Christmas in June!

Whenever I put new pieces in the kiln, one of the hardest things is for me to wait until everything is cooked and cool before opening it up to see what is happening in there! So now I've decided that I must start the cycle about 7:00pm and let it run while I am asleep. (It is not so appealing to troupe out to the garage in my jammies in the middle of the night, so I am forced to leave it alone.) The next morning is like Christmas...usually!

I recently discovered a cool glass shop near here in Pasadena, Texas called Harmony Stained Glass. Until then I had had to buy all of my glass over the Internet, sight-unseen. That's a real problem for me when working with something as visual as glass. (I like to fondle it and drool over it a bit while I decide what to do with it.) While there, I discovered the coolest glass, so I immediately came home to experiment. What a great surprise to open my kiln and see these delicious pieces. This time Santa left goodies...not lumps of coal!

"...creativity is not just about succeeding. It is about experimenting and discovering."--Gordon Mackenzie