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...
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...
01. All Cut and Put Together For this platter, I’ve chosen a variation on a theme. Black glass forms the base (7×14″), 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...
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 (5×14″) that is resting on the small bricks (which makes it easier to pick up later). On top of...
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...
01. Glasses for Glass Some designs are just too intricate to create completely with glass. For this piece, I wanted glasses–lots of glasses. So I’m using a fusible decal. It’s backed with white paper and was printed on our Brother laser printer....
