And now for something completely different....

Along with our love for antique and vintage jewelry, we also have a fondness--OK, maybe it's more like an all out love for art glass. We've collected and sold pieces from some of America's leading glass companies--Fenton Art Glass, Imperial Art Glass, and Indiana Glass--all of them historic in their own way. We particularly love to collect carnival glass.

Now that we've started our own jewelry line, we have extended our passion for art glass to Murano Glass and dichroic glass. Truly, all of these these have had a major influence in our art clay work.

However, even with that love, getting into glass making always seemed just a bit out of reach for us--the equipment, the glass supplies and inventory needs, the torch. It all seemed a bit---intimidating. Until now that is.

On a visit to a local craft store, we were introduced to a small studio sized version of a glass fusing kit. It came with everything that we needed-- a little glass to get us going, a microwave kiln, kiln papers, and most importantly, instructions. We already have another main piece of equipment--a kiln (although the kit that we purchased was meant to be used with a microwave).

The studio kit has made it a little easier for us to try our hand with glass fusing and to explore a love of ours that we didn't think would be possible.

There is going to be a huge learning curve--we've already blown up several pieces. But, who knows? Maybe this is the start of a new medium for us...Definitely, more to come!

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