Tuesday 26 June 2018

fishes



this is a before and after for my Fish.
They are fun to make, as you can use up lots of your 'bits' that you're 
not too sure what to do with.

The pieces are placed on a clear glass fish-shaped base - cut from clear glass, and fired in the Microwave - usually on Medium or Medium High.
Watch them carefully, though, they can completely splat out if you fire them for too long.

Thursday 21 June 2018

mosaic effect with glass bits


I was trying to achieve a mosaic/crushed china effect (sort of) and this is how it came out ..........


I fired it on High (in the microwave kiln) - carefully! until it was fused to where
I wanted it to be.  You do have to keep watching pieces, as
I've found the microwave kiln to be a little 'hit and miss' - you do tend to have to watch things,
if you want to be precious with them.

Monday 4 June 2018

Little Bird (stages)


Strips (coe90) tac'd together


fused 


extra unwanted bits cut, little beak and tiny black eye and feet added then refired

Dichroic Glass

There is a beautiful selection of dichroic glass which make wonderful pendants. I usually use Warm Glass ....... https://warm-glass.co.uk/...