Fento Art Glass Recycled

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Fento Art Glass Recycled

by Sandi Shannon
(Chattanooga, Tn)

Red Glass

An artist friend of mine makes beautiful sun catchers from the glass discarded by the famous 'Fenton Art Glass' company.

I am one of the lucky few she passes her scraps on to.

I take the glass scraps and either tumble or melt them and then I wrap them in silver, gold or copper colored copper.

The second piece is a turquoise bead wrapped in copper.

All my wire is enameled and anti tarnish and because it's all copper, my prices are very reasonable.

Sandi Shannon
Keepen It Simple

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Fento Art Glass Recycled

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Wonderful "scraps"!
by: Rena

Receiving the Fenton glass scraps from your friend must feel like Christmas! I'd say your friend is a keeper. :o)

I love wire-wrapping unique things like these.

I'm sure these wonderful glass pieces adorned with your wirework catch loads of attention and compliments!

Do people often lean in for a closer look and ask, "What *is* that beautiful stone?"

They do!
by: Anonymous

People are very surprised when I tell them it's Fenton Art glass. The red is the favorite of the colors, rightfully so, as it takes gold to make it. To get 'scrap' red glass is a rarity so it really does feel like Christmas when I get some. My friend truly is a 'keeper'.

Recycled Stained Glass
by: Christa

That's how I started out making wire-wrapped jewelry. I used to work with stained and accumulated a lot of beautiful scrap pieces. I taught myself to wire-wrap and have never looked back.
I live in Bermuda and everything has to be imported and working with stained glass became very expensive. That's why I turned to wire-wrapping,
Keep up the good work.
http://www.clwireart.com

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