This fused glass bowl is one of those pieces that evolved into the finished design. The original design was from the Bullseye Glass website Tint Tone Plate. This is a great website for technical information on glass fusing and design ideas. I used strips of glass in a bronze cathedral, opal ivory, and clear. Mine…
I’ve been experimenting with a wine bottle swirl mold for a few weeks now. I finally have it the way I want it. Lessons Learned - Use light colored bottles. The swirl pattern will not show through dark glass. - Fuse flat first. I got the best results by fusing the bottles flat before slumping…
I am really close to achieving the look I want with the swirl bottle mold. The bottle in the picture above wasn’t the best shape for the mold, but the color was good. It is light enough to allow the swirl pattern to show through. A few more tweaks to the firing schedule, and I…
Well phooey on the instructions! I often wonder if the people that make these things actually ever use them. The last attempt to melt a wine bottle directly in the swirl mold was a disaster. It slumped down into the mold until it was very narrow. Not at all the result I wanted. Since then…
… Read the instructions! If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you know that I have a new bottle mold that I’ve been playing with. It is a spoon rest/dish shape with a swirl pattern in it. The sample bottle I saw looked great. It never dawned on me to ask for directions on…
Here is the completed bowl that I made in my fusing class that I took at Hollander Glass. I love this technique and can’t wait to try it in another project. It looks like I’ll need another piece of equipment though. A flat lap sander is an essential part of the process.
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