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Related: About this forumA 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

brer cat
(27,021 posts)Clouds Passing
(5,394 posts)sheshe2
(92,886 posts)Absolutely beautiful.
MLAA
(19,349 posts)Do you sell through a gallery or online?
drmeow
(5,689 posts)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.
MLAA
(19,349 posts)calimary
(87,056 posts)These are simple but SOOOOOOO lovely! Terrific work!
Diamond_Dog
(37,625 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,395 posts)drmeow
(5,689 posts)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.
pansypoo53219
(22,395 posts)drmeow
(5,689 posts)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
(18,577 posts)a fellow farmers market vendor collected glass and tumbled it and strung them as chimes...she always sold out.
pansypoo53219
(22,395 posts)just like tiffany.
DingleBerryNW
(56 posts)You have a gift!
BlueKentuckyGirl
(474 posts)I've seen classes on how to do that. Was it hard to learn?
drmeow
(5,689 posts)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
(2,745 posts)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
(5,689 posts)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.
Ilsa
(63,041 posts)evoke for me: gentle, floral, blooming, magic.
cate94
(2,985 posts)Love your work
NGeorgian
(117 posts)NOT!
drmeow
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And YOU are the reason we have an "ignore" feature on this site!
They are beautiful.
AllaN01Bear
(26,445 posts)
Irish_Dem
(72,397 posts)electric_blue68
(22,409 posts)drmeow
(5,689 posts)It was first attempt to drape a piece and I was quite happy with how it turned out!