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.
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.
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.
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!
Close-up
The pretty blue corner.
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.