a glass experiment that we liked!

Life is all about Studying. Or it must be!

Contained in the stack: a glass experiment that we liked! Stacks? What am I on about this time?

Effectively, I’m what they name a “life-long learner”.  Thank goodness for that, as a result of just lately I met some individuals who aren’t life lengthy learners and I scratched my head questioning how they even get by on this world.  In spite of everything, it’s 2025 and I can’t think about how anybody can succeed with out figuring out how you can activate a pc or a wise cellphone and make it be just right for you.  Effectively that’s not me – that is me.  I learn blogs, I’m enthralled by the wonderful vary of podcasts out there to us all, I disappear into each non-fiction and novels, and I like studying from docos.  Anyway, again to the subject of in the present day – a tremendous piece of glass artwork created by certainly one of my tremendous superior college students.

Glass Books

Despite the fact that I’ve sufficient concepts to maintain me going for a number of extra lifetimes, I nonetheless buy books and tutorials about “new” strategies and suchlike.  As glass artists, we prefer to assist folks in our small however vital trade.  I’ve found that the glass trade (not like the media trade I used to work in) is stuffed with individuals who share their concepts, their successes and their failures.

With this in thoughts I’ve bought a great deal of books from well-known glass artist and trainer Paul Tarlow.

He has a tremendous 47 books on totally different strategies about “heat glass”; in any other case generally known as glass fusing and slumping, or as some folks name it, kilnforming.

I don’t care what you name it as long as you strive it!  Anyway, I haven’t bought all 47 books from him – but – however my scholar was working her manner by the library in my studio and got here throughout this one. We determined we simply needed to strive it.

Attempting out the strategies Paul teaches on this e book, we really missed one vital step and didn’t get the result precisely proper, however hey, for those who don’t strive one thing new you stagnate!

Higher to get a chunk that’s 80% profitable than to haven’t tried in any respect. And it appears to be like fairly good! (See left.)

The steps we took

The very first step is at all times to decide on the colors you need to work with.

My scholar selected some opaque blues and turquoise and highlights of flame purple and celadon inexperienced.

She then stacked them, they had been glued collectively, after which I full fused the whole thing.  I needed to fuse it very very slowly as a result of it was SO thick!

Then we adopted MOST of the directions which, in fact, I gained’t go into into laborious element as a result of you possibly can see for your self whenever you get Paul’s e book.

Earlier than its second full fuse displaying the inserted channel

Basically, you possibly can see contained in the stacks that you just’ve made whenever you use a tile noticed to chop the glass open.  Then you possibly can organize the glass in order that the underside of the ultimate piece appears to be like totally different to the highest. Additionally, you possibly can rotate one piece of the glass to supply a “channel” or line of various glass as a spotlight for the entire piece as above.

Very proficient scholar displaying the higher facet

After that is performed you full fuse the entire thing collectively after which hunch it into your required form.  Be aware:  I don’t assume you may presumably make this piece for those who don’t have a tile noticed.  I slumped this into one my my favorite molds.  The completed piece is 20cms x 35cms.  Subsequent time I’ll make it precisely the identical dimension, however with totally different colors.

The top outcome

The decrease facet

We ended up with this pleasant and distinctive work of glass artwork!

(Apologies for the slight goldish reflection – photographing glass is difficult!)

My scholar loves the highest of it, however I really love the beneath greatest.  Do you like it “the other way up” like I do?  Now I’m impressed to make one other one and doubtless NOT miss out on one essential step.

Get in contact along with your concepts

Thanks once more to Paul Tarlow for his easy-to-follow directions, even when some folks (us!) aren’t at all times in a position to comply with them completely.

Which e book shall I exploit subsequent?

When you hop to Paul’s web site you possibly can counsel which e book you’d like me to learn subsequent and I’ll make one of many items to indicate you – hopefully! E mail me anytime at [email protected]. And bear in mind you will discover out all about my workshops, learners to superior, right here.

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