by Petra Kaiser | Apr 6, 2017 | Custom Design, General Information
Have you always wanted to add your own personal touch to your home, garden or work space? Here is your opportunity to do it in one of the most modern and precious materials.
One of our specialties here at The Fuse It Studio in Cape Coral, FL is to offer you the chance to create your own glass elements.
You can choose from a variety of projects and ideas.
- Table Tops
- Mirror Frames
- Cabinet Doors and Door Inserts
- Table Decor and Dinner Ware
- Back Splashes
- Sculptures and Yard Art –
- Ceiling Lights and Lamps
We have a vast variety of glass and glass colors available for your project. You can come by yourself or with a partner, child (at least 11 years old), parent or friend.
Petra will help you to realize your project in every step of the way. You will benefit from her 20 years of experience both as an artist and an instructor.
Come and work in a professional kiln glass studio and enjoy the power of your creativity. The price will be determined by the size and complexity of your project. It can run anywhere from $150 up to $500 or even higher. It all depends on how ambitious you are.
Please contact me via e mail to discuss the details.
by Petra Kaiser | Mar 27, 2017 | General Information
For the first time in 15 year, we won’t be teaching at the trade show. Since we can’t clone us we decided to work at the Wissmach Booth instead. We have planned several Demonstrations through out the Exhibition as well as an on stage Demo/Lecture. Stop by at the Wissmach booth – you can’t miss it, it is right across from the entrance.
by Petra Kaiser | Mar 25, 2017 | Tutorials
Reverse Fusing with Kaiser-Lee Board and Papyrus Paper as a Design Element
Is Ideal to Bring Out the Beautiful Shine of Wissmach Luminescent Glass!
Above you see a 2” x 10” x 10” piece of Kaiser-Lee Board that I carved to create reversed fusing mold. It is ideal to bring out the beauty of Wissmach Luminescent coated Glass!
Here I cut 1/2” wide strips of Papyrus Paper, 10 “ long and glued 3 strips together to make them a bit thicker. Then I wove them together as shown in the pictures. Yes, I made sure that they were not perfect.
The glass I chose is a Wissmach Luminescent 96-14 which I decorated with some thin vitrigraph stringers. Now all I had to do is to place it luminescent side down on the mold set up and fire and fuse it in one firing.
by Petra Kaiser | Mar 11, 2017 | Inspiration, Product Information, Tutorials
Multi Pens are a form of glass enamel that we have added to our line of products, since they are easy to work with and fire absolutely shiny.
This dragon was painted on very patiently with a fine brush and then fired into the Wissmach luminescent 90-07 Light Grey transparent at only 1410°F (765°C) for 10 minutes.
Dragon painted with Multi Pen Black on Wissmach Luminescent
Dragon after firing.
Just in case you want to know, where to get the Multi Pens or the Wissmach Glass. Please visit our Square Market and check out our products.
by Petra Kaiser | Mar 7, 2017 | General Information
COMING UP – OUR 2 DAY KILN FORMING WORKSHOP AT D&L IN DENVER COLORADO
During this 2 day workshop I will show you some very versatile ways of kiln forming glass, from working very thin to very thick glass. We will also introduce you to our latest discovery a technique we named Klendox.
For those of you who are coming to the Las Vegas Glass Craft and Bead Expo, come and see some of the samples we will have at the Wissmach Booth.
by Petra Kaiser | Mar 6, 2017 | General Information
Liquid Enamel Pens that are compatible with any glass and can also be used with ceramic and metal.
These new enamel pens will be a great addition to add to your creative tools. Yes, we have tried all kind of paints and why would we add yet another one? This one fires shiny, does not scratch off and does not need clear capping.
White, Black and Lime Green fire perfect even at lower fusing temperatures. Rose, Purple and Red get darker with higher temperatures.
They are ideal for our textured clear glass.
by Petra Kaiser | Feb 12, 2017 | Fused Glass Jewelry, Inspiration
20 Years ago I took my first class in glass fusing with Jaunita (no this is not a typo) Deck at the Art Studio in Cape Coral. One of my friends in class, Lucille S. played with stacking glass – fused it – cut it apart and fused it again standing on edge. Whenever I see this technique shown online, I remember our beautiful stones we created. Lucille also was an avid wire wrapper and tried to teach me some wire wrapping. But back then the traditional style of wire wrapping was too ornate for my taste.
Now 20 years later – and 20 years older – sorry I meant wiser – I see myself adding more and more wire to my glass. Finally I found a way to use those stones in Jewelry. Since we can not predict their outcome, I like to call them:
“Happy Stones”
It took me only 50 yards of stainless steel wire of trial and error.
But I think I found a way that holds the stone.
And also adds interest to the piece without taking away from the beauty of the “Happy Stone”.
And yes, I will show the how to technique in any of my classes. Just ask for the
“Happy Stone” technique and wire finish.
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