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01.

Leftover Glass

I’d been wanting to try a diamond grid pattern piece for some time. I decided to use the glass that was left over from the stained glass window project.

Leftover Blue Glass
02.

Playing with Colors

The layout of the colors is random, just what appealed to my eye. I try not to have the same color next to each other. I also decided against the darkest green glass, the dark row to the left of the paper.

Trying Out Color Arrangements
03.

Glued

I tacked down each corner with GlasTac gel so the pieces wouldn’t move. I’m laying them out on a square I’ve drawn on ThinFire paper. I checked each row with a ruler as well.

Layup on Shelf Paper
04.

Ready to Load

This is the final design. Each piece of glass is 3/4″ square. The entire design is 8×8 inches, in case I want to slump it on a square dish mold.

Design Complete
05.

Ready to Fuse

Here’s the 14×14″ shelf in the kiln ready to fuse.

Ready to Fuse
06.

A Successful Tack Fuse

The pieces fused at the corners as hoped, and the entire piece is rigid enough to pick up by one corner.

Fused
07.

Close-up

Here’s a close-up of one of the tack-fused corners.

Fused Close-up
08.

Ready to Slump

Instead of making a plate with a gentle curve, I’ve decided to go in the opposite direction. The piece is balanced on the Large Cone Bowl mold.

Ready to Slump
09.

Slumped

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but the piece has slumped nicely into its final form.

Slumped
Results

Final Result

I’d definitely like to do more of these diamond patterns. I’m particularly taken with the light weight of the final piece, and the way that light passes through the 3mm thick squares to the surface below them. 

Final Piece
Always With the Grapes

TACK FUSING SCHEDULE (RUN TIME 7:10 12.4KWh)

SEGMENT RATE (deg F / hour) TEMPERATURE (F) HOLD (hours:minutes)
1 400 1050 :30
2 300 1360 :05
3 AFAP 950 :45
4 200 800 :10
5 100 725 OFF

SLUMP FUSING SCHEDULE (RUN TIME 8:07, 11.9 KWh)

SEGMENT RATE (deg F / hour) TEMPERATURE (F) HOLD (hours:minutes)
1 250 1050 :30
2 250 1220 :10
3 AFAP 950 :45
4 200 800 :10
5 100 725 OFF

Everything was fired in a Paragon GL-22AD.