Using the German scoring tool The Silberschmidtt (sold by Bullseye as the "Repetitive Circle Cutter") circles can be cut very quickly and efficiently.
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Crème Brûlee
Last weekend was the unveiling of a city-wide public art project- The Easthampton Bearfest!
photo above: popko's bear cub getting some visitors! If you've ever heard of the "Cows on Parade", you know what this is. The city comissioned artists for the decoration of 30+ fiberglass bears, giant mamas and little cubs. Each was adorned decorate with different meduims- paint, buttons, wire and, in my case, mosaic with glass. These bears are hanging out all over the city- on sidewalks, in parking lots, in parks.
To make my bear, I used handmade fused glass in leaf shapes, and also the glass typically used in stained glass work, all in shades of green. I cut it up into leafy patterns and laid them on the bear. Once grouted they look like leaves and twigs. The title is 'hiding bear', like he is hiding in the bushes and only his head is peeking out!
With this technique I could add glass details around the cubs face without them being sharp shards of glass, and kids or general public could run thier hands over it and really feel the smooth glass. I wanted it to be touchable! 
You can see how smooth they are, and the raised areas, in the photo above.
The photo above was taken at my house, prior to being installed in front of the town liquor store (first photo). He's hiding.
Heres a link to a video taken by the local news station. Mines the first one in the video, the little green one. Then Im at the very end in the "Nature" shirt, hamming it up next to my bear while people took photos (and apparently the local news was there too!).
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