Hey, Happy Crafters! I am so excited to introduce this week's featured artisan, Tyler, with Celestial Reach! Keep scrolling to read his artisan bio and see his amazing work; check out his youtube and etsy shop and show some love!

Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/CelestialReach
Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCHPrx6DAn0LUzH856CsRXzQ

"My name is Tyler, and I use Allilujah for my handle online. I am somebody who puts my everything into something, and so when going back to school for physics hadn’t been taking up enough of my time, I needed to find something to keep me out of trouble, especially during the lock down. So I learned from several wire wrapping sages, who have helped to same me. I have a real love for steam punk, and thus while I do many different styles, steam punk is my favorite, and I will often put 15-20 hours into those pieces to make sure they look perfect."

Hey, yall! Check out this week's featured artisan: Linda with Linders Creations!
Artisan Bio: "I have been making jewelry for about 10 years. I am so very lucky I have a husband Mark that helps at the venues and supports my habit. I started wire wrapping a year ago but it took me forever to get it to where I thought it was saleable."

I have to say, her work is fantastic! *especially* after only wrapping for a year! Keep scrolling to see her lovely work, and stop by her shop and facebook to show some love!
Linderscreations.etsy.com
https://www.facebook.com/linderscreations

We are very excited to introduce yall to this week's featured artisan: Jen DeCicco of Ravenscraft Jewelry!

Website: ravenscraftjewelry.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravenscraftjewelry/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ravenscraftjewelry

Artisan Bio:

My name is Jen and I am the creator of Ravenscraft Jewelry. I am an American, currently living in Munich, Germany, and I have a home workshop for my creations. I am a self-taught jewelry designer. Previous to jewelry-making, I worked in the performing arts, organizing concerts, festivals, and other artistic events. It wasn't until 2018 that I became the artist instead of the organizer, and now I am hooked!  

My handmade jewelry is inspired by all that is magical and mystical, real and surreal, natural and supernatural. I work primarily with crystals, gemstones, and metals. Each piece is uniquely inspired by goddesses, witches, nature, and assorted enchanted characters from history, fantasy, film, music, books, and artwork. I also created a series of necklaces inspired by suffragists throughout history, in honor of the 19th Amendment centennial.  I absolutely love learning and working with new mediums, and I have learned so much from Yvonne's tutorials. My next project will be a series of enchanted pieces inspired by a recent trip to the Black Forest in Germany. 

Heya, Happy Crafters! Has it really been a week already? These past few days have Flown by! Its been a good but busy week; if you're interested, you can keep up with our daily antics over on the Vonster Vlog <3 I've been shooting daily videos of our behind the scenes and of my efforts on a 100lb weight loss journey!

We have shipped out all our Patreon packages and made the big announcement; it feels very scary to be shifting platforms, especially in these crazy times (who knows what 2020 will bring next!) but with so many things beyond our control, Randy and I are holding tight to our business and everyone who has been our rock; yall, our community! We cannot thank yall enough for being a part of our life!
We have only hit a ~few~ snags with the new website, mostly just user error as we juggle the transition, but it seems to be proving to be a Good Decision <3 We are very open to your feed back; if you have any ideas, suggestions, or questions, we are here for you!

If you are a part of our Craft Along Club (any of our $1+ membership levels) be sure to pop by here later today; we'll be going live at 3pm CST. I'll be sending out another email to you about that specifically an hour before we go live as a reminder, and the link will also be posted to Patreon as it has in the past.

We have a new tutorial coming out on Sunday (we'll send out an email with the link!) and I wanted to let you know about our Premieres that we have been doing for a few weeks now; its just like a regular video tutorial but with the addition of live chat so Randy and I can answer questions and hang out as the video plays. We hang out in the "room" for up to an hour prior to the video starting (any time after you get the email notification we will be in live chat) and its a great deal of fun. If you aren't able to make it to the premiere, its no worries! The video can still be viewed as normal <3

Hey, Happy Crafters! I am really excited to share this week's shop update with yall, and Randy and I picked 5 of our favorite cabs to feature to you! This was difficult to do, because each one is so unique and stands out on its own <3 Each of the cabs discussed below, and many like them, are available for sale in our shop

Hey, Happy Crafters! This summer heat hasn't stopped us from running the kiln and keeping busy experimenting with some -new to us- frit colors. Here is what we have been up to!

The colors we are using, pictured above, are all medium size coe 96 frit and were purchased from www.delphi.com. We also included mosaic size clear and medium dichro frit in each of these experiments.

After it was eaten by a lawn mower I decided it was finally time to refurbish this much abused Gnome Home and give it another 3 years of testing in my garden. I will update this blog post with a link to the video of how I renovated this piece.

Randy and I went to our first class at Creative Escape Glass in Springfield, MO. We were excited about glass fusing, but not sure what to expect. We signed up for two projects on this first visit, frit fused cabs in a mold, and puddles. The artist that helped us make these projects was very fun and helpful, and I stalk her on Instagram where she shares her beautiful pottery! ( I gotta get me one of her cicada mugs!!!) The owner wasn't in the studio that day, but I felt we were in very good hands.

Our first project, pictured above, was frit layered into a mold for fusing. I didn't get pictures, but what we did is we layered the frit into a mold very similar to this one, that had been sprayed with 2 coats of ZYP Boron Nitride to keep the glass from sticking.

This blog post contains affiliate links; if you purchase items through these links our company receives a small amount at no additional cost to you. Please don't feel pressured to shop; while support of any kind is greatly appreciated, I provide links so you can get an idea of the products used if you are interested in recreating any of these projects for yourself. Please let us know if you have any questions!