Saturday, 25 June 2016
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Saturday, 18 June 2016
GlassLine
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| This didn't come out how I expected it at all, but I really like it. |
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| 1. a few new pieces ...... with closeup views ...... |
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| 4. I cut this one down and re-fired it - probably overfired it, but like it anyway. |
Sunday, 5 June 2016
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Glass on the Edge!
Small pieces have been cut in strips and 'tac'd' together, then fired.
The pieces slump down and you get beautiful stripes.
Fusing Mosaic Tiles and Glass Pebbles
Here I experimented with small mosaic tiles, millifiori and the glass pebbles - usually that are used for flower/plant decoration. I had to put little slithers of coloured glass in between the pebbles so they fused together better.
Microwave Kiln pieces
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| this is made by placing small pieces of 'graduated' sized glass on their edges | * |
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| using a teeny terracotta saucer - I made this experimental 'donut' using lots of waste glass shards, and rolled kilnpaper for the hole *glass tac is very useful - (sometimes a bit of spit will work!) |
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Dichroic Glass
There is a beautiful selection of dichroic glass which make wonderful pendants. I usually use Warm Glass ....... https://warm-glass.co.uk/...
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I first took a workshop in warm glass fusing (the proper stuff :) ) - and started to do some research on using a microwave kiln, so I cou... -
This didn't come out how I expected it at all, but I really like it. 1. a few new pieces ...... with closeup views ...... 2. ... -
Small pieces have been cut in strips and 'tac'd' together, then fired. The pieces slump down and you get beautiful str...