Carmen Rose Prose: September 2009

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Mini Quilts updated to include prices

Mini Quilt, hand dyed fabrics, batik and commercial cotton,
Machine quilted, 8x6 inches
Available unframed $33

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Mini Quilt, hand dyed fabrics, batik and commercial cotton
machine quilted, 6.75x8.5 inches
Not For Sale - this one is framed and hanging in my bathroom =)

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Mini Quilt, batik and hand dyed cotton
machine quilted, 8.5 x 5.5 inches
Now framed to 17.5 x 14.5 inches behind glass. $84.

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Mini Quilt, hand dyed cotton and batik
machine quilted, 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Unframed $21

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Mini Quilt, hand dyed cotton, batik
machine quilted, 6x6 inches
Now framed in a killer floating frame for $185.

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Mini Quilt, commercial fabric, hand dyed cotton, batik
Machine quilted, 5x6 inches
Now framed in a shadow box frame plus some crystal and glass embelishments. $99

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Mini Quilt, hand dyed cotton, batik
machine quilted, 4.5 x 7.5 inches
Unframed $23

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Mini Quilt, batik, hand dyed cotton
machine quilted, 4.75 x 5.25 inches
Framed and behind glass to 13.5 square for $69

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Mini Quilt, batik and hand dyed cotton
machine quilted, 3.75 x 4.75 inches
Framed in an 8x10 shadow box table top frame, no hanging hardware, $45

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Mini Quilt, batik, hand dyed cotton
machine quilted, 3.25 x 4.5 inches
Unframed $10

I picture these framed behind glass, I think they'd look great that way. So here they are until I have a chance to go frame shopping. Perfect for a small spot in the home that needs a small splash of color!

Fresh From the Fire.

Two tack fused pendants in oranges and red with a little dichroic glass. There was another cool star shaped one but it broke. Tsk tsk These are $20 each.

This is an ornament I made for my Mom whose favorite color is lavender. It's crushed lavender glass, clear and dichroic glass tack fused so that it keeps it's texture. Then I grind off all the sharp edges so that it doesn't hurt anyone. I like how it turned out! *Not for sale.*

Plus, I made a number of new kiln shelves to fit my kiln and they turned out beautifully!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

More Glass

Hand Painted Art Glass coming out of the studio now:
Non toxic glazes, dishwasher resistant

This is a series of straight shapes in orange, blue, green, magenta and purple.
Hurricane: $26
Bud vase: $22 (sold)
Decanter Lg: $42
Hurricane: $27
Decanter Sm: $28

Three vases in lime and emerald green, purple and orange.
Large: $36 ~ Med: $29 ~ (Small: $19 - sold)

Set of Cylinder Vases in green, turquoise, blue and purple.
7.5 inch: $26
9 inch: $29
10 inch: $32

Wine Glasses

hand painted classic wine glasses with pearl accents.
Set of 12 - $180 - SOLD
Would you like to commission a set in your colors?

These are hand painted wine glasses. The glaze is non-toxic and there is no glaze on the inside of the glass. The glaze has been thermo-hardened and is dishwasher resistant... which is a nice way of saying that they'll be fine in the dishwasher as long as you don't do that too often. I spin on the glaze and texture using a pottery wheel, no two items are ever the same.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Still Warm from the Kiln

Here are some of my latest experiments in the kiln. I love the streaks in this one, so much color!

Warmer colors in this one and I like the long slender look.

Another long slender one, I love the graceful curves in this one and the play between clear and opaque glass.

I left a batch in the kiln last night cooling their heels. I could hardly wait to get them out and see what the heat had done to them this morning. Here are the rest of them.

I'm back in the hand painted glass studio today so the dichroic glass will need to wait a bit. I really do enjoy the play of light and color in this media though. No telling what the kiln will do to a piece. Each day is a light and color adventure around here.

*Pendants are $20 each, shipping is free for orders over $100!*

Monday, September 21, 2009

New Favorites

These are the latest ones out of the kiln. I'm learning some things and the experiments continue. I like these organic shapes and the layers of color and shining colors in the dichroic glass really tickle me. I am coming to realize that this work covers my favorite things about creating: color, light and beauty. This media has all that plus the element of the unexpected because you never really know what is going to happen once you close the kiln door!

My adventures with fused glass continue. These are my current favorites, at least until I see what comes out of the kiln tomorrow.

Pink is one of the harder colors to come by when shopping for glass jewelry so I did these four at the request of a friend. They really to play in the light. I am also going to need to do some research on how to photograph them because it's not easy trying to capture the light and movement these things have in person. I wonder if it can even be done.

*pendants are all $20 each and orders over $100 get free shipping! So order now for everyone on your Christmas list!!*
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Friday, September 18, 2009

Dichroic and Millefiori Glass Pendants

Help me out here, kids! Mamma needs a new kitchen floor, sooo… I’m having a Kiln Sale! Yaaaay! These 20 pendants are hot out of the kiln and available for $20 each. Shipping is $5 for one or all, so stuff the box. These are fused glass pendants with a combination of dichroic glass and some also have Millefiori glass accents. These are the first of many, kiln work is FUN! Sorry the photos are so bad, you’ll have to take my word for it that these are much more fun in person than they are in the photographs. Dichroic glass does a little dance in the light that makes it really fun to wear.