fusing

31 12, 2007

LotusBowl

2020-02-10T16:29:09-08:00

Fast keystone project with some interesting aspects. This is LotusBowl, and it can be made in a single firing, although for finishing's sake I did it in two. I didn't have a heckuva lotta luck with Mom's Christmas present this year. The first, a pate de verre project, had a color change I didn't care for. I decided instead to [...]

LotusBowl2020-02-10T16:29:09-08:00
8 12, 2007

Slugfest: Making nudibranchs from glass

2020-11-26T12:54:03-08:00

I really like slugs. More specifically, I really like nudibranchs, the wildly colored, shell-less critters that wend their way through kelp beds, coral formations and sea floors around the world. In fact, I've been making glass in honor of nudibranchs whenever the mood takes me:

Slugfest: Making nudibranchs from glass2020-11-26T12:54:03-08:00
14 11, 2007

Tack-fusing: Stingy with the heat

2020-02-10T15:32:15-08:00

There's gotta be some kind of unwritten law that says the longer you work with a glass, the stingier you get with the heat.

Tack-fusing: Stingy with the heat2020-02-10T15:32:15-08:00
19 10, 2007

Life in the slow (glass) lane… (fast-de-verre)

2020-02-10T16:26:52-08:00

Pulled another batch of five-finger experiments out of the kiln this morning, couple of conventional tack-fuse pieces that came out well and will go into sales inventory, and two experiments that failed-but. Neither was a success. The one at right, kind of a fast-de-verre, I adore but it developed a crack around the base, undoubtedly due to expansion differentials of [...]

Life in the slow (glass) lane… (fast-de-verre)2020-02-10T16:26:52-08:00
14 10, 2007

Coolth #2: Quoin Basket

2020-02-10T16:23:36-08:00

If you've read the previous post, you read that I got a couple of nice experiments out of the kiln tonight. The first is a fibrous-looking, almost woven basket (which actually does have some weaving processes) out of stringer. The second, the subject of this post, uses small pieces of sheet glass instead of stringers and noodles. I'm calling it [...]

Coolth #2: Quoin Basket2020-02-10T16:23:36-08:00
13 10, 2007

Coolth #1: Amber basket

2016-05-18T15:07:40-07:00

I opened the kiln to some seriously cool pieces tonight. They may get beyond the level of five-finger exercise and into "worth exploring." Played around with the stringer-on-a-support-structure thing a couple of weeks ago, and built a small blue basket to test the concept. I liked the way it turned out: I decided to explore this a bit, continuing with [...]

Coolth #1: Amber basket2016-05-18T15:07:40-07:00
2 10, 2007

Five-finger revisited, part II

2020-02-10T15:59:39-08:00

Oh...referring to the four tackfuse exercises I did this week, I posted the basket (thanks, Gary, I was trying to figure out what to call these things). So just to clear up a couple of e-mail queries, here's what the other three looked like. Apologies for the quality of the photos--I just snapped these in the kitchen. Arrowneous. This was [...]

Five-finger revisited, part II2020-02-10T15:59:39-08:00
2 10, 2007

Five finger exercises, revisited

2020-02-10T15:58:40-08:00

Realized last week that between visitors, cool events like BeCON, losing Chinni and dayjob pressures I HADN'T SO MUCH AS RUN A GLASS SCORE IN ALMOST THREE MONTHS. That's gotta be some kind of record, and it probably explained the nervous twitch in my brain. (Although my wallet keeps sending sincere thanks for the sudden cessation of glass expenditures) Anyway, [...]

Five finger exercises, revisited2020-02-10T15:58:40-08:00
20 09, 2007

My top 20 frit colors

2016-05-16T01:12:20-07:00

I'm thinking of this now because somebody asked me what I'd recommend to stock a new studio with an adequate supply of frit. My first impulse was to suggest that such a question was rather like asking which letters to buy for your laptop keyboard. Then I got to thinking about it, and it really is a good question. Not sure it has an answer, but it's still a good question.

My top 20 frit colors2016-05-16T01:12:20-07:00
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