Author Archives: Cosy Creative Crafts

This post is to say a big Thankyou to everyone who has bought glass from me this year, and to all who support me in some way…friends and family . It has been a great year when I have encouraged and enabled lots of people to play with glass, mosaics. solder and beads than before,Continue reading “It’s nearly Christmas”

  As we head for Christmas I thought I’d share with you my seasonal pieces. The white Christmas tree curves come in two different sizes, the smallest ones in three different shapes. The snowmen are available with lots of different coloured scarves. I will be at many different craft fairs over the next few weeksContinue reading “Heading for Christmas”

I have been working hard at my lampworking torch and have produced some charming, even cute, animals. The first ones I produced were snowmen and then teddy bears but…… now I have penguins and bees. In the pipeline are rhinos, cats, pigs, owls and probably more but there are only so many hours in aContinue reading “Menagerie”

When I started lampworking my ambition was to make glass animals and light pulls. Well, it wasn’t quite as simple as that. First of all you make beads because that’s the learning process. After about 500 beads you are starting to get the style and expertise you need to launch into the world of lampworking.Continue reading “Teddy Bear’s Picnic”

Please get in touch if you’d like any further information about my glass pieces, craft fairs I am attending so we can talk face to face or if you’d like to book a workshop with me. Email address: cosycreativecrafts@hotmail.com

I had an amazing weekend at Leamington Spa’s Art in the Park. 25,000 people came through the gates on Saturday alone and Jephson Park was vibrant with activity. The environment was such that it was easy access for everyone though there was the inevitable queue for the ladies! I had so many visitors on SaturdayContinue reading “Summer Fairs”

Hah, and I thought I was OK with Geography! In my last post I said that I was going to Fillongley Agricultural Show in August. That’s true, but Fillongley is near Coventry, in Warwickshire, not Northamptonshire. Their website is:  http://www.fillongleyshow.org.uk/.  

Readers in the UK will be aware that it’s been a glorious summer so far. The temperature in my lovely studio has been 27-30C fairly regularly. Then add a lampwork torch which heats the studio up really nicely and you have a rather warm environment. Now, you could say, why use the torch? Well, I’mContinue reading “Summer torch work”

I will the first one to admit that I can’t paint or draw. I love playing with paints – strictly on a painting-by-numbers level, or on a large scale when it involves walls at home. But I had bought some enamels which can be used to paint on glass and I felt obliged to useContinue reading “Painting on Glass”

I was delighted that one of my visitors to Art Weeks decided to make a glass piece using the copper foil method (Tiffany style). She took to glass cutting really well and learned the different techniques required through the day. First Ann had to design her piece and draw it out full size. She thenContinue reading “Copper foil workshop”