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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 a Sharpie so I can put them back into their original orientation and try something new before I decide which pattern I like.

Strips Cut and Arranged
02.

Ready to Fuse

I’ve capped the piece with an 8 x 8″ piece of clear glass. I like the sense of depth that comes from having the colored glass on the bottom.

Below is the plate fused.

 

Ready to Fuse
Fused
03.

Ready to Slump

Now all that remains is the second trip into the kiln so the plate can take its final form from the mold.

Ready to Slump
Slumped
Results

Final Result

By just rearranging the strips of streaky glass, some very interesting, almost mesmerizing patterns are revealed. I could look at this plate for a long time!

Finished

Close-up

The pretty blue corner.

Corner Close-up
Always With the Grapes

FULL FUSING SCHEDULE (RUN TIME 9:49, 17.1 KWh)*

SEGMENT RATE (deg F / hour) TEMPERATURE (F) HOLD (hours:minutes)
1 300 1000 :00
2 300 1250 :45
3 600 1450 :30
4 AFAP 900 1:00
5 100 700 OFF

SLUMP FUSING SCHEDULE (RUN TIME 10:48, 15.9 kWH)*

SEGMENT RATE (deg F / hour) TEMPERATURE (F) HOLD (hours:minutes)
1 200 1250 :15
2 FULL 900 2:00
3 100 700 OFF

* The firing schedules may be designed for other projects that were fired with this one. Everything was fired in a Paragon GL-22AD.