I design vibrant, fun and flattering love tokens with a hint of feisty inspired by love, nature, color and luxurious textures for real life super women who deserve to be celebrated as they are!
I hand cut original designs from art and dichroic glass. After I have cut and shaped the pieces for the design, the piece is heated in an electric kiln that warms the glass to up to 1475 degrees.
It’s a delicate process that requires the glass to be heated, soaked twice at specific temperatures and cooled in a very controlled rate. If the glass is heated or cooled too fast it can crack, crumble, break, or bubble. So the electric temperature gauge has a very important job!
Each firing process takes 20-28 hours to complete. Flat pieces, like window hangings, are usually fired once. However, any pieces that have three-dimensional shape have been fired at least twice: one firing to adhere the glasses to each other and another firing to give the three-dimensional shape of a bowl or platter.
