Buddha Kitty Glass

The Gateway Gallery

2012-01-24T07:15:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is very excited to announce our acceptance into The Gateway Gallery artist cooperative! The Gateway Gallery is: " One of Loudoun's best venues for the arts is the Gateway Gallery and Gift Shop! A cooperative market place for area artists, it has a wide variety of ceramics, jewelry, painting, glass, woodwork, and fiber works. Located adjacent to the Round Hill Arts Center in refurbished space in the old Hill High Orchard Building at the western edge of Loudoun County, The Gateway Gallery welcomes visitors from the Blue Ridge to the Beltway and beyond." Buddha Kitty Glass is honored to be part of this amazing gallery.

Buddha Kitty Glass: Swizzle Sticks

2011-11-02T17:56:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass: Swizzle Sticks: Buddha Kitty Glass has a hot new line of cocktail party items: fused glass swizzle sticks . They come in 11 different colors and are only $...

Swizzle Sticks

2011-11-02T17:48:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has a hot new line of cocktail party items: fused glass swizzle sticks. They come in 11 different colors and are only $5 a piece. Jazz up your next party with these fun items. Also great as a hostess gift or stocking stuffer.

new items

2011-08-05T09:32:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has been very busy lately. We have so many new items listed I don't have enough space here to list them! Most are under $50 and some are a mere$10. http://www.etsy.com/shop/Buddhakittyglass

Gift Certificates

2011-07-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

Did you know you can buy Buddha Kitty Glass gift certificates? They are available in any amount, never expire, and there is no shipping fee. Get someone a unique and amazing present: a gift certificate to pick out their own fused glass art!

To purchase please contact us here or at buddhakittyglass at gmail dot com.

Fused glass drapes

2011-07-08T10:45:00.000-07:00

Why buy drapes when you can make fused glass drapes? Much more interesting and fun to look at. To see the full set of photos please visit our FLickr page.

New wall hangings

2011-06-23T09:27:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass almost never makes anything for herself. But one day I noticed how empty and plain my hall window was and decided to fill it with some fused glass beauty. This window gives a great view of the sunrise so I decided to emulate that in glass. These 4 panels are 9 x 9 inches with many layers of glass dots stacked upon one another. More pictures of my fused glass sunrise can be seen on Flickr.

New wall hangings

2011-05-03T06:33:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass just finished a very special project. Yellow wall hangings (Five 3 inch x 3inch panels) as a birthday present for my daughter. (Her favorite color is yellow and she requested a "yellow" present.) It is a lot of fun to fuse glass for someone you love.

Life is Green.: Friday Features! (On Tuesday!)

2011-04-20T13:23:00.000-07:00

Life is Green.: Friday Features! (On Tuesday!) featuring Buddha Kitty Glass!

Off Beat Home

2011-03-04T12:16:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass was featured today on a great new website Off Beat Home. Such an honor to be part of this new and exciting page which explores the many kinds of places people call home.

Sale!

2011-02-24T12:25:00.000-08:00

We are having a sale. Everything in this section is a mere $10.

Help me clear the shelves for my incoming glass order. Get some great glass for a steal.

Buddha Kitty Glass

2011-02-21T09:09:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is proud to be part of the newest cool site on the Internet: Off Beat Home! Check it out here:

Buddha Kitty Glass

Draping glass

2011-02-21T08:49:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass loves to experiment with glass. Recently I have been testing out glass draping. Glass draping means that the piece or pieces of glass are placed over a mold and as the kiln fires the glass slowly falls over the mold to create amazing shapes. Conversely, slumped glass is placed inside a mold and as the kiln fires it slowly sinks into the mold assuming its shape. Draping glass offers many possibilities in the shapes and color combinations that can be created. To see our newest creations in glass draping please visit Buddha Kitty Glass Etsy shop.

Sale!

2011-02-15T07:13:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is having a 25% off sale on all items in our shop in honor of President's Day. Simply go to the Buddha Kitty Glass Etsy shop find some beautiful fused glass you like and when you purchase enter the coupon code "Presidentsday" and receive 25% off your order. Good now through the end of President's day weekend.

