Step by step instructions on how to create your own mold using fiberboard products. It's a simple way to design your own slumping shape.
What do you do when you don't have the right mold to create the plate you want? You try to make your own mold! I did, and after quite a few attempts, it worked.
Learn exactly what tools and supplies you need to start glass slumping. Get the inside scoop from our Glass Fusing & Slumping Department.
Check out these awesome glass fusing design and project ideas which you can make at home or in your own studio: jewelry, plates, swizzle sticks, garden stakes and much more!
Fusing and Slumping Glass: In one of my sculpture classes at Carthage College, my students and I experimented with fusing and slumping glass. Carthage had many glass supplies, a kiln that looked barely used but no one teaching it. None of us had ever done this but I felt wit…
Tutorial to create your own custom shaped floral former using terra cotta pots, fiber paper and a stapler
Learn exactly what tools and supplies you need to start glass slumping. Get the inside scoop from our Glass Fusing & Slumping Department.
This is the first post of what I expect to be many about the evolution of our studio. We are learning so we do expect to be making changes to the studio as we discover what does and does not work f…
Learn about using a microwave kiln. There is a lot to learn about fusing glass but you don't have to know it all to get started.
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Steve Immerman describes how to make fused glass wire mesh melts.
Complicated shapes that cannot be cut by hand can be done by a saw or by stencils. Stencils and frit are a cheaper solution to the problem of complicated shapes.
Ganges Harbor, Salt Spring Island When it comes to the crackle technique in fused glass, Bob Leatherbarrow is "The Man". For y...
Tutorial for a basic fused glass plate made with recycled tempered glass. Includes instructions and firing schedule.
Want to add a little extra something something to your glass? Maybe some metal or perhaps bubbles? I was playing with bubbles today. Love bubbles. My favorite way to create bubbles in fused glass i…
an investigation into recycling and kiln formed glass.
So somebody on the Fused Glass Fanatics Facebook page posted how to make simple fused hearts. She gives them away to hospital workers, etc. So me and my bestie decided to try it! Fused glass nor…
I originally thought posted this - but I think it was so many times in Fused Glass Fanatics I forgot to actually post in my blog How to fi...
Air bubbles may form when the clay is prepared and they should be removed to avoid cracks in the pots you make. The process of removing air bubbles from clay can be performed manually, and is known as clay wedging. Clay manufacturers extract the air bubbles from clay using a special machine known as a pug mill.
