There are my first attempts at Zentangle. After I got into it, I did find that relaxing state that I keep reading about. Perhaps something to consider for the future! These went into the BookMooch Journal Zentangle and are on their way to the next Zentangler.

I ran across something today that made me think of this wreath:

I think I made this in 2000. Just think… this was when we had cameras that stored images on floppy disks! As much as I love all the colors in this one, and I’ve made several of these things, my favorite is still the purple one. The only picture I have is before the bow was added.

This spent a couple of Christmases at the ADPi House at Georgia Tech. Their Christmas tree was decorated in purple, silver and white. It now makes a yearly appearance in my Tiffany-box blue dining room each year.

Here’s to a little Christmas in July.

This might look familiar if you’ve looked through some of the other glass pieces here. It’s not been done on this small of a scale.

This piece is listed on my Etsy store.

ETA: Oh, joy. WordPress has tweaked image settings… again.

Don’t they look excited? Hair all over the place and skirts all a-flutter?

Final Destination:

After my first experiment with metal inclusions, I happened across someone who was kind enough to share her techniques with me. This was done with float glass, which I cleaned meticulously. I made some large frit to place around the metal pieces in an effort to reduce bubbles. So far, so good. Except I neglected to clean the fingerprints off the frit and they may not be so clear in the pic, but they certainly are obvious in person.

Here’s the before and after:

I failed to clean the metal before using it, and I am guessing that’s what caused the blueish haze around the piece on the left. Though in person, the haze is an amber color.

I am surprised the smaller pieces of glass are still clearly visible. I used float glass for this project. The top and bottom pieces were cut from the same glass. The frit was made from a different piece of glass - also float. Another curious observation: the edges pulled away from each other.

Onward to trial number three…

These are sample custom steampunk goggle lenses I made as examples. I really like the blue lens. I wonder how well it will show up on a dark colored hat though. I think the lighting makes all the difference.

These are available for custom order in my Etsy store.

Here’s a close up of my entry in Sharon’s BookMooch Journal called “Script It.”

This one catches all kinds of light and color. it’s blue, purple and green with some dichroic glass to add dimension. This is tack fused, meaning it has a bumpy texture - one that you want to touch.

This pendant is available on my Etsy store. Drop on by!

This is one of those pieces that is simple yet eye-catching. Red with stripes of yellow and orange make for some bright colors.

The black background is actually the cover of the new Eric Clapton biography. I like the graininess of the black and the red is a nice contrast. This is available at my Etsy store.

I have a thing about odd numbers. I watch the HGTV shows. I know they say to group things in odd numbers. It seems asymmetrical and wrong to me. So I have lots of even numbered things and I’m good with it. Here’s the Shrek Green Series finally installed. You can see piece 1 here and piece 2 here. I can’t believe it’s been a year since I made the first piece! Where does the time go?

The camera angle is weird on this, but it’s the only non-blurry shot I could get.