New Mold.....Old Project

I got a new bowl mold that is deeper than any I have used in the past. I had this full fused flat piece for a while but hadn't decided what to do with it. It fit this mold perfectly. So a slumping I did go. The mold has a 1 inch flange round the top and my piece was about 1/2 inch inside that flange. It just so happened when it slumped the top edge came just to the top edge of the vertical sides. So the flange did not come into play. I like the depth of the bowl and will probably use this mold a lot. I noticed on the outside the lavender opal glass slightly got a crinkled texture around the top 1 inch. I think that was caused by the larger edge shrinking into the smaller sides of the bowl.

Christmas Colors, But Not Just For Christmas

Just out of the kiln this a.m. Pretty colorful using complementary colors. I put the design elements on a single clear layer. I didn't get too much shrinkage . The border created a slightly wavy edge. Next time I might try letting some pieces touch or hang over the edge to make a more organic edge. All my work is fired in a Bonnie Glo Kiln which is all fiber. So far I just love it. Easy to use and faster cool down.

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More Powder Painting Fused Glass

This piece was all free hand outlined with aloe vera glass powder paint. Then I filled it in with more paint. I placed the design on clear glass over dusty lavender glass but after firing I didn't like the color so not to give up on the piece I covered all the lavender area with more aloe paint and fired it again. It's not a masterpiece but I like it much better. I was surprised the French vanilla covered so well.

Above with lavender glass, first firing.

Second firing with French vanilla over the lavender. The surface is completely smooth shiny glass.

 

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Drawing With Frit Powder

I used a 6x6 square of white Opal glass for this experiment. I sifted black powder evenly over the sheet of glass. I used different tools like a toothpick, a small brush, and tweezers to make the sketch. Using my smaller sifter I added some areas with a rusty red powder and added some yellow with tweezers. Cleaned up area with the toothpick and removed some background powders with a brush.

Appearance after full fusing.

The piece below was done by sifting powdered glass over plastic mesh and plastic cut from a strawberry basket. I used black and yellow Opal powder on white Opal glass. Yellow stringer was used in the corners.

Appearance after full fusing.

I will probably slump this into a sushi plate or small bowl.

 

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Reactive Glass Project

I forgot to post this last piece of reactive glass. I used the teal glass and French vanilla. I prefired the center piece of frit lace out of large opal cloud. Then placed it in the center of the piece and full fused it before slumping into my candy dish mold. The initial full fuse was done at the Bonnie Glo Kiln Fast rate which worked out nicely.

 

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More Irid Gold Glass

9" circle to be slumped into

A shallow bowl

Used up scraps to design

this piece. Not much

choice to work with.

Fired at Bonnie Glo kiln

Slow full fuse

SP User 6

Note: the glass line paint

split and moved around

On top of the irid gold glass.

Not that happy with iridescent

Black gold glass. Maybe try

clear backed next time.

 

 

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