Whenever I fuse glass together in my kiln, I put the pieces of glass on a kiln shelf. The shelf must be prepared with a separator, called kiln wash, so the glass doesn’t stick to the shelf when it melts. Sort of like flouring your pastry board before rolling out a pie crust. What you…
Fused glass bas relief experiment in the kiln.
This is the result of of the stacked glass piece I fused in the kiln yesterday. It consists of a layer of clear glass (3mm), a thin layer of black (2mm), and then the stacked pieces.When I put it in the kiln I debated whether or not to dam the sides. I knew the extra…
I just put these pieced in the kiln. The top piece is an early holiday piece. The bottom is a stacked glass piece. I’m pretty sure everyone who has ever fused glass has made a stacked glass piece. This will be my first. It has 98 pieces of glass in it.
Today was my first day back to the studio in almost 5 weeks. That’s a long time to be away from creativity! It’s been a busy hectic time with great things happening. We took a 30th anniversary cruise to the Mediterranean and our daughter graduated from medical school. Lots of celebrating, company in town, and…
I am assuming my cat will be smart enough to move as the temperature in my kiln rises. At 324 degrees F he seems quite content to be there.
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