Welcome to ZanderGlass! I'm a glass artist located in Southern California, and the images below are of some of my pieces. I work on stained glass, fused glass, silversmithing, flameworking (AKA lampworking), and sea glass that I find along the shore. Sign up for my newsletter to receive occasional (once or twice yearly, I'm thinking) news about upcoming events and projects. I'd appreciate being able to stay in touch! Feel free to contact me with inquiries, suggestions, or to say hello. Enjoy!
These little stained glass birds are so fun to plan out, with all sorts of color combinations to play around with! They have a loop on the back so that they can be hung up and enjoyed.
What a joy, making these fused glass pieces in many different color combinations! They are the cutest things with their four tuners, and have proven to be popular with ukulele players. 🎶
These fused glass coral bowls can be displayed on a shelf or table, or mounted to the wall.
I love making stained glass monstera leaves! This larger version takes a lot longer to make than my mini-monstera leaves. Since making this first one, I've been collecting all sorts of interesting glass to use with new color combinations, so stay tuned!
What fun it is to create fused glass waves! They are about 7 3/4" in diameter. I make sturdy, fused glass stands to accompany them, but they can also be displayed with stands such as the one in this picture. These waves can be fired in the kiln with special heat-resistant metal hangers in place, for if hanging them in a window or on a wall is preferred. As with most glass, they look best observed throughout the day, with the changing natural light. My first one--the one I decided to keep, absolutely sparkles with the late afteernoon direct sunlight.
This 10"x10" fused glass frit painting should technically be in my Behind the Scenes section of this site because I want one more firing in the kiln. It already had two kiln firings, as each time I add shading and highlights. Frit is tiny pieces of glass. This was created with all glass except for the paint to detail the leaf veins.
I make a series of different colored angels--ornaments to display year-round, or during special holidays. The glass used for the wings are irridescent, and the halos add an interesting twist.
Precision was key! I got the green light to play around with the festival's logo, and I'm delighted with how these fused glass, tea light candle holders turned out! They took many more hours than one might expect on each piece... but so worth it. 🍊
I enrolled in a fusing class recently, mostly to meet the instructor and observe his instruction methods, since he's an accomplished, professional glass artist and is establishing a new, wonderful glass program at a community center. How wonderful! There was Bullseye glass (COE 90) to be used, which I had never used before. To my surprise, the was enough of each shade of the colors to put together the design of the Sunfish dinghy sail that I used to race throughout my youth. I stared up at that sail for countless hours, during some of the best times of my life, recreating on the water with childhood friends and fellow racers. All that to say that this little trinket is a special one.
Here I took an ingot of silver (below, left) and after many hours of work and learning, I turned it into a spider & cobweb pendant (below, right). I'm properly ready for the months of October for years to come. The silversmith learning stemmed from my desire to create jewelry from sea glass that I find, and from glass 'gems' that I make by fusing them in a kiln. This merging of methods and mediums is exhilarating!
Silversmithing - my first rings completed!
This process is called Lost Wax Carving. I carved out a ring design, and then it was shipped off to a place in Downtown L.A....
...and the wax is melted away and replaced with silver. Voilà! It was too shiny for my preference, so I polished it up after I took this photo, and achieved a mostly matte look.
Finally, my first ever sea glass jewelry! HOORAY!
This is just one example of the colors and textures that I used to make these stained glass hearts, each with a beveled glass centerpiece that is especially beautiful in the sunlight.
...is special to me. I love it! Does it bring back fond memories to you as well? Pretty sure I'll put some strong magnets on the back of these little fused glass pieces. I'm thinking of completing some transparent ones as ornaments and suncatchers.
This 6"x6" fused painting using glass frit should technically be in my Behind the Scenes section of this site because I want one more firing in the kiln. It already had two kiln firings, as each time I add shading and highlights. Frit is tiny pieces of glass, and this was created with all glass except for the bit of paint used to highlight the pear stems and leaf veins.
Is it a deep plate? ...or a shallow dish? Various shades of blue are bent beautifully into an optical illusion-type design of this semi-transparent piece.
This stained glass, candle holder still needs a few finishing touches, but I felt compelled to get a photo with that dramatic glass in the background. My spider-making skills will improve with practice; they're more difficult than they might look, but I'll surely have them down by Halloween.
Though not evident in this photo, when hung in a location with plenty of natural light, this fused glass jellyfish hanging piece is nicely semi-transparent.
I made this stained glass holly pattern in a few sizes, keeping in mind that these ornaments can be hung anywhere, such as from a window or from a Christmas tree.
This framed piece was made with a ton of glow-in-the-dark murrini. It was a fun experiment!
I've made several of these stained glass suncatcher flowers, but have also had a request for pink flowers, so I'm on it! :)
These now have matching colored cords on them, but I felt compelled to share this particular photo taken the day I finished making them becuase I love how they look here with in the bright sunlight.
I cut this stained glass pattern out 6 times on each of my six, 12x12" sheets, and then matched up the rainbow colors in order, starting the red piece at a different spot for each one. I love the way the light shimmers off of this particular type of textured glass.
Less is often best. This is a favorite fused glass piece of mine.
This seagull panel was my very first stained glass piece, but I was hooked well before I even started due to my long-standing fascination with glass art.
These fused glass Christmas trees are relaxing to make. Colorful glass frit is sprinkled on the tree as tiny ornaments. The jagged pieces are cut and placed with each piece touching others in such a manner that when the project is fused in the kiln, all of the pieces fuse together nicely.
Place them in a favorite vase, or stick them in your potted plant soil. These are in bloom year-round :)
A nod to my PADI scuba diving certification and Bonaire travel adventuring 🤿
Below are some of my favorite little 3"x3" fused pieces. I either drill holes at each of the top two corners and attach a cord to hang them, complete them as tea light candle holders (and include either a real tea light candle or an LED tea light candle), or leave them as is and include a little holder that it sits on for a nice display. For my fellow 1) ukulele and 2) sailing lovers, expect more themed pieces to come!
A stand-out piece for music lovers!
These were my first tries at screenprinting on glass, and then fusing the pieces. They turned out so well! I'm especially enamored by the details of the bee. More designs to come, for sure!
One way to enjoy these little fused hearts is to carry one in your pocket, and when someone is especially kind, or if they seem like they're having a rough day, give it to them as a gift. It's the little things... and in this case, it's the little 2" hearts.
Fused glass, playing with transparent color combinations
stained glass
fused glass using sheet glass with glass 'confetti' pieces, stringers, and murrini
Tested a sample of opaque glass with this bold color to see how I like my floral scenes on them.
Each bezel and glass nugget is encased with copper foil, and then the piece is soldered together. Really pretty piece to display in a window during wintertime!
This method of fused glass is called kilncarving. I cut out in fiber paper the shapes I wanted to be raised, to show the textured detail of the water and the boats. It's a bit tedious, but I like the way it turned out. Since I have other design ideas, perhaps I'll make more...