01.
Curiouser
This project started life as what Bullseye Glass calls a “Curious sheet” made up of multiple colors. In this case, it’s a single sheet of 3mm thick glass made from White, Deep Forest Green, and Caramel. The result is a streaky mix that could make a nice design as is.
02.
Strips
But I can’t leave well enough alone, so I cut an 8×8″ section of the sheet into 1/4″ wide strips. Here I’m just arranging them in different patterns to see what pops out.
03.
Reversal
Here I’ve settled on the final design, by reversing every other strip, from left to right. You can see that I’ve numbered each strip with a sharpie to keep them in order. By doing that, I preserve the wavy pattern that the 8×8″ section had before I cut it.
04.
Ready to Fuse
I’ve laid the strips on a piece of Thin Fire shelf paper and placed a 3mm thick piece of clear glass on top of them.
Below you can see the fused piece.
I also made a swizzle stick from a leftover strip.
05.
Ready to Slump
I’m slumping the strip plate on the Square Slumper (8635). It’s at the back of the kiln, ready to go.
Below you see the finished product, still in the mold.
Results
Final Result
I like the way that the Curious glass has changed color. The greens have become deeper and softer, while the vibrant yellow has all but gone.
I also enjoy the way that the reversed strips have their own wavy pattern through the piece, while still allowing us to see the original pattern. I had originally bought this glass to use in stained glass projects, but am really glad I decided to use it in the kiln.
Close-up One
The strips have a shimmery quality that I didn’t expect but which really helps to make the piece.
FULL FUSING SCHEDULE (RUN TIME 9.25, 14.7 kWH)*
| SEGMENT | RATE (deg F / hour) | TEMPERATURE (F) | HOLD (hours:minutes) |
| 1 | 250 | 500 | :20 |
| 2 | 250 | 1000 | 0 |
| 3 | AFAP | 1450 | :30 |
| 4 | AFAP | 900 | 1:00 |
| 5 | 100 | 700 | OFF |
SLUMP FUSING SCHEDULE (RUN TIME 9.27, 15.2 kWH)*
| SEGMENT | RATE (deg F / hour) | TEMPERATURE (F) | HOLD (hours:minutes) |
| 1 | 300 | 1200 | :30 |
| 2 | 300 | 1225 | 1:30 |
| 3 | AFAP | 900 | 1:00 |
| 4 | 100 | 700 | OFF |
* The firing schedules may be designed for other projects that were fired with this one. Everything was fired in a Paragon GL-22AD.