As a crafter, Isabel Kemper , known as Izzy to her friends and family, has been designing one of a kind gifts and items for sale for over 25 years. Recently, Isabel has embraced the amazing properties of Glass. Fused, Etched and/or Slumped this versatile medium may also be incorporated with other materials or products to make truly distinctive one of kind creations.

Leaving her corporate life in advertising and marketing behind due to health reasons, Isabel took this opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream and develop her talent into a full time business.

Isabel's Philosophy....

Isabel is inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement, specifically the Roycoft community. A return to when artists worked with their “head, hearts and hands” as opposed to the machinery of the industrial revolution. It seems even truer today.
Isabel believes when something is handcrafted with care and love, it transfers to the object itself, and then on to the owner. This truly magical outcome of creativity can not be mass produced, only transferred through the head, heart and hands of the artist.



What is fused glass?

Fused glass is a term used to describe glass that has been fired (heat-processed) in a kiln at a range of high temperatures from 593 °C (1100 °F) to 816 °C (1500 °F). There are 3 main distinctions for temperature application and the resulting effect on the glass.

Firing in the lower ranges of these temperatures 593-677 °C (1100-1250 °F) is called slumping. Firing in the middle ranges of these temperatures 677-732 °C (1250-1350 °F) is considered tack fusing. Firing the glass at the higher spectrum of this range 732-816 °C (1350-1500 °F) is a full fuse.

All of these techniques can be applied to one glass project in separate firings to add depth, relief and shape