New Product Line

2011-02-10T09:02:00.001-08:00

Are your walls blank? Are you tired of the seeing the same thing hanging there? Looking for a new way to feather your nest? How about a fused glass wall hanging! Buddha Kitty Glass is pleased to announce a new product line: custom fused glass wall hangings. These lovely pieces will add color to your home or office and make a great conversation piece. The wall hangings are available in three different sizes and shapes with the color up to you.

Shapes:

Circles, diamonds or rectangles

Sizes:

10 inch by 10 inch (10 inch diameter circle)
5 inch by 5 inch (5 inch diameter circle)
3 inch by 3 inch (3 inch diameter circle)

Prices:
10 inch panel or circle $89 per panel
5 inch panel or circle $45 per panel
3 inch panel or circle $25 per panel

You pick the color and decide on the shape and size. Panel shapes and sizes can be mixed. Panels can hang by themselves or strung together with copper wire. To order or if you have questions please contact buddhakittyglass at gmail dot com. You will love your new art work designed and made especially for you! To view our latest custom fused glass wall hangings visit our Flickr page.

New Victorian tray

2011-01-12T18:00:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass just finished a lovely new piece a 9 inch round fluted serving tray. It is made with lovely blue, purple and white glass and very reminiscent of the Victorian period of glass.

Christmas decorating with Buddha Kitty Glass

2010-12-13T18:51:00.000-08:00

Christmas is nearly here and Buddha Kitty Glass is ready. I love to decorate for the holidays and naturally I use a lot of glass to do that. Here are a few photos of Buddha Kitty Glass designs used as holiday decorations. These Buddha Kitty Glass originals are filled with holiday ornaments to give a beautiful festive feel to any room in the house. The light reflects off the ornaments and the glass creating a lovely affect. Merry Christmas!

Buddha Kitty Glass in action

2010-11-28T16:33:00.000-08:00

This spring I completed an eight place setting of fused glass dishes. Today I received photos from my customer of the dishes being used for Thanksgiving dinner. Such an honor to be part of someone's holiday celebration.

Art Glass by featured artist Steena Anderson :: NativeMotif.com

2010-11-09T16:16:00.000-08:00

Art Glass by featured artist Steena Anderson :: NativeMotif.com

Fused glass serving set

2010-10-01T16:52:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has a lovely new four piece serving set in emerald green. This serving set includes a salad bowl, bread tray, and two condiment bowls. Perfect for serving dinner on any occasion!

Halloween

2010-09-18T16:59:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass just carved a fused glass pumpkin. Happy Halloween everyone!

Fall colors

2010-09-04T14:11:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has a new tray in butterscotch glass with shiny orange dichroic glass. This lovely serving tray would make the perfect addition to any fall table.

Fall leaves

2010-09-02T06:34:00.001-07:00

Fall is nearly here. In honor of the changing of the season Buddha Kitty Glass has a new series of fused glass trays with copper leaves. Enjoy the last few days of summer everyone and happy autumn.

Autumn Craft Faire

2010-08-18T11:20:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has been accepted into the Claude Moore Parks Autumn Faire, Craft Festival and Photography Exhibition.
Saturday, September 25 10:00am at Claude Moore Park, Sterling, VA. Come on out and have some fun!

New website!

2010-08-12T19:03:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has a brand new website! Please check it out and let us know what you think.

Fused Glass Window Hangings

2010-07-05T17:13:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass just completed two fused glass window hangings. Each panel consists of 5 squares which measure 5 inches wide.
They are adorned with blue, silver and white dots that beautifully reflect the light when hung in a window.

These were a lot of fun to make.

Fused glass dishes

2010-06-12T21:43:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has just completed our largest custom order to date a complete eight place setting of fused glass dishes. The set included eight 10 x 10 dinner plates, eight 8 x 8 salad plates, eight 7 x 7 soup bowls, and eight 4 x 4 bread plates. This was a wonderful project to work on and I am very proud of the results.

Give away!

2010-06-03T12:56:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is hosting a give-away for a fused glass business card holder. The details can be found here.

Feature

2010-05-16T09:01:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass was featured this morning on Outnumbered 3 to 1. Check out our interview on this lovely blog.

Art Gallery

2010-05-14T16:44:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has just finished a series of pieces which will be on display and for sell at the Everett Artist Gallery! The pieces are a series of emerald green serving bowls and trays. This is Buddha Kitty Glass first display at an artist gallery and we are very excited!

