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Lulu Lapin

Lulu Lapin

@squeezy.bsky.social

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Hedge dweller. Permanently covered in mud and cobwebs. Part human, part earth elemental. Translator. Glassmaker. Folk art purveyor. Folk horror enthusiast. SF & Fantasy lover. Make-do-and-mendophile. Gardener. Sasquatch stan. Lagomorph ally. She/her AuDHD

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Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · Nov 17

After some nudging from that @nibus.bsky.social who I happen to make kilnformed glass with in my spare time, here are a few shiny things I made that you may or may not enjoy looking at.

Fused glass abstract seascape on easel. Oblong glass piece (approx 10cm x 20cm) with royal and navy blue and white at the top, with turbulent cloud effect depicting sky, moving down to turquoise and sparkling blue in the middle along the horizon, down to turquoise then off-white along the shore and finally, at the bottom greys, blacks and off-whites to depict a stony beach. The whole piece is smooth and flat.

A display of five Green Men/ Green Ladies (approx 15 cm x 8cm) and leaves in the foreground all made from fused glass.

The Green men and ladies are textured faces made up of leaves and foliage, three men are pale green, one lady is green and brown and one man is various shades of burnished orange and brown. These have been made from powdered glass, which is mixed with a glue-like medium, the moulds are frozen and the models are then turned out and fused in a kiln. They are very tactile, textured pieces.

There five very small (3cm) textured leaves two orange maple leaves, a brown beech leave, a pale green maple and a pale green stylised dentate leaf, a bit like a sweet chestnut.

In the left mid/foreground, two very delicate leaves made from powdered glass. The first is a maple leaf measuring approx 17 cm x 17cm. It has seven points and a stem. It is an autumn leaf with mixes of browns, oranges and remnants of green. It is veined and textured but very thin and fragile, with holes and ragged edges.

The second leaf in the right foreground is a beech leaf created in the same way as the large maple. it measures approx 17cm x 10cm. It is an elongated oval with a stem. The leaf is textured and veined with some decay. A mix of browns with a delicate, pale green around the edges.

Silver/blue cabochon on a silver chain displayed on a wood slice. Square cabochon (approx 3cm x 3cm) smooth, hand polished, approx 1 cm thick. Made from 6 layers of glass, the bottom layer is opaque turquoise, subsequent layers are translucent, each a slightly different colour of blue, adding depth and colour variations depending on the light. It has a cool, icy feel and a layer of patterned glass in the middle adds a textured, glacial look. The colour variations range from turquoise blue, to silver blue on the green bias with flashes of pink/purple.

8 Earth goddesses in greens, blues and orange/red (approx 9cm x 4cm). They are made from mouldable glass, which is fused in a kiln. Their arms form a loop held above their heads. Some have round breasts resting on a big round tummy sporting a spiral, some are generously proportioned, and others, more petite. They are very tactile and have been made to be held and touched. I would like to make some more that are a little more gender inclusive.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 1d

I love this so much

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 1d

Shucks.I'm glad you like them ❤️

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 1d

Ahahaha! Good point. There's nothing in the shop yet though. We've got to polish a ton of stuff to make it presentable first.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, thank you. They are very shiny.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! Just got to stand and polish them now.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 1d

Haha!

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 1d

I dunno really, I shove things together and hope for the best! Kind of my approach to most things. Haha!

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 1d

Vienna is well worth it - close enough to Budapest and Bratislava to visit in the same trip. The only good thing, however, about the train journey was getting to meet @werkoderko.bsky.social on the journey home, and eating the many lovely things she'd prepared for us to eat on our way back.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 1d

I do love the colours you can achieve - it's the result of layering different coloured transparent glass, sparkly glass and opaque glass. It's such a nice effect.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 1d

In an uncharacteristic turn of events, I'm sorting out Christmas stock early (for me - apparently 'the normals' do this sort of thing months in advance). Behold, my shiny trinkets. Long, tedious hours at the saw and diamond polisher await as I get these ready to be made into necklaces.

A selection of around 30 square and rectangular glass cabochons of varying sizes (between 5 and 10/15 cm). They are made with various fusible types of glass, each including an element of dichroic glass, which has a special textured coating giving it a reflective 'foiled' appearance, with multi-faceted colours ranging from pinks and lilacs, to blues and silvers. The colours of the cabochons are mainly icy blues, but there are some that are pink and purple, as well as emerald green. The cabochons have different patterns according to the type of dichroic glass that has been used - some patterns look like fish scales and some look like flowers, bubbles, other patterns look like crinkled paper or foil.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 2d

I love these guys! They're adorable.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 2d

Awe, yes! So many different hues and so soothing.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, you are lovely. Thank you! <3

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

You're too lovely. Thank you so much!

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

That's so kind, thank you!

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

You are a lovely bean. Thank you!

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

That's so kind, but honestly it's so simple, really. I could teach anyone who wanted to do it.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, you. ❤️ x

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

Awe, thanks!

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

That's so kind. Thank you! We haven't been in the workshop for such a long time, what with one thing and another. We're just getting into the swing of things again.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! I see you've been busy glassmaking too! I love your latest jewellery pieces. They look amazing.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

Been tinkering in the workshop with @nibus.bsky.social, evidently I'm going through my Blue Period

Rectangular piece of glass. An abstract seascape in various tones of blue appearing as horizontal stripes, interspersed with thin horizontal slivers of silver shimmer

Rectangular piece of glass. An abstract seascape with various tones of blue, including some horizontal stripes of blue shimmer glass on the bottom two thirds. There are some muted neutral tones of glass in the middle of the piece, which are softly curved to give the illusion of dunes or rocks, and transparent blue/turquoise tones in the top third. The piece is smooth, there are tiny, delicate bubbles visible beneath the surface of the glass.

A glass art piece appearing in landscape format. It comprises icy blue/turquoise tones and on the upper half, and an effect beneath the lightly blue tinted glass surface which gives the appearance of cracked ice. There are some transparent blue shimmer tones of glass running horizontally across the bottom. The piece is smooth on the surface. There are bubbles visible beneath the top layer of glass, giving the illusion of water.

A glass art piece in landscape format. The piece comprises deep, transparent blues, with some streaks of shimmering blue and icy-coloured glass running horizontally across the piece. The lower half of the piece gives the impression of a sea bed with speckled, neutral shades giving the impression of sand which is visible beneath a transparent turquoise blue. The top layer is smooth and beneath the surface, bubbles are visible giving the impression of water.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

Shucks, you are a good egg, you know. Thank you!

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 3d

Steve, ACH has almost given himself a hernia laughing at this, you wag.

Lulu Lapin @squeezy.bsky.social · 4d

Suck it, loser, no funs for you