iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

danielle @danielle.fyi · 24/09/2026

I fucking love blowing glass

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 18/09/2026

Yeah there’s no emotional morale boost quite like re-dying my hair even after absolutely suffering through physio

A selfie of a girl looking at the camera with purple dip-dyed curly hair

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 11/09/2026

I got my first tattoo today!

Danielle’s right upper arm, with a tattoo of a cat with an agent of chaos label

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 06/09/2026

3 am dye jobs are never the best dye jobs but damn I missed having fun hair

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 24/08/2026

Sculpting really doesn’t come naturally to me, but I’m having a great time making silly weird cartoon animals to distract from ✨ life ✨

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 09/07/2026

I made a glass fish and he is a fancy French boy

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 05/07/2026

Today I made a red panda head.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 03/07/2026

My new hotshop hand torch arrived and I am so excited to hook this up and make some things 😅

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 19/06/2026

I’m still far from fully healed, but pushing myself to try new things and to get myself back to “normal”. I tried solid sculpting of glass for the first time and made my broken shoulder (it’s life sized!) based on the CT images. Need to give it a second try to refine it, but super happy with it

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 27/04/2026

Really missing having two arms and being able to do things like “wash my own hair” 🙃 Instead I’m a cyborg with an upper arm full of titanium and a variety of medical advice from “do as much as you can” through to “move your arm wrong and your muscle will break the titanium pin”

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 19/03/2026

Prototype set of whisky glasses with implosion bases finally made it home today. I really like these and might have to make some more....

A whisky nosing glass with a vibrant patterned base being held at an angle

The glass from the previous photo on a wooden stand

A set of 3 empty nosing glasses on a wooden stand

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 19/03/2026

Glass is good at teaching you to detach from things… right after recording this I managed to… break out the cups avolio while knocking off :( But I’m still really happy with how this went. I do love that going thin is increasingly my default too 😅

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 17/03/2026

I still need to buy new lights (and some large-ish softboxes), but my new backdrops and holder arrived! Slowly getting things ready to do nice photography of my glass over the next few months 🎉 - but for now enjoy a couple of recent pieces with some very awkward lighting.

A black vase with a chaotic white line pattern across the surface.

A transparent red vase with a chaotic white line pattern across the surface.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 19/02/2026

Goblets are peak "glassblowing for glassblowers" in that they're entirely pointless but are a really fun way to challenge yourself. I haven't made any in the hotshop since September, but had a great time making this full cane goblet and now i might spend some time making more 😂 #glassart

A goblet on the end of a metal punty rod. The goblet is a mix of two types of cane pattern, with a tall cup section that leads into a ball made of the same pattern and a deep foot.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 05/02/2026

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. #glassart

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 10/01/2026

I made myself some glasses in December, finally using them for their original purpose (a nice Balvenie 21 port wood)

A glass sits on a wooden table. In the background is a lamp with a print of a bicycle. The glass has a pattern of chaotic white lines, and is partially filled with a deep amber liquid.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 18/12/2025

the universe has spoken and now i have the most perfect bullitt

a cargo bike inside a warehouse. The bike is a pink "miss bullitt" eBullit bike.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 30/11/2025

If you're in Berlin today, I'm doing my first ever market with my glass - at #Weddingmarkt Christmas Market on Leopoldplatz - from 11:00 - 19:00! (i'm... a lil terrified, but I did make a bunch of cute mini vases so....)

A variety of blue, yellow, and green mini vases with soft shapes

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 20/09/2025

Playing with “veiled” canes (glass with color on the outside, clear on the inside), cut up and applied to the surface

A blue, tapered, straight-sided bowl with a pattern along the surface

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 07/09/2025

Productive flameworking weekend, prepping goblet and vase tops

A collection of cup bowls and an inverted cone vase on top of punties

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 05/09/2025

Hotshop goblet practice

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 29/08/2025

Making use of some of my recent practice goblets - they’re getting better! (Opening vessels on the torch is definitely still not my strong suit, but getting better!)

Two goblets, one with optic ridges and a candy cane stem - the other without ridges and a purple stem.

