I love working with fused glass.
I first tried this a couple of years ago, and got my first kiln about this time last year. I find the process of having to wait so long (a whole day!) while the kiln does its stuff is very good for me. I am a hasty person, and the enforced thinking time and not being able to fiddle works well.
When I cook I like to bake- get the ingredients sorted and then wait and see what comes out of the oven. I've always dislike making sauces- all that tasting and stirring and thinking and modifying. Painting is a lot like sauce making. Fused glass work is more like baking.
Great advantage of glass work over baking is that the ingredients and product don't go off so fast. I also like the way glass can be reused if you don't like what happened the first time, or if stuff is dropped and broken.
This is a bluebell wood I made this summer, rather oddly cropped. Main computer is off for repairs so just using a picture that happens to be available.
