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drmeow

(5,376 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:17 PM Jan 7

A pair of fused glass pieces I just sold

To give an idea of scale, the bowl is about 5" in diameter






This picture shows the iridescent on the votive holder better - it matches the bowl

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A pair of fused glass pieces I just sold (Original Post) drmeow Jan 7 OP
Those are nice pieces! brer cat Jan 7 #1
Gorgeous pieces. I love glass artworks. Clouds Passing Jan 7 #2
Beautiful work. sheshe2 Jan 7 #3
Absolutely stunning! MLAA Jan 7 #4
Right now I only sell to friends drmeow Jan 7 #5
That's great, please continue to post pics including any available pieces 🙂 MLAA Jan 7 #9
Glad you're taking photos. calimary Jan 7 #6
Beautiful work! Diamond_Dog Jan 7 #7
any interest in stained glass to melt? i have boxes + boxes of tiffany style glass. pansypoo53219 Jan 7 #8
Stained glass doesn't fuse well drmeow Jan 8 #18
darn. pansypoo53219 Jan 8 #22
Yeah, drmeow Jan 9 #24
turn the pieces into wind chimes... samnsara Monday #25
i could open a windchime store. try selling on ebay. schlitz glass was close to tiffany glass. we made tiffany shades pansypoo53219 Tuesday #27
Stunning DingleBerryNW Jan 7 #10
Classes BlueKentuckyGirl Jan 7 #11
Yes and no drmeow Jan 8 #19
That's amazing!!! A question : AverageOldGuy Jan 7 #12
That is correct. drmeow Jan 8 #20
Very lovely. Other words the pieces Ilsa Jan 7 #13
Beautiful cate94 Jan 7 #14
Important stuff for the DU Community toknow... NGeorgian Jan 8 #15
This is posted in the Artists forum drmeow Jan 8 #21
Wow! JMCKUSICK Jan 8 #16
Gorgeous! bif Jan 8 #17
"" AllaN01Bear Jan 8 #23
Beautiful Irish_Dem Monday #26

drmeow

(5,376 posts)
5. Right now I only sell to friends
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:59 PM
Jan 7

I have a patron who has purchased a number of my pieces including these two. My plan is to sell on-line eventually - either through Etsy or through another glass artist's already established website.

drmeow

(5,376 posts)
18. Stained glass doesn't fuse well
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 11:31 AM
Jan 8

The different colors don't play well together in the kiln. I've got a bunch of non-fusible glass from my mosaic work that I have to carefully keep separate.

drmeow

(5,376 posts)
24. Yeah,
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 04:36 PM
Jan 9

there is some gorgeous stained glass and it is often quite a bit cheaper than fused glass but the success rate (especially for someone at my level) is so low that it ends up costing way more in ruined glass!

samnsara

(18,338 posts)
25. turn the pieces into wind chimes...
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 06:52 PM
Monday

a fellow farmers market vendor collected glass and tumbled it and strung them as chimes...she always sold out.

pansypoo53219

(21,838 posts)
27. i could open a windchime store. try selling on ebay. schlitz glass was close to tiffany glass. we made tiffany shades
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 12:02 AM
Tuesday

just like tiffany.

drmeow

(5,376 posts)
19. Yes and no
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 11:35 AM
Jan 8

the basics are pretty simple/straightforward but mastering them can be a challenge. One of the frustrating aspects of fused class is it is not a "what you see is what you get" kind of art form. What you start out with and what comes out of the kiln can be two very different looking things. There are also a lot of variables that can wreck a piece in the kiln - causing holes, a scummy appearance on the glass, changes in colors, and some generally not very attractive effects. There is also a considerable cost investment. I have a kiln that can plug into a standard outlet but if I go any bigger I'll have to add a dedicated 220 line.

AverageOldGuy

(2,279 posts)
12. That's amazing!!! A question :
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:58 PM
Jan 7

You say fused glass . So does that mean you use, in this case, separate pieces of glass each of a different color and you fuse them together into the pattern ?? I guess heat fuses the pieces together?

drmeow

(5,376 posts)
20. That is correct.
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 11:38 AM
Jan 8

These pieces are a base piece of clear glass, a top piece of white glass, and spearish shaped pieces of black glass with an iridescent coating on them. I lay them out in the pattern/design I want and then fire them in a kiln to between 1400 and 1500 degrees. That creates a flat piece with the pattern which is then heated in the kiln again until is starts to drop/fold into the shape I'm trying to create.

drmeow

(5,376 posts)
21. This is posted in the Artists forum
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 11:40 AM
Jan 8

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