Hurry up and wait...

I fully admit I am short on patience at times. Well, okay, most of the time. What has proven to be the most difficult part of making fused glass jewelry, for me, is the waiting. Designing the pieces is great fun... I get to play with color, cut glass, assemble and glue my new treasures together.

Then I load up my kiln, set the program... and wait. And wait. It takes hours for fused glass to go from the raw material to beautiful, sparkly pendants and earrings. And, as if the waiting wasn't bad enough, there is also the unknown. Will they turn out to look like the vision I had in my head? Some yes, some no. Which will it be this time?

Finally, they're out. And it looks like I got a few good ones!