Inventory Spotlight: Fall 2012 Trends

Bright, bold colors and contrasts are at the forefront of trends this Fall. Come check out our Fall 2012 inventory! As always, click on the pic to purchase. :)

Emerald Green

Ring, Fused Dichroic Glass and Sterling Silver/Silver Plated Wire, Size 6, $35 USD.

Dark Garden Wirework Pendant, $14.95.

Earrings with Swarovski Crystal, $9.99

Black and White

Adjustable Upcycled Ring w/Swarovski Crystal, $5.

Go-Go Pendant with Crystal, $8.

Faceted Ice Ring, $8.

Cool Blue

Fused Glass Pendant, $5.

Blue Collage Fused Dichroic Glass Pendant, $15.

Siren Beaded Wirework Ring, Size 7, $15.

Stay tuned for more trends and new arrivals! 

The latest kiln firings...

Yikes, it's been awhile! Kicking things off with the latest to come out of the kiln. I did three firings over the holidays. I did two soft tack and one medium fuse. These will all be for sale in the Etsy shop.

 

  

  

Super happy with how these turned out! :D 

Second Firing...

The second batch came out of the kiln and I am so excited! These came out better than I thought they would, and they're going up in Etsy tonight. :) Or tomorrow morning. I'm kinda tired.

Here's a comparison of what went in to what came out:

In addition, this is one
from the first firing:

There's a few I didn't keep track of and can't find. I'm going to see if there's a lost and found and hope nobody made off with them. The moral of the story is to initial everything with that neat little pain pen. :)

I'm having a blast seeing how things fire and how the colors turn in the kiln. A few prefires I posted in the last entry aren't up here because they turned into lifeless blobs, and I have decided I dislike the looks of the hard-fused pieces intensely. I don't like how they lose their shape. So...I'm going to stick mainly to soft-tack firings.

I have some new colors and textures of glass I bought today, as well as another sheet of silver foil, so I'm going to include those in the next batch. :)

I've taken a bit of a different approach to new pieces and am starting to incorporate lace and ribbon into a new set of chokers. I will be posting my results later in the week. I'm steering towards a lolita look, which I've wanted to do for a long time. :) Stay tuned!

First Firing!

The first firing is finished! Five have been completed, two are still at school, and two need another firing. Here's what is done so far...

This...did not turn out well, hence the name. I didn't like it going in either. But my professor wanted me to fire it anyway because this is an art in which you just don't know.

A bunch more went into the kiln yesterday. We should be getting them back in a week.

This batch was a soft-tack:

This will be a medium fire:

And these will be a hard fuse:

I'm super excited about how this next batch will turn out. I'm experimenting with colored glass, seeing how things will fire and how things will layer, what floats and what doesn't, etc. I'm going to put the money I make selling these aside to get a kiln of my own and really step it up. :)