Black Tie and Sequins

2010-05-01T18:25:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is honored to be part of the Seattle Men’s Chorus (SMC) and Seattle Women’s Chorus (SWC) 14th Annual Dinner, Dance and Auction “Black Tie and Sequins.” A trio Buddha Kitty Glass cherry blossom sushi trays will be part of the auction. The evening proves to be a spectacular one! Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails during the silent auction. Dinner, wine, and dessert during live auction. Special Guest Performances by members of SMC and SWC. Dancing will begin immediately following the live auction. The event will be held:
Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010
Time: 5:30pm
Location: 155 N. 35th Street, Seattle, WA 98103

Tickets and further details are available here.

Cherry blossom trays

2010-04-14T19:47:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is pleased to announce a new special line of fused glass cherry blossom sushi trays. These trays are available at Burton Jewelers in Anacortes, Washington in the lovely San Juan Islands. The trays are made from clear and pink glass with hand cut cherry blossom petals made of copper. Perfect for serving sushi or any other tasty treat. If you can’t make a trip to the San Juan Islands to visit Burton Jewelers but would like a cherry blossom tray of your own please let us know here or by contacting us at Buddha Kitty Glass or buddhakittyglass at gmail dot com. Custom orders are always welcome!

Easter baskets

2010-03-06T16:11:00.000-08:00

When I was a kid I always looked forward to Easter morning and finding my Easter basket filled with candy and new toys. As Easter approaches I was remembering those past holidays with fondness and I went out in search of a new Easter basket. After a bit of shopping I was disappointed in my options and decided to make my own. Thus I give you Buddha Kitty Glass' interpretation of an Easter basket in fused glass. A base of yellow, green, and clear glass which reminded me of the yellow and green paper grass which was always at the bottom of my Easter basket cover with a colorful bunch of shiny fused glass Easter eggs. Enjoy and Happy Easter.

Field Trip

2010-02-22T13:10:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass recently took a little trip down to beautiful Portland, Oregon to buy glass at the Bullseye Glass Showroom. Bullseye Glass is like heaven on earth to me. Rows and rows of beautiful glass. With all this lovely glass it is very hard to decide what to buy. They also have a wonderful art gallery upstairs with very interesting an innovative art such as this skull glass brick.

The staff is very helpful and took a lot of time with me helping me get just the right glass for some of my custom orders and gave me some very helpful suggestions on cutting glass circles. (This is a lot harder than it sounds!) I found out they give tours of the factory where the glass is made and am anxious to go back and take this tour.

If you are ever in the area I highly recommend stopping by and visiting Bullseye. Make sure you look for the Lego Man with the glass frit!

You can't control the weather

2010-02-03T13:44:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass not only loves fused glass but also sunny days at the beach and long walks through the forest. But since we live in the rainy Pacific Northwest it will be a while until we can enjoy that kind of outdoor fun. So instead we decided to create our own sunny day and forest walk in glass. Our two newest creations: "Red Swirl" and "Forest Green" are our interpretations of a sunny day and a walk in the woods.

Free shipping

2010-01-29T13:26:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass would like to offer you, our blog readers, free shipping on any order you place this weekend. Just send us a message with your order telling us you are a blog follower and we will refund the shipping charges. There is lots of new glass here. Enjoy!

New art gallery

2010-01-23T08:40:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass was honored recently to be asked to join an on-line art gallery called Native Motif. Our first pieces are up and ready to be unveiled. Please check out our page here. More new and lovely pieces are planned and in the works for this gallery!

Valentine's Day Gift Guide

2010-01-19T14:58:00.000-08:00

Are you looking for the perfect Valentine's Day gift for someone special? Buddha Kitty Glass has several pieces in the Indie shopping Valentine's Day Gift Guide. There are many lovely items including a cute pink fused glass jewelry tray and a polka dot bowl by Buddha Kitty Glass. Happy Valentine's Day.

Happy One Year Anniversary Buddha Kitty Glass!

2010-01-18T21:30:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is celebrating their one year anniversary! In honor of our anniversary a winner has been selected at random from the comments here and on our Facebook Fanpage. Our winner is drum roll please:
Salted With Shadows! She will receive a handmade dichroic glass pendant in the color of her choosing. Congratulations Salted and happy anniversary Buddha Kitty Glass.

