kelli design: kelly jenkins - glass artist

We started out as  a mother and daughter team of glass artists from Indianapolis. We started making kiln formed glass in 2003. Linda retired totally from doing glass in 2019.

Kelly layers many colors in the kiln and fires to about 1650. This creates interesting textures, mottles and swirls, which she then cuts and shapes. The final jewelry piece is fire polished. She also makes many of our own bails and earring findings out of sterling that she saws out after roller printing. This can involve riveting to the glass.

 

She uses a variety of construction techniques to vary the glass, and likes to have fresh ideas every year. She works with frit, sheet glass and some accessory glass. She uses dichroic as well as non dichroic glass.

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Kelly teaches kiln formed glass jewelry classes at the Indianapolis Art Center and sells at art fairs in the Midwest and at the CCA Gallery in Carmel IN.

She sells ornaments in the holiday season as well as her jewelry.