My latest fused glass piece

[drmeow]

Last edited Mon Jul 29, 2024, 04:07 PM - Edit history (1)

I started it in December but wasn't happy with it so it has been sitting ever since. Finally decided to just finish. Not my best piece but I love the color of the channel.





On edit: Thanks for all the wonderful positive comments!

[blm]

1. The colors are fantastic. The piece is so appealing.

[RainCaster]

2. Nice

The wife and I have been doing stained glass for 40 years now, (copper mostly} but we've never had the opportunity to do fusion. Looks like fun.

[drmeow]

18. I want to learn stained glass next

So that I can put the two together. It is fun - but quite expensive!

[RainCaster]

24. stained glass is cheap in comparison

No kiln needed for this. 😁

[drmeow]

26. Plus you can use cathedral glass

which is way cheaper than fusing compatible glass. Unfortunately I fell in love with fusing (the classes where I used to live were way cheaper than stained glass classes - and, like a drug dealer, they got you hooked by giving you free glass!)

[surfered]

3. Beautiful! My wife and her stained glass artist friends experimented with it in the 80s

But decided it was like throwing money in the kiln.

[drmeow]

19. I did sell a few pieces

so surely that @$400 offsets the $3000+ costs so far, right?

[surfered]

23. Exactly! She sells pieces for $1,000, but after costs and the time it takes. We estimate she's making $5 hr

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. The channel is indeed wonderful, but that's at least partly because of how you framed it!

The frame gives it definition and great beauty.

Thank you for sharing this!

If I were you, I'd cross-post this in the Photo Group.

Here's the link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1036

[Silent Type]

5. Nice work.

[MLAA]

6. Beautiful.

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Not an artist or critic by any strtch, but this looks interesting.

Not sure how you display it.

[LoisB]

8. I think this is beautiful!

[CentralMass]

9. That is beautiful.

[Figarosmom]

10. Pretty

And cool.

[PoliWrangler]

11. Dang

Wow that's really eye-catching. My wife is a gallery art director and she would certainly want to enter this into the collection.

[drmeow]

20. Wow, that is quite a compliment

I am hoping to eventually be able to put some stuff on display in the right place but right now I'm still just doing it as a side hobby (although an expensive one)

[calimary]

12. Fused glass! LOVE it LOVE it LOVE it!!!

There's such wonderful color and texture in it. And the contrast of the reds and plums and a couple of blues, and the dotted pieces too. REALLY nice, drmeow!

[wordstroken]

13. Exquisite!

Well done!!

[wendyb-NC]

14. That is a cool work of art

The colors together are iridescent, and well defined by the black background. Thank you, for sharing your art work.

[2naSalit]

15. I like it!

[lucca18]

16. Love this! Beautiful!😍

[HeartsCanHope]

17. This is beautiful!

You are very talented. Thank you so much for sharing this. Take care.

[drmeow]

21. Thank you so much

I need people to tell me that because I don't always see myself as talented or artistic. I really appreciate it.

[AllaN01Bear]

22. very prettyy.

[BadGimp]

25. It's wonderful and thank you for sharing!

[Rebl2]

27. Beautiful colors!