Glass Transformations

Glass Transformations Glass Transformations by Melissa is where you can follow my ongoing creations in fused glass...inspired by the nature found in NH Lakes Region

My name is Melissa Antul and Glass Transformations is the place where I indulge my inner need for beauty in my life by creating affordable luxury and strikingly unique pieces for your home, your body and as gifts to share your unique taste with others. Glass has always fascinated me. As a retired psychologist, I have always been intrigued by what lies beneath the surface and how what you initially

experience can be transformed into something even more beautiful and unanticipated. Fused glass has become my favorite medium for creating and I now spend most of my time as a NH Made Fused Glass artist and glass addict! I am always amazed at how the materials I use can be beautiful in and of themselves, and then I can still help transform these separate entities into striking and unique new combinations. The glass has a mind of it's own. Like a person, I can encourage it to become what I envision, but the final result is always something unique to itself. I want to share this beauty with others. Each piece of glass has it's own personality that blossoms when melted in my 1200-1500 degree kilns. I create each unique fused glass piece in my home in Sanbornton New Hamphsire. Large sheets of glass - clear, opaque, iridized or dichroic are scored, cut and sometimes ground to achieve the desired shapes. Pieces are cleaned, stacked together and fired in one of my kilns at temperatures that get up to 1200 to 1500 degrees, at least once and as much as 5 times, depending on the results needed. As a resident of the NH Lakes Region, it's easy for me to look to the nature around me for inspiration from NH birches to glow-in-the-dark galaxies. Each piece of glass is a one-of-a-kind signed work of art created to reflect your uniqueness and enhance your life

One of my chickadees is waiting here just for you at Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor. He came out so sweet...
11/09/2024

One of my chickadees is waiting here just for you at Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor. He came out so sweet! I'm now attempting him double-sided on clear glass. I can't wait to get home and open the kiln.

I'm hatching some little hanging glass chickadees! Very pleased with my first test bird,  pictured on the left by my pat...
11/07/2024

I'm hatching some little hanging glass chickadees! Very pleased with my first test bird, pictured on the left by my pattern. I'll be bringing this baby with me to Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery when I work this coming Sat. 11-9. Come visit. Open 10-4, Wednesday through Sunday, and Tuesday by chance.

A peek into my process. Never refuse to re-fuse. I had some hanging wired moon-tops cut from old ornaments that didn't w...
10/30/2024

A peek into my process. Never refuse to re-fuse. I had some hanging wired moon-tops cut from old ornaments that didn't work out. Used them up making a few "Blue Moon Birch" ornaments with my hand painted birches. Then, I decided to make even more, but using drilled hanging holes. Coming soon to both Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor and Artistic Roots in Plymouth, NH. #

A wonderful shop to check out in Plymouth, NH!!!
10/12/2024

A wonderful shop to check out in Plymouth, NH!!!

Give your houseplants a gift when you bring them inside for the winter, with these colorful and fun fused glass garden stakes by member artist Melissa Antul. Shop local at Artistic Roots in downtown Plymouth! Open daily, 10 to 5.

Don't panic. It's still fall. I needed something less labor intensive than my birch landscape cards for the holidays. Wh...
10/01/2024

Don't panic. It's still fall. I needed something less labor intensive than my birch landscape cards for the holidays. What do you think of my solution-something I can sell for $20. Tiny ornaments (add a ring and they're a pendant) - a little red bird on a hand-painted birch branch and a mini Rudolph. Come check them out. I'm bringing a few with me today to Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor, NH. Open 10-4, Tuesday through Sunday.

Fall's Fireworks is no longer hanging here at Artistic Roots in Plymouth, NH- She sold yesterday! I love the colors of N...
09/29/2024

Fall's Fireworks is no longer hanging here at Artistic Roots in Plymouth, NH- She sold yesterday! I love the colors of NH's fall season, and I'm pleased to be able to share my vision with others.

Purple Mountain Sunrise, mounted and at Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery, hanging just under Purple Mountain Lake Sunrise/Mo...
09/23/2024

Purple Mountain Sunrise, mounted and at Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery, hanging just under Purple Mountain Lake Sunrise/Moonset. Both were part of a series inspired by a photo I took of the view from my studio one early morning.

09/14/2024

Quick view of Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor NH- today while I was working.

Finally finished!!! I've taken some beautiful photos of the view from my studio. I used one of my favorites as inspirati...
09/10/2024

Finally finished!!! I've taken some beautiful photos of the view from my studio. I used one of my favorites as inspiration for my Purple Mountain Sunrise series. The two in the outside photo in front of the actual view are keepers. Purple Mountain Sunrise-View from the Back Acre...one for my house, and one for the neighbors who own that white house!

