The Accidental Fuser
LEGO
01. Test Time Before making an entire plate, I wanted to do a little test first. Based on the diameter of the glass rods that'll be used to create the short cylinders on every "brick", I decided on a size for the rectangles. These are just some colors I had laying...
Encoded
01. Some Planning Needed This long platter is going to have 262 strips of glass in it, in four colors, in a complicated pattern. A diagram to help guide the placement comes in super handy.02. Layout Almost Complete Once the first handful of rows are laid down, the...
Petite Bubbles
01. Bubble Sorcery I used Fused Glass Bubble Sorcery to create these--as usual. 02. Fused Many steps later now, these petite projects are completely fused. They're on the back of the shelf, to the right, the smallest of all the squares.03. Ready to Slump I've...
Chip and Dip
01. Lots of Color With the holidays coming, I thought it was time to get festive. I'm using Bullseye's Confetti (super thin pieces of glass) on top of a 15.5" circle of clear glass.02. Powdery Here I've added clear frit powder to help minimize bubbles when I cap it...
Strips of Midnight
01. Strips Cut and Arranged Like the other streaky glass projects I've done (one in forest green, the other in cranberry), I've cut 8 x 1/4" strips and arranged them in a pattern that I found eye-catching. If you look closely, you can see that I've numbered them with...
Honeycomb
01. 159 Pieces of Glass In this strip-cut or on-edge project I'm using four colors: Cream, Lemon Lime, Dark Amber Tint, and Light Aquamarine.02. The Diagram I drew some guidelines for the different colors and where they'll go directly on the ThinFire shelf paper. I've...
Many Lines Makes A Plate
01. Stringers and Clear Glass Because I've detailed the process of assembling stringers for other projects (a bowl with 2mm stringers and a bowl with .5mm stringers), I'm going to skip that part. Plus I forgot to photograph the assembly! But to summarize, I started...
Red Sizzle
01. All Cut and Put Together For this platter, I've chosen a variation on a theme. Black glass forms the base (7x14"), topped with the same size of clear glass, and then a single strip of dichroic glass that changes color from red to yellow.02. Ready to Fuse Placed on...
Holiday Baubles
01. All Assembled There's a lot going on here because I forgot to take pictures of the earlier stages. The entire layout is done on a clear piece of glass (5x14") that is resting on the small bricks (which makes it easier to pick up later). On top of that rectangular...
A Tale of Two Platters
01. An Idea and A Commission Taking a previous sushi set as inspiration, a friend of ours wanted to have a platter in a similar vein. The first thing we did was agree on a size: 14.5" x 7".02. Which Blue? Rather than use the dichroic glass strip in the sushi plates,...
Isometric Cubes
01. Cutting Pieces Firstly, an isometric cube is not an easy thing to draw. Suffice it to say that there are square roots and 30 degree angles involved. Hence the straight edge and a right triangle for the cutting. I simply cut strips of the various colors, then used...
Iridescent Rainbows
01. What, No Photo? It's true. I forgot to take a picture of the glass before I started cutting it, or even while I was assembling. You'll have to take my word for it that the 3mm sheets had beautiful rainbow iridescent sheens to them. I used three colors, i.e., the...
Pastels
01. All About Circles This project is all about circles, in various shapes. It only makes sense to use a circle cutter.02. Five Glasses The opalescent glasses at left (Driftwood Gray 000132-0030, Light Peach Cream 000034-0030, and White 000113-0030) will form the...
Patterned Wine Bottles
01. Ooh Shiny Encouraged by the success of the first up-cycled wine bottle, I decided to get a little fancier. I purchased a mica powder assortment from Delphi Glass, along with two more ceramic bottle molds. You can see a close-up of the powder below. I filled that...
Bubble Coasters
01. Bubble Sorcery These smaller bubble projects are intended as coasters and measure 4x4". I used this ebook to make them. 02. Fused and Done Being done after the full fuse since, there's no need to slump, makes coaster projects fun and breezy.Results Final Result...
Up-Cycled Wine Bottle
01. Ready to Slump It's strange to be typing "Ready to Slump" when I haven't cut any glass! But I've jumped on the up-cycling bandwagon with my first attempt to turn a wine bottle into a snack tray. (The pink drips are primer that splashed over the side. Without...
Strips of Cranberry
01. Cut the Strips This project started with a Bullseye 3mm thick Streaky sheet of glass (002310) composed of a mix of Cranberry Pink transparent and White opalescent. I started by cutting an 8x8" square, then cutting that into 1/4" strips. 02. Create a Pattern I...
Streak of Red
01. The Coldworking Room Several months ago, this piece began life in a class at Bullseye Glass in Pasadena. Using two different projects, we learned to use every piece of coldworking (grinding or cutting glass while keeping it cool with water) equipment in this...