D & L Stain Glass, East Bay Batch, and Olympic Color Rods are a few of the companies I buy from for supplies. Just recently I found a new contact for tools. I purchased a brand new pair of glass shears from Griffin Glass Tools. I stumbled onto their website and took a chance on ordering them and it worked out great. I bought a great pair of shears. Glassblowers use this tool to cut off glass or create shapes while working. They need to be heavy duty to stand the high heat. I use this tool to make the foot on a vase, fish, and sculptures. For more information about their line of tools plea ..read more

Normally I use the large kiln to fire my chards, but today is an unusual cold and rainy May day for California. I decided to use the kiln inside the studio so I can get a few pieces made this weekend. It's a small kiln so I was able to set it up on the workbench inside my shed. First firing for this little kiln. It's a great size kiln and very versatile because it runs on 110 voltage where the other kilns are 220 voltage. The first firing went great. I started it at 5:00pm and was all done 3 hours later. I should be able to pull out the pieces late tonight after they've cooled. At approximat ..read more