Author Archives: Cosy Creative Crafts

It’s been a busy day setting out all of my glorious glass in the gazebo and conservatory. It all looks very colourful and looks stunning in the sunshine. Here’s s sneak preview of some of it It looks like the weather is not going to be wet on Saturday so I’m hoping that folks willContinue reading “Art Weeks minus 2”

It’s getting closer, but unfortunately so are the rain clouds. It may be showery on Saturday – not best weather for visiting people so it might be quiet. However, we have plenty of spaces in which to shelter and lovely cake to eat. I’ve been busy baking lemon drizzle and ginger cakes, flapjack and shortbreadContinue reading “Art Weeks minus 3 days”

I am so looking forward to Art Weeks. next week is going to be a bit busy! Tidying, cleaning, gazebo to put up (probably after fighting with it a bit), and then the fun bit – laying all of my gorgeous glass out for everyone to see. Then next Saturday we open for visitors. IContinue reading “One week till Art Weeks”

It’s May 1st so it must soon be Art Weeks. I have been busy making lots of gorgeous glass so that I will have a fantastic, colourful display for those who come to see it. I have already posted photos of some of my new pieces but I have more to come. I will beContinue reading “Art Weeks is coming”

   I am very excited by my first ‘Meet the Artist’ event at Church Lane Gallery which happens on Saturday. I’m going to be there from 12 noon. Art Weeks is rapidly approaching and so all of us are having equal space in the Gallery next month. I have put several pieces in the galleryContinue reading “Meet the Artist”

I bought a new glass slumping mould a couple of months ago and finally had the opportunity to use it. The mould is the largest that will fit into my kiln so this is one of the largest piece I can make. The dish is made with a clear glass base, one layer of glassContinue reading “Crazy Curve dish”

I decided to make a few pieces with sunflowers on as it’s such a stunning flower. These two dishes are 15cm across, one in two yellow tones of opaque glass and one in two yellow tones of transparent glass. This is a 15cm square plate with a quarter of a sunflower. I have ideas toContinue reading “Sunflowers”

Life gets very exciting sometimes. Opportunities suddenly appear which I hadn’t expected. I have been invited to join the Church Lane Gallery Artists’ Cooperative in Banbury. It’s great to be able to join in bringing many different art forms to the streets of Banbury throughout the year. The Gallery has been running for a coupleContinue reading “Church Lane Gallery and Art Weeks”

I’ve been working on a lot of different ideas for 2019 so I’ll be giving you a taste of these over the next few weeks. My first pieces are words in glass. I made the ‘love’ for Valentines Day for my husband. While I was doing this I also made ‘Welcome’ and ‘Emily’. ‘Love’ isContinue reading “Glass words”

It’s a New Year and I like to have a new challenge. I have acquired a new granddaughter but that’s a different story! First, I should explain what frit is because if you are not a fused glass person you won’t have any idea of what I am talking about. Frit is powdered or tinyContinue reading “Playing with Frit”