Yup, it's feeling like fall!! I wanted to fill up the kiln shelf, and this is what wanted to be created! I love the colo...
09/04/2024

Yup, it's feeling like fall!! I wanted to fill up the kiln shelf, and this is what wanted to be created! I love the colors in NH as we transform into our autumn wonderland.

Ever wonder about the creative process? For my blank greeting cards, I first make lots of components-think...tiny birche...
08/22/2024

Ever wonder about the creative process? For my blank greeting cards, I first make lots of components-think...tiny birches, powder wafer pine trees, frit lace leaves, mini dichroic dot moons, etc. I cut and drill the clear glass bases. Then, I create little scenes on paper before I glue them to the background glass. The background then gets filled in with colored frit and fun bits. These are loaded into a kiln and fired to a tack fuse to keep the texture. Meanwhile, I draw my birches on cards, add a cardinal and my butterfly, punch a hole, and ready the cards for their suncatchers. I sign the fired suncatchers, add a ribbon, and attach them to the cards. Finally, I slide cards with suncatchers into their clear sleeves with an envelope and label...all for $20! These are coming today, Thursday, August 22, to Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor, NH. On the 29th, more will be coming to Artistic Roots in Plymouth,NH.

Just posted this little hanging last week. This Cardinal and Birch sold today at Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery.
08/18/2024

Just posted this little hanging last week. This Cardinal and Birch sold today at Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery.

I took these photos last year of this sunrise outside my studio window.  I'm excited to finally attempt my interpretatio...
08/06/2024

I took these photos last year of this sunrise outside my studio window. I'm excited to finally attempt my interpretation of this gorgeous sunrise in glass!!

Sailing on the Lake...2 are coming today to Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor, NH. Tomorrow, 1 will arrive a...
07/28/2024

Sailing on the Lake...2 are coming today to Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor, NH. Tomorrow, 1 will arrive at Artistic Roots in Plymouth, NH. Join me for a visit at either gallery as I work!! Dichroic glass sailboats fly across an iridized turquoise lake. Check out the tiny hand-painted birches and distant powder-work pines. #

Rainbow Birch trinket dishes-inspired by the recent thunderstorms and resulting rainbows here in NH's Lakes Region.  I l...
07/20/2024

Rainbow Birch trinket dishes-inspired by the recent thunderstorms and resulting rainbows here in NH's Lakes Region. I left one yesterday at Artistic Roots in Plymouth and am bringing 2 today to Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor, NH. Both the stringer-melt rainbows and the hand-painted little birches make me happy!!

Pollinator Gardens are for your window! A couple of these are coming with me today to Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Ce...
06/25/2024

Pollinator Gardens are for your window! A couple of these are coming with me today to Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor NH. Take a summer drive on this lovely day and check out the Gallery's amazing creations! #

Oh no...I need more dragonflies!! I made a new design and sold them all. Not a bad problem to have in the scheme of thin...
06/10/2024

Oh no...I need more dragonflies!! I made a new design and sold them all. Not a bad problem to have in the scheme of things.

A rainbow of garden stakes for Pride Month and just for fun!! The first 3 are hanging out at Artistic Roots in Plymouth,...
06/08/2024

A rainbow of garden stakes for Pride Month and just for fun!! The first 3 are hanging out at Artistic Roots in Plymouth, NH, and the second 3 are coming Tuesday to Squam Lakes Artisans Gallery in Center Harbor, NH. Happy Spring!!

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My name is Melissa Antul and Glass Transformations is where I share combine my loves of glass, nature and creation by designing affordable luxury and strikingly unique pieces for your home and your body or as gifts to share your unique taste with others.

I don’t recall a time in my life when I wasn’t creating. My mother was an oil painter and ceramic artist. Growing up, we were always making something new and different, often for school and church bazaars. This has continued throughout my life, and I feel a drive to share my joy in creating with others. I have always worked with children and as an adult, I brought this creative instinct into both my life and work. Over the years, I have used art and craft as a means to engage children to help them learn about and feel good about themselves and as a way to help them engage effectively with others. This eventually resulted in my becoming a school psychologist where I spent years running therapeutic groups in public schools using arts and crafts as a focal activity.

I happened upon glass as a medium when sharing a class alongside my then adolescent daughter at the Currier Art School in Manchester, NH. The first of many classes that I took was run by Judith Copeland, League of NH juried glass artist, and as they say, “the rest is history”.

As a now retired psychologist, I find working with glass to be much like working with people. I am a guide to help transform the glass into something beautiful and unique that I imagine, but the glass has the final say in what it becomes. I am inspired by the innate beauty in the world around me and glass is my partner in helping portray my vision. Being a resident of NH for the majority of my life, I find no end to the seasonal beauty and variety around me, from the white birches and purple lupines of spring mountains, to the intense blaze of fall color or the clear glowing night sky. Since I am also a child of the 60’s, I often incorporate a little psychedelic fun by adding glow-in-the-dark frit/powdered glass to my designs.

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