I am still having a blast at my fused glass classes … so much so, that I just signed-up for another session at The Ceramics Center (you can see previous creations here).
My plaid glass bowl turned out awesome. I love how the colors worked together. I definitely want to try this again with another color combination.
My River Tray turned out exactly as I had envisioned as well. I'd like to try another with larger pieces of frit (the little pieces of glass that you glue in the *river*).
My glass powder pieces turned out pretty cool too.
I cut the long green piece into smaller pieces and added clear glass on top and fired a second time to make some cool pendants. I also tried my hand at kiln carving. The end results weren't quite what I hoped, but I learned from the experience and have ideas to try it again.
Since you have to cut 5 or 5 layers of the paper, having a die cut machine for the kiln paper certainly makes the process go quicker.
My favorite project by far has been my broken plate. I actually have a piece almost like this that I bought at an art show years ago, and I wanted to see if I could make it a partner.
Here's the finished product after two firings (one to fuse and a second to shape it into a bowl).
Another fun part about glass is that there's really no waste … even the tiniest scraps of glass can be made into balls to use on future projects.
Here are some pendants I made using leftover glass.
I can't wait to see what these look like after they spend time in the kiln.
Beautiful projects and what a super cool technique.
I’ll have too look into this and add it to my “to-do” list.
Happy day!
These are so much fun!!!
So glad you showed your final bowl and tray. They turned out fab! Your powder pcs are so cool. Like the kiln carving pcs, too. Your broken plate is fantastic! Love how it turned out! 🙂 Glad you are enjoying this new art form. Look forward to seeing what all else you make and how the pendants turn out.