my first fused glass

While working on my first full stained glass window during a retreat in 2022, I decided to make the corner pieces out of fused glass to represent each of the four seasons. I found some reference art for each of the visuals I wanted to use to represent the seasons; sun for summer, leaf for fall, snowflake for winter, and tulip for spring.

To make the fused corner pieces I used glass that I cut and shaped with a grinder as well as a saw, stringers that I shaped using a flame, and glass frit and powder. I enjoyed the technique and process so much that I began focusing more and more of my work on the glass fusing aspects of glass art and I still very much enjoy making fused pieces.