New line of small dichroic bowls and trays

2010-01-10T19:12:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is very pleased to announce a new line of small dichroic bowls and trays! These little beauties shine and reflect light wonderfully. They also change color in the light or when held. To see all six of the new line please visit the Buddha Kitty Glass shop.

One year anniversary give-away!

2010-01-02T18:56:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is hosting a give-away in honor of our upcoming 1 year anniversary. The rules are simple: 1) go to www.buddhakittyglass.com and find your favorite piece. 2) leave a comment on here or on Buddha Kitty Glass fan page telling us your favorite piece. The winner will be chosen at random on January 19, 2010, our official birthday. The prize is super secret until the winner is selected.

Interview

2009-12-20T15:31:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass was interviewed on 5Erg's Blog. Check out her creative questions and also her lovely paintings while you are there. Merry almost Christmas.

Holiday shopping

2009-11-21T09:50:00.000-08:00

As the holiday shopping season approaches Buddha Kitty Glass would like to encourage you to support the many talented artists and craftspeople on Etsy. Etsy has thousands of handmade and lovely gifts for everyone on your list. Please consider making your holiday gift purchases on Etsy and helping to support the artists and craftspeople on this amazing site. Thanks and happy holidays.

Buiness card holders

2009-11-17T21:27:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass just finished a very fun job: creating ten custom business card holders. My only direction was to use the Visa logo colors and have fun with it. They were truly fun to make and I think they cam out well.

Snow falling on a glass forest

2009-11-15T21:29:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass wants to show off her newest piece of fused glass: "Snow Falling on a Glass Forest." This tray has a glass forest of copper trees along the bottom with a gentle snow fall of copper snowflakes falling from the sky. Perfect as a serving platter for a holiday meal or as a centerpiece on your table.

Holiday Shopping

2009-11-15T07:29:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass and many other talented artists are featured in the Handmade Holiday Gift Guide. This gift guide is wonderful for a lot of reasons. It features talented artists, has unique, handmade and very affordable art. And best of all allows you to shop from the comfort of your own home or office. Buddha Kitty Glass would encourage you to support these talented artists when you do your holiday shopping.

Holiday Craft Faire

2009-11-11T22:26:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass will be selling fused glass at:
Holiday Craft Faire
SVCA Dance Barn
8 Barn View, Bellingham, WA 98229
Saturday, November 14th
10am—4:30pm

"Local artisan items including fine arts, handmade crafts, jewelry, dolls, confections and more kick off the holiday shopping season at this popular event. Enjoy live entertainment, raffles
and great food as you shop locally."

satisifed customers

2009-11-07T12:17:00.000-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass does love a happy customer! I recently completed a second set of eight custom dessert plates and coasters. Today I received this link from my happy customer showing off the plates and coasters in their new home.

Snowflakes

2009-11-05T21:36:00.000-08:00

In honor of winter and the upcoming holidays, Buddha Kitty Glass has a new line of snowflake trays. These lovely trays are prefect for holding greeting cards, candy, serving food, or as a holiday decoration.

Giveaway and feature

2009-11-04T08:32:00.004-08:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is being featured on Unpaint. There is even a fused glass giveaway. Check it out.

New window panes

2009-10-28T23:05:00.001-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass just finished our newest creation. Fused glass window panes. They are two sets of five panels. Each are 5 x 5 inches, held together by copper fused in between the glass. They are five different types of red and yellow glass with dots of each kind of glass on the panels. They just sparkle in the sunlight.

Busy, busy, busy

2009-10-27T14:55:00.000-07:00

There has been a flurry of activity in the Buddha Kitty Glass studio lately. I am currently making eight custom dessert plates, ten custom business card holders, hundreds of new glass dots for future projects, new holiday trays with snowflakes and dozens of Christmas tree ornaments. I am also working on a design for plate chargers. There is not even room to turn around in here. Also I was just accepted into a holiday gift bizarre that I want to make several new bowls for. It may be time to get a bigger kiln. Or an assistant!