Both have an orange wine inside.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 29/08/2025

I really struggled to shape this one, and was definitely a “what can you save” effort - the blue turned to butter, and the stiff cane combination made it want to get weird fast. I think I know how to make this go better next time though - and that’s what counts 😅 #art #glass

A blue and white vase - it is slightly mishapen, with the curve being uneven between the two halves of the vessel.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 21/08/2025

I made a new #vase! Still playing with the idea of various flowing forms. This orange on black was loosely inspired by the idea of flowing lava. #art

A black vase with flowing orange swirls. It’s filled with orange, yellow, and pinky red flowers.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 08/08/2025

Making 🐝 pendants (they're gonna be available... 👀)

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 02/08/2025

A lot of fun shapes in today’s class cups 🎉 teaching continues to be shockingly fun tbqh

6 glasses in a kiln, their colors are inaccurate because they’re still over 500c

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 18/07/2025

I’ve made a bunch of little mini vases to practice random shapes lately and they’ve been super fun to do (but oh god I am running out of places to put glass)

A conical vase with a floating foot and bulby top

A mini vase with a rounded bottom and flared lip

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 11/07/2025

New vase, playing with patterns

A simple vase with swirly white lines across a dark core

The vase held up to the light, allowing you to see its translucent purple core

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 05/07/2025

Tfw your photo of kiln treats looks like you wrote a raytracer

A clear glass mouse with a pink tail and black top hat next to two faded blue vases

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 21/06/2025

Today’s classes ✅ These were great fun and everyone got their cups into the kiln 🎉

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 13/06/2025

A year ago today I took my first “make a cup” intro class in Seattle (the blue cup), and this week I ~solo (hot shop work requires an assistant, but without like… guidance) blew the vase to the left. Tomorrow, I’m learning to teach, and maybe? actually _teaching_ my first make a cup classes 😅

A purple flared vase with blue, white, and purple flowers

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 06/06/2025

New glass! I made a decanter, and it’s the biggest piece I’ve made 😅 Holds ~1.5L in the main body which makes it perfect for cold brew season - excited to start using it 🎉

A decanter with a bulbous bottom and a curve on a long neck. White canes are twisted around the body, tightly on the neck, and more blown out on the body.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 25/05/2025

I've reached the "starting to design my own tools" part of glassblowing and I have some kind of feelings about this (mostly bad because I'm writing OpenSCAD rn). But this is the 2nd iteration of part of some "rollers", used in flameworking to take the weight of pieces while tooling them.

A screenshot of OpenSCAD showing a plate with curved cutouts, and many screw holes along a curve on the top edge. The bottom has two sticking out plates, also with screw holes.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 21/05/2025

I made another vase last week. I'm really happy with this one :D

A glossy purple conical vase, filled with soft purple flowers.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 11/05/2025

I made more glass this week! Really enjoying using the opaline pink (in the left goblet)

A pink conical wine glass, a black wine glass, and a pink bud vase with three flowers glistening in the sun

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 28/04/2025

You’ve heard of egg cup, but have you ever heard of cup egg?

A frying pan with a goblet with a foot that looks like a fried egg, and a swirly yellow yolk-like cup section

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 26/04/2025

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 22/04/2025

First lip wrap on the orange cup went kinda badly, but I’m loving working with this pink glass

A short clear cup decorated with orange next to a tall pink wine glass

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 28/03/2025

The slightly-wonky Kube-cups are ready xD

4 small cups, dotted with blue and white color.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 26/03/2025

Working on some “cloud native” espresso cups 😂

A small cup dotted with blue and white glass

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 22/03/2025

Hooked up my new flameworking torch properly today... i am so excited for the things i'm gonna make with this.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 20/03/2025

I got my first hot shop blown foot into the box and safely annealed yesterday. It’s ugly as fuck but it’s on center, well attached, and stands straight 😅 Next week let’s see if I manage that with a stem too 😂

An optic molded cup on an overly large foot

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 20/03/2025

working on some pendant designs, this isn't bad for the first of this style, definitely some bits to refine though.

a glass pendant, depicting a poppy on a green background.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 19/03/2025

New tools unpacked and tagged, excited to go make things with them 💖

A collection of glassblowing tools on top of a sofa, mostly with yellow tape on their handles.

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danielle @danielle.fyi · 18/03/2025

I really do like finding the quiet spaces even in the busiest places. I can’t say I particularly enjoy Venice, but the color and vibrancy are at least a nice break from the monotony of Berlin.

An image overlooking a canal, in the foreground is a covered boat, the lines lead up to a bridge, with a clear reflection in the water below. A single persons head can be seen peaking over the wall of the bridge. The colors are warm and inviting underneath a cold sun.

A path runs to the right of a canal, on the left, a row of buildings run directly to the waters edge. The buildings are painted in reds and oranges, and warm whites. On the path a couple of people are enjoying the peace and sun.

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