I just love it when the bottles melt with their original ads. To keep to a Texas theme I added some bluebonnets especially since they are in bloom right now.

My Pepsi Moment Melted into the Bluebonnets

My imagination goes wild looking at the fused glass pendants. In this one if you click on the picture you may be able to imagine a duck flying over a lake with trees in the background. The glass is mixed with some dichoric glittery glass and I added some beads to complement the pendant.

Green Fused Glass Necklace on Wooden Model

After vacation, the holidays and having house guests I am finally back in the studio and it feels good.

I am always amazed at the results of melting bottles. I welcome the challenge of what to do with them. The bottle below melted with the design remaining and so elegant that I wanted to present an elegance in the mixed media painting. I emphasized the red and gold colors. The top of the bottle is fused glass. The wine glass is cut glass.

The Builtmore On The Century White Wine Bottle

This bottle was only about 5 1/2 inches tall. I carried the actual image in the bottle to the outside of the canvas painting the sky, mountains, snow and birds. The glasses are cut glass. The canvas is a petite 8" by 10."