at a mirror frame in the kiln. As well as 4 other pieces that are simply experimental getting ready for some frit painting.
As well I will shortly finish a piece I worked on yesterday. Will post a picture later.
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 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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