Garden Art...

I've shifted back to my glass sculpture for the summer months...meaning shopping for great glass pieces that go together to make cool sparkly totems, birdbaths, hanging pieces, and anything else I can think of to do with Goodwill goodies...

Recent ones include this lighthouse with teal blues...

Here it is up close.  I have discovered the ceramic pieces have a much longer life outside if I find a glass piece to go over them...

This is the wonderful colbal color with crystal.  That bottom piece is really heavy so this is quite sturdy.  Too bad my camera angle is not the sturdiest.... looks a bit tipsy...lol

Looking closely you would see a little pink piggy and his butterfly friend in the top clear glass part.  And of course, his glass colors had to be pink with a touch of pearly white.

Here he is up close...

Speaking of little characters...here is a little black bear climbing up a tree stump.  His accompaning glass is black and green and this totem is rather slim and taller than most.  Made if for the camp/resort that carries some of my crafts.  Their camping symbol used to be a black bear.  Thought the campers might like seeing it in their own garden when they go home.

Here he is up close...still a little hard to see details.

This piece has soft green spray paint to add to the pink glass  to pick up the colors of the centerpiece of the little garden fairy and her blooms.

...and we have a close-up

A favorite of mine...in purples...added crystal drops and crystal flat marbles for bling.

Last for today...my first all glass birdbath with some serious weight in that bottom piece to keep it from blowing over in a good wind.  

Copper Bling

Yup, that's what I call them...I did a four-postcard abstract and then cut them into the four individual cards.
That is a leather chair seat behind them, so you can hardly tell where they start and stop unless you look really close. It's fun trying to keep each one different and yet have an all-over one-piece look at the same time. I loved the foil and it wasn't any more difficult to sew on. I was afraid it might 'shatter' or something. But it went smoothly. Not so much the copper thread - I did have quite a few breaks. I even remembered to change to a metallic needle and loosen up the top tension, but it still decided to snap every so often. I've had other metallics that have been MUCH worse, so it was frustrating but bearable in comparison.

I recently ordered some MistyFuse and other goodies and they just arrived yesterday. Got some different paints to try. Says you can dye with them and I thought it would be nice to do a mini-dye - like for postcard backgrounds. And I ordered a small rotary cutter thinking it was like my little (OLD) one and this one is even smaller!! GOTTA LEARN TO READ THE DETAILS! This is not the first time I ordered something totally different than what I thought I was getting. And I HATE to return things, so it stays, regardless.



I ran out of my old paper-backed fusible doing this cat and two butterflies for a small lap quilt, and then...


...tested the new stuff on a fun cut idea of black and whites on this neat red batik.