Fuse It - Bails - create your own with a small piece of KLB
If you want an easier way, you may order our Fuse It Bail Kit online. Please use link below.
http://fuseit.estoreadvanced.biz/index.php?p=product&id=62&parent=15
If you have the time and a piece of KLB you can create your own fuse on bails. For those of you who have a saw (even a tile saw will do) you can create it all in one piece and cut it into narrow bails after the first fuse firing. If you want to omit this step you cut your glass strips in 1/4" (1cm) wide pieces and place them on the mold with some room in between and finish them in a single firing. Round off the top with the grinder and than clean it thoroughly with a diamond sponge and fuse them to your pendant.
Let's assume you have a piece of KLB 6" x 3" x 1" - Take the sanding sponge and carve a step about 1/4" deep and 1" wide of the long side of your mold. Primo Prime the mold and dry it in the kiln at 500 F. It will look a little ugly when you take it out but don't worry that fires away. While your mold dries cut strips of glass in the color you like. All strips are 5" long, two of them are as narrow as possible about 3/8", one strip is 3/4" wide and one is 1.5" wide. You also need a strip of 1/8" thick fiber paper - 6" long and 1/4" wide.
Now you can place everything on the cooled off mold. Start with the 3/4" wide strip and place it on the carved down surface, than place one of the thin strips on it next to the step followed by the fiber paper and than the second thin strip - cover everything with the 1 1/2" wide strip. Fire it up to 1480 F and when it is ready you can slice as described above. |  |
A little Bragging
Paula was taking a private class with me last week and she asked for a diver - So she/we made one in the afternoon
after learning the basics of glass fusing.
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Las Vegas Wrokshop Pictures!
While we had still high season we left for a week to teach in Las Vegas. It was wonderful again, we met so many
wonderful people and hopefully we will see you all again. Here is our picasa web album of this years workshops.
http://picasaweb.google.com/glasspetra/FuseItWithPetraKaiserLasVegas2009?feat=directlink
Fuse It - Decal - Paper - our newest product
Yes you heard right the decal bug has bitten us, too. We would like to offer our customers a service where we will be printing your motives on the
decal paper. This way you don't have to buy the right printer in order to make a few pieces with decals. We bought one so we would be able to offer
this service to you.
For those of you who don't want to jump in with two feet we have 4 small decals to try, which will be included for free with your next order.
In order to offer all of you the option to play with decals you can choose from 3 options, all available in our shopping cart (link to the left). |  |
ART WALK FT. MYERS DOWN TOWN
Friday the 6th from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm - if you happen to be around, Ft. Myers down town is beautiful and even more
so when there is Art Walk. You will find us at the Sidney and Berne Davis Center, doing gallery duty.
NEW YouTube Video
I'm very tempted to show you the finished project here, but than it would be only half the fun to watch our latest
demonstration on YOU Tube. Please use the following link to get to our blog, where you will find all our online videos.
http://glassfusingprojects.blogspot.com/. If this does not work, go to wwww.YouTube.com and search for Petra Kaiser.
The Fuse It Tack Film we are demonstrating is one of our products we are featuring in the
Fuse It Shopping Cart. http://fuseit.estoreadvanced.biz/
