Hello again!!...

Just a quick one after XFactor! In addition to my fused glass jewellery I also am concentrating on homewares...like these fused glass coasters. I've got a few on the website and i'm making more as I type. Hopefully there'll be lots on the site in time to ring in the new year!

Also, I'm starting my end of year sale early so checkout some dichroic glass bargains on my ebay shop!

TTFN

...The Weather Outside is Frightfull

Hello again and Merry Christmas!!...well nearly. Just under 2 weeks to go till Christmas and i'm very festive! I've been a bit busier than expected on the run up to the holidays but things are going well so I can't complain.
I've been working on a few dichroic glass jewellery collections which i'm pleased with. The main one is this one pictured....I call them tartan dichroic glass.

I'll put a tutorial with some pics of the manufacture off the pendants in the next week of so. They look really nice up close because you'll see how the fused glass layers. These are going to be a part of my 'collections' range...mix and match dichroic pendants, dichroic earrings and dichroic bangles designed so people can coordinate their jewellery.
I love this piece..so I had to post a picture. I love the texture dichroic glass because as you hold it up you get so many different colours!


This piece is part of my 'patterned' collection of dichroic glass pendants.

More dichroic bangles!

I've had a run on bangles so i'm busy making more up, plus a few relative have asked for one for Christmas presents. These are probably my favourite things to make because I love getting right into the kiln when it's on. Despite the cold my apartment is toasty!
This piece is from my 'Tapestry' dichroic pendants collection....I love this one because of the new aqua dichroic glass colour...it's fab!

I'll be making a few more posts this week, i'm feeling very locacious!...Check back for new posts plus a tutorial!
ttfn Phil

Dichroic Glass Plates

I've been completing the last of my Christmas orders and starting the January sales preparations (there's always something!). To give myself a bit of a break from making the dichroic glass jewellery I decided to make some dichroic glass plates. These ones are for an special order but i'll be making more and also some fused glass coasters to add to the site.

These are made by fusing together dichroic glass cabs. Then shaping them to give them a slight curve. They look so much better in real life!

Anyway...still making so must check the kiln!

There are just never enough hours!

All this festivity is slowing down my glass fusing!

I'm still working on five things at once and not finishing anything!

The website is still in it's infancy and i'm still trying to stock it up!...I've had a few orders already which i'm not complaining about at all!...As i'm adding things they're selling!

I've had a run on dichroic glass bangles especially, as well as dichroic glass pendants with sterling findings.

The bracelets are made in 3 firings. The first to fuse the glass, the second to shape them and the third to mold the glass around the bracelet form....I some time then have to refire them to size them up for larger wrists.

These are some i've made that i'm going to make into collection pieces...dichroic glass earrings, pendants, bracelets and rings all made from the same types of glass so they can be mixed and matched. I already make dichroic glass pendant and earrings sets but I wanted to make them more flexible.

I've got an exciting idea that i'm also formulating for next Christmas....combining crafters from different disciplines to produce packs of decorations home accesories etc. Details to follow.

TTFN

BBC Watchdog Program and Ebay

The BBC had an item on their 'Watchdog' program tonight about ebay's feedback system.
People are going about spending £1000's on ebay item with out even glancing at people's feedback!....I makes me soo angry!
I sell fused glass dichroic glass jewellery. I sell discounted dichroic jewellery on ebay and have to compete with lots of Asain base sellers selling fakes with feedback that's on the floor. It seems people can ignore sellers getting 30+ negative ratings per month if they can pay 10p for an item....even though the postage costs £5 or more.

Please use your head when buying on ebay, check feedback...here's mine!

More sparklies!

....just a quick one.

I'm now adding a lot more sterling silver backed dichroic glass pieces like these...

Plus extra large fused glass dichroic pendants. They're massive! Real statement pieces!

I've been looking at venues and galleries to show some of my work as pictures never really do the glass justice I think. I'm hoping to have my work exhibited at a quite prestigious gallery in Liverpool very soon (subject to a board meeeting no less). Details will be posted soon.

I've also joined artinliverpool.com.. which is a showcase for Merseyside based art and artists. As the capital of culture is fast approaching I suppose I might as well take advantage of the extra attention in the city!...although if it's anything like last night when whole sections of Liverpool City centre were cordoned off for the arrival of the Queen for the Royal variety performance at the Liverpool Empire, we're in for trouble. I couldn't move!

ttfn
Phil

Christmas!! Ahhhh

I've not bought one Christmas pressy yet! The though of trudging through the crowds all panicing like mad to get their hands on a Nintendo Wii is too much to bear though so i'm internet shopping this year methinks!

I've beening working on dichroic glass pendant and earrings sets this week for people who like to wear matching fused glass set.

Making these dichroic sets can be a bit of a nightmare as matching up the dichroic patterns is tricky.

I'm quite looking forward to the Christmas break so I can work on a few new lines...especially some fused glass plates and coasters. I'm also going to concentrating on my website http://www.glasskanvas.com/ a little more, adding more stock etc

I'm now offering wholesale dichroic and fused glass jewellery to shops and other retails outlets so get intouch if you're interested.

Also I'm combining a links page with lots of crafts links hopefully to increase my 'organic' presence on the web and enable be to get a bit more creative with glass! Again, send me a message if you're interested and want to swap links.

Cheers

Phil@glasskanvas