Tools

2009-10-04T13:30:00.001-07:00

Someone asked me recently what was the most useful tool in my studio. My glass studio is filled with useful tools: two kilns, glass cutters, tile saw for cutting glass bricks, levels, reference books, and even a sometimes functioning CD player. However, after giving this some thought I would have to say the most useful tool is the playpen. Without the playpen, I would only be able to work on glass when my 16 month old daughter is asleep or with her father. By having the playpen in the studio I can work on glass anytime. She loves to go in with me and "help" me fuse glass. I call her my "gaffer." While I work we chat about fusing glass, I consult her on color selection and I/we get a lot of work done. The playpen keeps her safely away from the hot kilns or broken glass that always seems to be on the floor no matter how much I sweep and we have a good time together. Maybe every glass artist doesn't need a playpen in their studio, but it is the most useful tool I have in mine!

Christmas

2009-09-23T21:17:00.001-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass wonders... Is it too soon to start making fused glass Christmas ornaments? The air conditioners are still running but snowflake ornaments are on my mind...

Featured Find

2009-09-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass was selected as a "Featured Find by the Editor" on My Shopping Connection! It is such an honored to be featured on this great site. My Shopping Connection has beautiful,unique items you will never find in a mall. Stop by and see some of the other fantastic finds.

new items

2009-09-08T15:10:00.001-07:00

The Bumbershoot festival here in Seattle is over and Buddha Kitty Glass has taken that stock and listed it on Etsy. There are so many new items! Including candy dishes, business card holders, trays, platters and even a rainbow wave tray. Please stop by and check it out. Free shipping to any blog follower. Just place your order, send me a message either here or on Etsy telling me you are a follower of the blog and I will refund the shipping charges! Happy shopping.

Bumbershoot

2009-08-26T18:19:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has now completely finished all the new pieces that will be available at Bumbershoot Seattle's music and art's festival. The last pieces are this new line of business card holders with millefiori.

new custom bowls

2009-08-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass just finished these two custom candy dishes. They came out beautiful if I do say so myself and I am very pleased they will be given as wedding presents!

Bumbershoot

2009-08-21T23:16:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has been working on new pieces just for the upcoming music and arts festival this labor day weekend in Seattle called Bumbershoot . Here is a sneak peek at a few on the new items available only at Bumbershoot.

Ouch that is hot!

2009-08-20T14:07:00.000-07:00

Glass art breaks down into three categories: cold, warm, and hot. Cold glass means no heat is applied to the glass to make the creation. Stained glass is a good example of this. Warm glass is generally glass heated to 1,450 degrees or less. Fused glass and lamp working are two types of warm glass. Lastly, hot glass is the well-known art of blowing glass in a glory hole, which is around 2,150 degrees.

Working with warm or hot glass requires special equipment and clothing to save the body from burns and abrasions. Buddha Kitty Glass has such equipment in their studio and uses all the appropriate safety measures when working with glass. However, I have noticed lately that after being around warm and hot glass for many years a certain cavalier attitude towards heat can develop. The kilns in my studio go up to 2,000 degrees. I usually “vent” them around 300 degrees so the glass is not keep in the kiln to long. Each kiln works differently and mine tends to linger around 250 for a long time, subsequently I modify this by venting the lid. Now 300 degrees is still very HOT. But when you have taken the glass up to 1,450 degrees it all starts to get relative.

This is where the cavalier attitude comes in. Yesterday when the kiln reached about 150, I decided to unload the glass and prepare the next batch to go in. I did not put on the protective gloves and simply stuck my hands in and picked up the glass because 150 degrees seemed “cold enough”. I can assure you that 150 is not COLD on bare skin! Sadly, this is not the first minor burn I have from the glass and probably won’t be the last. The definition of hot is just relative now.

I wonder....

2009-08-14T20:05:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass is considering giving the glass pieces names. For example this green tray could be "Amelia the green tray." This would make inventory and listing easier to sort out. But I wonder, is this amusing or silly? What do you think?

new creations

2009-08-08T13:54:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has two new creations!
A blue tray with blue and white dots and a little yellow bowl with yellow and green dots.

spotted!

