simple fused mushrooms

small fused mushroom pieces - simple design.

Small red triangles on top of white/vanilla rectangles. 

Dots are white enamel glass paint, and added millefiori on the top piece.

new pieces

Shoal of Fish

 Before firing - using little shards and cut pieces

This was painted with black glass enamel paint. Allow the pain to dry then decorated with white enamel paint.

Small millifiori were added.

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.

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.

Little Bird (stages)

Strips (coe90) tac'd together

fused 

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

wire wrapping cabochons

super You-Tube video instructions for wire wrapping a cabochon
Link

Buttons, Earrings and Studs

gold dichroic on black

silver dichroic on black

clear glass with dichroic squares

these are millefiori  fused together.  If you fuse them with other glass you may have in your stash,

and  dont know the Coe numbers, they may not  be compatible eg. Coe 90 with Coe 96,

they may well crack your fused piece.  

Sometimes this doesn't happen immediately, but may well do at some stage later.

fused glass fish

dichroic glass mwk fused

going with what you've got!

 These were 3 broken up shards, re-fired, - think they came out quite prettily. 

This was meant to be a skeleton - not quite right, but liked the way it came out.

 

 

 This was two pieces which I fired together to make the fish.  Unfortunately it cracked and gave the fish a sort of strange expression! - but I love the colours - will try again!

I think one of the problems (though not always a problem) with the Microwave Kilns is that they are a bit unpredictable, and sometimes you have to just go with what you've got!

'Splatting'

 

 

Basically - cut thin rectangles, (1/4" - 1/2" width : length to choice) -  place in a star shape. Put small pieces on the ends, so they splay out a little when fired. Place a central piece, which holds them all together.

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