More Summer Work-Fused Glass and Glass Beads

They're low quality, but finally some images of work from two other workshops taken over the summer. I had the opportunity to learn how to make glass beads and fuse glass. With the fused glass, I was able to experiment with crocheting fine silver wire (black piece on left side) and copper and foil (white piece on top right) as inclusions in the glass. The glass beads will most likely be used in some crochet bracelets and the fused glass cabs for production pendants and rings.

Summer Work-Enamel

As the end of summer looms near, looking back at it, I'm pretty sure this is probably the most hectic one I've had since entering higher education.  Between a required summer class, three workshops, moving to a new apartment and a couple of weeks in Japan,  at the very least, I'd say it was busy.  Below are some images of enamel panels I created for a summer class.  They range in size from one triptych that is comprised of 4x4 inch squares to diptychs and triptychs that are assembled from 8x10 inch and 10x10 inch panels.

Ohio State Fair

For my first post, I'm happy to write that my piece Pineapple Vessel has been excepted into the Ohio State Fair.  The piece  is pictured above and other shots of it can be found at my Flickr page (click the badge to the right of the blog posts).  Pineapple Vessel was created with crocheted fine silver wire and enamel.  The enamel is suspended within the openings of the crocheted wire in an enameling technique referred to as plique-a-jour, which causes the enamel to appear transparent, mimicking stained glass on a much smaller scale.