In anticipation of attending the ISGB Gathering this summer in Louisville, I'm thinking about what I might offer for sale at my half-tab...

Oh, so many wonderful goodies. Here, a few of the treasures I brought home: A metal clay bracelet made by Kate McKinnon , which feels weight...

Front and Back Thanksgiving kicks off a season of stress for most of us, and I've certainly felt that increasingly over the past few yea...

Here's the broken vessel. I'm so bummed. It has pearlescent red flowers. People ask what to put in the vessels. Many people put arom...

Today was my first day back in the glass studio. I melted a full set of painted tiles by goofing the kiln timer, and didn't have much co...

The first of many, I hope, enamel painted bird vessels. Process: 1) Make glass bird vessel at torch (~1 hour). 2) Anneal overnight in kiln. ...

This is a few weeks old; I made it right before the class with Bronwen. I've made enough birds now that I have the process almost down (...

Keenan says this looks like a cowbird, which doesn't strike me as very flattering, but it does have a black body and "brown" m...

Now I've started to electroform some of the bird vessels. This one has copper over the entire head except for the eyes. It is 60 mm long...

This is my current favorite electroformed vessel, front and back. And a bicone bead, following in the style of the vessels so far:

This is what I've been playing with for the last few weeks: Electroforming. I use copper paint to lay down a conductive pattern on the s...

My current favorite bird: amber glass with gold swirl overlay. A bluebird of happiness: And a green aventurine bird with green lustre head:

The Christmas break provided time for more vessel making. Here are some of my favorites, where I'm trying to move beyond just copying Ti...

Products of my weekend glass vessel workshop with Tink Martin and John Cramer. For comparison, a vessel by the masterful Tink. Bullseye gree...