Specializing in Handmade Glass Jewelry

How it all began...

In 1999, I made a stained-glass panel and incorporated 3-d flowers that I had "slumped" into the panel.   I needed some help with stabilizing the frame, so I called my dad.  After we got it framed, I asked him to hold the stained glass piece in front of the window.  It was beautiful!  My dad said, "Marlene, you are an artist."

Thanks, Dad, for encouraging me.

I was inspired to make fused glass jewelry after I had made fused glass tiles for bathroom and kitchen remodels.  I have fused different "elements" sandwiched between pieces of glass.  I have fused copper, brass, leaves, glass beads, glass paints, inks and a host of other items. 

Every firing offers a surprise.  I have learned in glass fusing that the "glass rules".  When fusing glass, you are taking the glass back into a "liquid-like" form.  When firing pieces of glass and other components with the glass, you have to be certain that the glasses and components have the same co-efficiency, and that they are compatible.  If not, the glass will shatter or crack from stress.  (Sounds like a bad marriage, huh?)

I have never taken a stained glass class nor any class to learn this unique art.  I have taken determination, mixed it with humor and a little creativity, and the rest is history!  I do enjoy every moment that I spend in my studio.

Finally, I am eager to share any of my ideas, experiments, blunders and successes.  Fused glass jewelry is fun to make!

Thanks for dropping in, and stop by often.  I will be adding many more pieces.

Marlene 
205-223-6649
marlenesmenagerie@yahoo.com