One of my reader questions this week was:

What is the difference between mica and lusters?

Mica is made of ground minerals, and can be suspended in a paint medium of your choice, including water base clear paint.

Lusters are an overglaze product for adding metallic and other color highlights to ceramics (and glass) and are made with chemicals in an organic solvent.

I've also written an article about how to use Lusters on glass, I hope you enjoy it!

This tutorial shows you how to make a unique pendant with bottle glass frit balls and Float Fire enamels. 

Watch the live broadcast for free, and available for streaming later for a small fee.

In this course we will cover making fused glass art from whole bottles, two ways to cut bottles, how to make sheets of glass from cut bottles, fused donuts, fused bottle bottom molds with embellishments, kiln formed recycled glass beads and jewelry, Fuse and Fold animals-including two exclusive designs available only through this course. We will also explore how firing schedules work, what is happening at each stage and how to adjust your firing schedule. We will spend time reviewing common glass fusing problems and how to solve them.