2009-08-07T14:04:00.001-07:00

It sure is nice to see your work on Indie Shopping! Buddha Kitty Glass red and yellow business card holder was spotted today on the Indie Shopping site. Check it out:
http://www.myshoppingconnection.com/indiespotting/2009/index.php

Glass and Patience

2009-08-06T09:58:00.000-07:00

Fusing glass is an art of patience. Since glass is very fragile, it must be treated very delicately. This requires a great deal of patience and precision. Glass must be cut with a slow and steady hand or it will break. Sanding and grinding glass must be done evenly and slowly or you risk marring or breaking the glass. The glass must be cleaned thoroughly before firing as dirt or fingerprints will show in the finished product. When the piece is ready to be fired the kiln must be exactly level or the glass could break. This requires a lot of patience with a level and placement of wedges under the kiln legs. Firing the glass in the kiln requires the most patience of any step. Glass heated up too quickly or not annealed properly will crack or simply break into pieces. A firing schedule is generally 14 - 18 hours longs depending on the size of the piece. Given all these factors, working with fused glass is definitely meant for the more patient among us. Buddha Kitty Glass is, suffice to say, not blessed with patience! I would love to be more patient but I have often told friends if you could buy patience in a store, I would get impatient waiting in line to pay and leave without them. However, fusing glass is teaching me a great deal about patience. I have seen the results of treating glass both impatiently and patiently. The latter is always preferable. I find slowly and patiently working with the glass very gratifying. I resist the urge to “peek” into the kiln because I know this will break the glass. Thus, I patiently wait the 14 to 18 hours to see the finished results. It is like waiting to open a present. If only I could transfer the patience I have for glass to the rest of my life!

2009-08-04T09:09:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass was spotted again on the Indie Shopping site! This little green and yellow tray is very cute and deserves the mention.

To see the tray on Indie Shopping go to: http://www.myshoppingconnection.com/indiespotting/2009/index.php

Or you can visit the Buddha Kitty Glass shop and see it there:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23473510

custom plates

2009-07-31T11:35:00.001-07:00

I just finished a set of eight dessert plates for a customer. I really enjoyed working on this project. It was a good challenge and the largest job I have done to date. It was just over three weeks to complete. After designing, cutting, grinding and cleaning the glass there were 16 separate kiln firings to complete the plates. Each firing was approximately 14 hours long and my kiln was running almost non-stop for two and half weeks! Have a look at the finished results. Really makes you want to eat some pie doesn't it?

Four leaf clover

2009-07-27T20:35:00.000-07:00

I really enjoy doing custom orders. Here is a custom order recently finished of translucent glass and copper inclusions in the shape of four leaf clovers.

Spotted!

2009-07-27T12:55:00.001-07:00

It is so gratifying to see your work acknowledged by others. This morning Buddha Kitty Glass black tray was spotted on Indie shopping!

http://www.myshoppingconnection.com/indiespotting/home-garden/

What is Buddha Kitty Glass?

2009-07-24T17:59:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kitty Glass has a long and passionate relationship with all types of glass art. My love of glass goes back many years. During a college trip to Europe, I became fascinated with the stained glass in the cathedrals. Upon returning home, I took my first class in glasswork and learned how to make stained glass windows. This served as a wonderful introduction to the world of glass art. From there I began to learn glass bead making and became intrigued by the amazing transformation that takes place in glass once heat is applied. These glass beads became parts of handmade jewelry that I gave to friends and occasionally sold at small craft fairs. A cross-country move and new neighbors served as my introduction to fused glass. My new neighbors in Virginia commented on a glass bead necklace I had made which turned into a discussion about kiln formed glass. My neighbor’s mother taught fused glass. We talked about my fascination with glass she suggested I try one of her mother’s class. I signed up for her class and was immediately captivated by kiln formed glass. Shortly after the class, I purchased my first small kiln and began perfecting the art of fused glass in my basement. Several years later and after a few more classes in fused glass techniques, I relocated back to the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle area is renowned for its glass art and became a wonderful location to continue to pursue fused glass. I continued my study of fused glass and kiln formed glass at Pratt Fine Art Center. After several years of learning new warm glass techniques and studying under some phenomenal artists, I decide to try my hand at selling my work. Thus in January 2009, I launched Buddha Kitty Glass. When I am not fusing glass for Buddha Kitty Glass I also serve as a docent at the Museum of Glass leading tours of the beautiful glass art collections. Being a docent at the Museum of Glass is another way for me to share my enthusiasm for glass art with others. The lovely fused glass sold at Buddha Kitty Glass is also available at the monthly indie urban craft and art fair I Heart Rummage at Chop Suey in Seattle, Washington. Stop by sometime and see us, we would love to meet you!