This post is to celebrate the great work the students completed. Ms. Burns designed a showcase exhibiting the diverse Dichroic Pendants right out front of the Main Office at the High School. It looks great and the creative work does too. Additionally, the students work is being exhibited at MCC...
Author Archives: Nancy Wynn
Sabrina’s wire wrap cage in progress
Sabrina is in the process of finishing her wire wrap cage for one of her pendants. She was bold to create it using the hardest material to work with—nickel. But her choice was a good one based on color. She is using line well and has created a nice slightly...
Adding a Bail
Ms. Burns is requiring the students to complete a minimum of four dichroic glass pendants. Two glass pendants must have a wire wrapped cage. The other two are to use a pre-fabricated bail glued to the back of the pendant. After completing the bails the students then need to design...
Victoria’s glass bracelet design
Victoria has completed her two pendant designs and now has moved onto designing and creating a glass bracelet. She mostly used her red, white and blue color palette that is throughout her semester’s work. And, she used repetition of small elements similarly when compared to her shrine bracelets—here she used...
Jasmine’s pendant in progress
Below is Jasmine’s glass pendant in progress. She is making a wire wrapped cage design, but wants to incorporate a bead. We discussed choosing a bead that compliments the existing design, but also making reference to the her work previously. The brownish bead makes reference to the color palette in...
Online Shop Group Work
Today, we had the students work in groups to discuss the following issues (they used this handout as a guide): 1. What type of image of themselves do they want to use on-line? Most students felt a photo of them working would be best. We have been very careful about placing...
Chasity’s Final Five Designs
Each student must complete five final fused glass pendant designs. This is an example of Chasity’s final five. She has chosen two pendants to wrap in a cage of wire. It is best to choose pendants that are most symmetrical in shape, since it is easiest to wrap symmetrical shapes rather than...
Victoria and Katelynn Working with Wire
Victoria Wire Wrapping Katelynn Wire Wrapping
More Dichroics After Firing
More Dichroics Before Firing
June sketches her ideas on a small piece of paper. She then creates the dichroic pendant from her sketch. The sketch is of the pendant with the light blue and white glass. The other pendants are other students’ work. These pieces are very geometric using line, shape and pattern. Really...