Hello and Welcome!!
I just wanted to take a few moments and introduce you to the lady behind Fire n Fusion, me, Nikki. I am in my late 30's and the mother of two very active, middle school children and I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 18 wonderful years.
Art is a creative outlet and a way to escape the everyday troubles of life. I consider myself a jack of all trades, master of none in the field of art. Everything from hands on art, like glass and metal to visual art, such as photography, intrigues me. I am a half hazard person, in the fact that I jump between many projects in the same week just to keep my mind busy! Which might bother some people, but it is a way of life for me.
One of my true passions is hot glass. I love to create and design items out of glass! Each of my handcrafted jewelry designs is create by me in my Wisconsin home studio and achieved by carefully cutting and layering pieces of proper coe art glass to create special patterns.
I anneal each of my jewelry pieces. Annealing is the term used to slowly cool the glass pieces to room temperature to add strength to the design, both now and in the future.
After cooling, I reshape any piece I feel needs shaping using a grinder and then they head back to the kiln to fire polish, for a smooth and glossy appearance.
If your tired of arriving at a function only to find 2 people are wearing the exact same jewelry as yourself, then my designs are for you. No two pieces of jewelry ever turn out exactly alike so you will have a unique piece of wearable art.
You may also check out my alphabet letter photography on ArtFire and Zazzle, as well. I created a wide variety of products for personal use or for gift giving. Using my own, personal, photos and art work.
All of my designs are created by taking a set of black and white photos of everyday objects that resemble letters of the alphabet and placing them together to create word art pieces.
Please browse and enjoy!! http://www.artfire.com/users/NikkiLynnDesign
http://www.zazzle.com/nikkilynndesign
Anything that you order off of http://www.artfire.com/users/NikkiLynnDesign or my top tabs of this site will be mailed direct from me, in Green Bay,WI.
Any orders for photo alphabet necklaces, t-shirts, mugs, aprons, cards, stamps and mousepads will be shipped through the company Zazzle, where I commision my designs. My Zazzle store is located here: http://www.zazzle.com/nikkilynndesign.
If you like my work and are a member of Facebook, Please become a fan of Fire and Fusion Glassworks on Facebook and receive updates on new designs and special sales.
I do maintain a site for my alphabet photo art and the blog has informative how to's on gardening, household, crafts and more. Please drop by and visit Nikkilynndesign.com.
