December 30th, 2009 WendyLee
I have been playing with the new Gaffa Glass Chalcedony to see if I can some interesting reactions with the glass fusing it as opposed to lampworking with it.
The results were interesting and I got some great colour reactions with the glass. The ones pictured above are my my favourite images and cabochons from the experiments I did.
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December 29th, 2009 WendyLee
I have been playing with the glass again over the break and have made this dimensional art glass pendant. I made pendants of this style a few years ago when I was adding the the surface orbs to the dichroic glass pendants as accents. I thought that I would play with using all art glass to see if the effect was just as interesting.
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June 27th, 2009 WendyLee
Serenity
Terra
Amoeba
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June 14th, 2009 WendyLee
Fused dichroic glass pendant that is made up of many layers of dichroic glass. One layer is handetched with a spiral pattern so that you see the colours though the spirals.
This pendant has a hole that has been fused into the pendant.
Pendant is currently available in my Etsy store. Wendy Lee on Etsy
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May 24th, 2009 WendyLee
Sounds pretty cool doesn’t it, paper that you can fuse in between layers of glass to give added texture and patterns.
This is another product that I get students to play with with teaching when teaching images on glass. It is a paper that can be fired at high temperatures between layers of glass. The paper does not burn off or warp and colurs stay bright and vibrant.
The samples of the cabochons below is using the Fusible crinkle paper in pretty mauve colour. The paper looks like crumpled up paper that has been painted and then flattened. I use these 2 examples of the paper so that people get an idea of what it looks like when fused between glass. When people have a visual of what a product will look like its easier for them to then design and create somthing using the paper.
Using this product is very easy it can be used as you would any other paper. So you can cut it using scissors, plain or the fancy serrated scissors. Use paper punchies to punch out interesting shapes to fuse into your work.
As you will see in the above image you can still see the paper, its not like a decal in that the paper burns off and leaves the colour behind. The paper stays there. You also need to leave a border around the edge of the paper otherwise the glass will not fuse correctly.
Its a great product that has many possibilities.
Glassline fusible paper is readily available from Delphi
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May 15th, 2009 WendyLee
Some new fused Glass cabochons that I have been experimenting with using Silver Powder.
Here is a close up of one of the reactions
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May 3rd, 2009 WendyLee
Sepia coloured waterslide Decals for glass have also been released in a variety of different patterns. These are ideal if you do not have access to a printer that can print waterslide transfers for you.
I purchased a couple of different patterns and had a play with them to see the depth in the colour and once again if distortion occurred if fused between 2 layers of glass.
Both pieces were fired on bullseye white. The first one was also capped with clear glass so that it was fused between 2 layers. The colour was a rich intense rusty red. I think by having the piece capped it added to the intensity of the colour. It could also have been because the kiln was fired at a much higher temperature to fuse the layers together that made the colour more intense.
The second piece was just fired on white bullseye sheet glass with no capping. The colour that came out was more a brown colour and was not as rich as if it had been capped.
For a full range of commercially available Sepia waterslide decals checkout this website : Sepia Slides
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April 30th, 2009 WendyLee
This is a lampwork glass bead disc that I made using Moretti Silver Plum. I love how this glass comes out looking like a ceramic raku bead and not at all like glass.
The lampwork bead has a sterling silver core and a ball chain has been added to the bead. As the shape of the bead is not regular and flattish it flips around as you wear it.
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April 24th, 2009 WendyLee
Sterling Silver rings with lampwork glass beads and fused dichroic glass cabochons riveted onto the shank.
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January 3rd, 2009 WendyLee
Well over the holidays I have been playing on the torch again. It has been a long time since I have done any lampworking and it was nice to get back into it.
Before Christmas I ordered a bit of glass to put aside and play with over these christmas holidays. I ordered the new limited edition colours from Vetrofond with really funky names like
*Frog Swamp
*Jungle Twilight
*HoneyCrunch
*Bloody Mary
*Painted Desert
Thats to name just a few. They are very interesting glasses to play with as they seem to be made up of a mix of glass and some have silver in them such as the Fossil. When you melt these glasses in the flame you get a nice swirly streaky outcome.
The Cool Colours from Morretti have the same funky names with also the same cool outcomes of swirls and streaks.
*American Beauty
*Venetian Sunrise
*Cherry Shake
*Hawaiin Clay
The names are so descriptive in themselves. I didn’t make anything technically challenging or mindblowing I just made plain beads as I wanted to see what the glass would do by itself before I started to add other colours or garnishes to it. I always do this when I get a batch of new glass, I will make plain old beads with it by itself first, It also helps me to see how fussy a colour will be, whether I need to do anything special to it whilst working with it.
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