Heart & Soul Glass Art

🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲 My next project is something very important to me. Something I am very honored to be part of, Camp Bright Bird , an organization helping disabled Veterans, and giving them a unique opportunity to go hunting.
It's a weekend event at the end of October, near Athens, MI.
Yesterday I picked up this nice orange glass for the project! Stay tuned for updates!
Be sure to check out this dedicated organization & amazing people!

🍁If you're in Vermontville at the Syrup Festival, be sure to check out The Neon Shop, right on Main St!
Very cool!

Welcome Welcome to the official website of the annual Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival! The annual Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival is the "granddaddy" of them all! It is the original maple syrup festival in Michigan and came about in 1940, when local syrup producers gathere

Glass artists in the Grand Rapids, MI area, Grand Rapids Brewing Co is out of business and having an auction.
These racks shown are very useful in glass studios, and kiln areas. Storing molds, supplies, etc.
The link to the online auction is in the comments.

For you locals, tune into FOX 17 Monday at 6p to see Bill's interview!

Way to go!!!!🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲

We are so happy to announce our founder and President, Bill Thick Jr. has been awarded the Fox 17 Pay it Forward Spotlight Award for March 2024. You can view the full interview on Monday at 6 P.M. on Fox 17 Grand Rapids.

Bill states "I am truly humbled. I am just a guy with an idea and the ambition to bring this dream to reality. It's the donors, volunteers, and supporters who make serving the disabled veterans possible."

Thank you so much for supporting our cause!

🤔Not many of you will appreciate this, but the mailman brought 11 POUNDS of scrap (fusible) glass recently!💗 THAT'S A LOT OF GLASS!!!

This is a goldmine to me for creating! 💗💗 Some of these larger glass scrap pieces look like gorgeous stones, so I may put those in the rock tumbler.
Last night I put them in the kiln to anneal, so they're "stable" when I use them for fusing. These are going to be fun pieces to work with and make some amazing glass art!

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I am SO honored to be asked by this *AMAZING* organization to create something special for the Veterans for this year's pheasant hunt!
THANK YOU Camp Bright Bird for what you are doing, and for including me!
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I'll be sure to share with you all what I create!

Helping to spread awareness for this wonderful organization!
If you know a disabled Veteran that would enjoy going on a hunt, get them signed up ASAP!
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2024 Pheasant Hunt Application for disabled vets and volunteers.

Glass is quite amazing! There are so many things to do with it, or do to it! That's why I feel it's important, as a glass artist, to experiment...a lot!
The technique used to make these two things is called Freeze & Fuse. Using powdered glass, similar to the consistency of powdered sugar, and water, mixed together & tamped down in a silicone mold is the beginning of making these. The next step is placing the filled silicone mold in the freezer & leaving them until they're frozen solid, like an ice cube. Having a kiln shelf ready as the shapes are carefully un-molded and gently placed on the kiln shelf. Off to the kiln for a firing to fuse it to its' permanent shape.

Voila! These are the finished pieces!💗

It's amazing how sturdy these are before firing. The winged heart is very tiny, and I had my doubts if I would be able to get it out of the mold without breaking it.

I have a ton of silicone molds just waiting to be used! Watch for future experiments & projects!

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a little late to the party...but wanted to wish those of you that celebrate it, Happy Valentine's Day!

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Do you know a disabled Veteran that would enjoy a day of hunting? Camp Bright Bird is available to make it happen!!!

Want to Honor Our Military Veterans? Take Them Hunting Hunting brings people together. Help unite military veterans and our hunting community by giving your time this fall.

🩷Celebrate!!!🎉
If any of you bakers/crafters/makers are looking for a sign to go out and buy some cool supplies, here it is!!!

You're welcome! 😉

National Bakers-Crafters-Makers Day National Bakers Crafters Makers Day is here! If you are a baker, a crafter, or another handmade product maker, this day is for you and all about you.

🩷National Michigan Day🩷
What a beautiful State I/we live in!

A square bowl with Michigan silhouette, and a raised heart)

Thank you to everyone that made this donation happen!
Hopefully, more checks will be sent their way!

If you don't know ow what Camp Bright Bird is, check out their page! It's an awesome organization! 🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲

We would like to send a huge Thank You to Shirley Jones and Heart & Soul Glass Art for your extremely generous donation. Please check them out for some cool fused glass items.

🩷Happy 2024!!! May it be an amazing year for all of us!!!

A heartfelt THANK YOU to those that have purchased glass to benefit Camp Bright Bird !
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I'll be sending off a check to them this week!

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❤️🇺🇲❤️Time to list my glass pieces to raise money for Camp Bright Bird !!! ❤️🇺🇲❤️
If you don't know what that is, check out their page. It's an amazing cause helping our disabled Veterans!!🇺🇲

●Each piece listed has a description underneath it's photo, along with the price.

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🩷100% OF THE PROCEEDS go to Camp Bright Bird!!!🩷
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●Pick up can be at my home outside of Hastings, meet up in Hastings or possibly a different location, or I'm willing to ship for an additional fee (postage only, no handling fees)

●Paypal, cash & personal check accepted

●If you find a piece(s) you'd like to purchase, either message me thru the link on this page, or indicate that under the piece(s) you'd like

👉🏼👉🏼●Please feel free to share this page!👈🏼👈🏼

Coming soon.....

❤️Watch this page for a selection of my glass art for sale with 100% of the sales benefitting this amazing cause Camp Bright Bird! 🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲

If you want to lean more about them, please check out their page, and like/follow!
Thank you!❤️

❄️🟣 you've heard of purple rain, how about purple snowflakes!?
A fun design for people that enjoy something a little more unique!
A purple snowflake candleholder!!
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⬛️🟧A past donation for a benefit auction. Can you see the Harley Davidson design?(These iridescent glass pieces are hard to get good photos of.)

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✅️Thanksgiving is over
✅️The snow has fallen
✅️Time (for me) to think about Christmas!

2 of my favorite ornaments I've made!

Happy Tuesday!

Challenge, you say? Challenge accepted!😉

Years ago I was a member of a yahoo glass group that was for learning about fusing glass. We had monthly challenges, which was fun, and educational, usually pushing us to try something outside the box!
This piece was my entry, winning either 1st or 2nd place. The learning part of it, was to see how black vs white glass behaved in the kiln.

Stacks of black and white glass where sat next to each other on top of a fiberboard that had holes thru it. Once the glass was melted enough it flowed down thru the holes in thefiberboard.

🩷I love how the glass dripped down and puddled onto the kiln shelf.

Different colors; and transparent class vs opaque class can & do react differently in the kiln.

💡☀️ 🩷 🌸 ...a nifty idea I came up with years ago, a solar light "lampshade!"

It started out as an accent to the patio table, but I realized as the weather got cold, it needed to be inside. So it came to have it's own place in the house, in a window. I switched out the posies for a houseplant, dual purpose. Now it shines brightly every day, not only being something pretty, but a little added light each evening as it gets dark so early here. It's also very beneficial when the power goes out, making getting around in the house a bit easier!

These can be customized with different designs, colors, etc.

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