Shop closed and ready for 2013 now

Well after several cold evenings out in the shed, the last few items were finished and posted in the Etsy and folksy shops.  The photos do make it look much colder but usually when the heating got going it became warm enough to take the hat off.

 

On the bench are some glass borders painted with black glass paint waiting for the patterns to be scratched on before firing.  Some foiling and leading and the end results are as seen below.  

It has been a great couple of months in the run up to Christmas with the opportunity to meet some customers face to face at a craft fair in Watford as well as getting some sales and great feedback. 2012 has been an interesting year so time to get the sketchbook out and work on even more new ideas.

Christmas making and first fair

It has been a very busy making time this last few weeks culminating in my first craft fair at the Colosseum in Watford.  Many thanks to Carolyn of Aspen Stained Glass for inviting me to share a pitch.  It was certainly a real treat to actually meet people, talk about my work and answer queries about the way in which things were made. 

Lots of people asked about these blue and white decorations, it was so positive to see that while I really enjoy making them, customers liked them too and were interested in how they were made.

Lots of interest again in the painted panels with lots of people asking to see the new singing bird panel.  It is still available at the moment since lots of people wanted it for themselves but were supposed to be Christmas shopping to buy for other people.

Hopefully, I will be planning to attend some more fairs in 2013 but for now, I'm happy to have got some feedback and some time to think of some more new designs.

Refreshing the RedHenGlass website

Well, it's that time of year when I take some time away from making and try to remember just how to edit and upload some new pages and images for my website www.redhenglass.co.uk Feeling inspired, I played around with matching the page backgrounds to the glass images and while this was a lot of fun, you might agree that it is all a bit too bright and difficult to read. Do please let me know if you think otherwise, but have to say, while it was enjoyable, I may return to something a little more sober even if it is to make the pictures show up more strongly. But for perhaps a limited period only, here is the rather bright website.