If this project looks familiar, you are right. But now we have a video with detailed instructions, for those of you who like to see rather than read.
Enjoy!
This kiln formed bowl has hardly touched any mold materials. The Wissmach 96 glass worked perfectly during the 2 full fuse and 1 kiln form firing. Since I can not show this glass art well enough in a single image, I decided to make this short video with several images of the same art work. If you can’t see the video below, then this link will bring you to our YouTube Channel.
Last week Lindsey and Chase booked a private session to create their “Love Lamp” with my help and a few minor design suggestions. Both never had made anything in kiln formed glass before, but like to share their creativity with each other.
They definitely wanted to keep the luminescent shine on the Wissmach dark blue glass and the black clear Wissmach Prisma glass. In the first firing I took the kiln up to 1410° F with a 12 minute hold time. The Papyros Paper™ protected the luminescetn coating nicely without leaving a trace behind.
My next concern was the drape firing. I placed the pre-fused rectangle without the Papyros Paper™ cover on a 6″ high stack of Kaiser Lee Board to bend one side down in a 90° angle.
This time I fired the kiln to 1180°F and hold 10 minutes using the smape pieces of Papyros Paper™ a second time to cover the luminescent glass with great success as you can see in the image below.
Papayros Paper™ is usually used as a release paper in kiln forming. But lately we have used it for many other purposes. One of them we already introduced a few blogs earlier. Keep the Luminescent Coating on the Top Layer!
Today I like to show you how to use Papyros Paper™ to make your own little sign holders for pictures, price tags, art descriptions and more. I use mine to add signage to my free standing sculptures or price tags. I hope those little stands might be handy for you as well. Have fun and if you like it, please share this post with your fusing friends.
For a while now I have thought that this “Friendship Pendant” idea would be ideal for a fund raiser. So when I was asked by a friend, if I would like to donate a piece I thought I will donate not just a finished piece, but have people create something beautiful while they are helping a personal cause. This way a person can give twice. Once toward the cause and second to her/his friends and I’m sure there will be lots to talk about when the pendants are passed on.
Tuesday August 8, 2017, from 11 AM to 2 PM.
There will be food, silent auction, raffle and of course the Friendship Pendant!