Last week we made a fused glass part sheet from some pattern bars. This week, we’ll make a square(ish) bowl from a section of that part sheet.
I’ll cover everything from design, materials through to the final slump into the platter. Firing schedules are included.
Continue reading Square Can Be Beautiful, If It’s a Fused Glass Bowl, Project Tutorial
Wishful thinking on my part! Always wanted a magic flying carpet. Off to mysterious lands and all that. Well, this glass fusing tutorial for a platter, that includes a section from a part sheet, may not create a real flying carpet, but it satisfies something inside me.
So, I had this part sheet I made back a bit (see this post Making a Fused Glass Part Sheet), and the pattern just reminded me of an oriental carpet. That’s the inspiration. So here’s how I put it together.
Continue reading Fusing a Part Sheet Platter ‘Magic Flying Carpet’
This tutorial for making an emerald green, black and white fused glass bowl uses a fused glass part sheet that I posted about earlier. The black and white part sheet was just crying out to be used.
After a bit of contemplation, no, not about my navel, about the design, I came up with a nice simple approach.
Continue reading Making a Green Bowl ‘The Emerald Path’
The term ‘fused glass’ really does apply to this project. It uses a ‘selected’ part of a part sheet and virgin (should I use that word) glass to construct a beautiful decorative sling platter.
Ok, I’m using a bit of artistic license here. The term ‘sling’ I use when talking about a platter that is simply a flat rectangular, or square, piece that has been slumped in the middle, like a slung hammock. Am I stretching that artistic license a bit?
Anyway, this platter uses a piece from a part sheet I posted a little while back – A Strip Construction Glass Fusing Part Sheet. I hope you find it interesting.
Continue reading Constructing Part Sheet Platter ‘Sky Tracks’
Glass fusing part sheets are a great way to add interesting elements to your pieces. They can be used in so many ways. It all comes down to your creativity.
In this glass fusing tutorial I will cover just one method to make a part sheet. It is simple, but very flexible and gives you many choices as far as colour combinations etc. The method is strip construction.
Continue reading A Strip Construction Glass Fusing Part Sheet
If you are not already familiar with part sheets, they are simply custom made sheets of glass with some sort of pattern. The pattern could be anything, even plain colours if you desire.
These sheets are then cut up and used as components in some other project, such as a central feature in a glass bowl.
Anyway, this post is about creating a part sheet using powdered frit.
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