Hi Everyone,
today I would like to invite you to come to our free lectures and demos at Glass Crafters in Sarasota. We will start around 1:00 pm.
But if you can’t come, and are using Facebook, you can go to their page and participate live by adding comments and questions. Use this link Glass Crafters Page.
Our favorite cabinet maker in town, Cabinet Genies, yes, the one who realized all my crazy furniture ideas, has a new logo. I liked it so much that I wanted to create a plaque for him in glass.
In order to prevent the decal from firing off, you need to cover it with clear glass. Previously we used to burn off the carrier foil at 1200°F first and then covered it with a sheet of clear glass. But this way you can save a step. Just apply your decal as usual and then cover it with a layer of fine clear frit. In the above picture I used powder but the powder shows a bit, while fine frit works just as well and you won’t see any haze. This way you save one firing step and you have more design freedom.
After seeing a workshop picture where they used these LED light pads, I thought I want to try one. And guess what; it works great with white cardboard paper and best of all, with Papyros shelf paper.
I traced the oil lamp with a pencil onto Papyros Shelf Paper and cut it out with a pair of scissors to create a subtle relief in the glass. I also copied a second oil lamp to a cardboard paper which I cut out to create a stencil for the oil lamp in the logo.
At one point the creative part took over and I forgot to take more pictures. Therefore this is not a complete how to lesson, but if you have any questions, please leave them in the comment section below.
And if you like to make a sign for your favorite company, we are here to help. We even lowered the price for the Laser transfer paper to help with your “logo in glass” creation.
Monday Sept. 10 & 11, 2018 from 9 am to 4 pm
You can sign up for classes at BIG ARTS on Sanibel, now. We will start classes again November 29, 2018. Depending on how many people will sign up, we might be able to teach Wenesday and Thursday classes.
Temember this coming season will be a short one, since BIG ARTS will start remodeling in April 20119.
To Register Call 239-395-0900
Should you be coming to the Glasstec in Düsseldorf, make sure to visit the
was made by Karen Schoen, who started glass fusing this season. She might be a new fusing addict and I’m looking forward to have her and everybody else back in class by November 28, 2018. This is when we will start our classes again.
The summer season will be packed with events. First we will be at the TGK open house in Bielefeld, Germany. In September we will be at Anything Stained Glass in Frederick, MD and in October at Creative Glass in Bristol, UK.
And in November we will have our Fun in the Sun week. There are still some spots open.
Have fun and keep on fusing and I hope to see some of you somewhere this year.
Have a look at what one of our Kaiser Lee Board distributors in the Netherlands has done with a 2″ thick board.
We want to show customers the possibilities We carve the board with CNC milling machine. The Kaiser Lee board is used several times without giving any problems. The glass comes out easily. Our intention is to show off and sell the products we like a lot. For instance Kaiser Lee board/ glass/ tools etc.
Uniekglas The Netherlands www.uniekglas.nl
Thank you Olaf and Miranda for sharing your beautiful work and supporting Kaiser-Lee Board.
Have you seen my article in the latest Glass Patterns Quarterly magazine? If so, you might also have seen that there is a video that will show you how to cut and carve a Kaiser Lee Board mold. And if you need any Kaiser Lee Board – let me tell you – we have some left in stock. 
