Fusing with Mystery Glass

Published: Wed, 03/01/17

Glass With a Past
Bottle and Float Glass Fusing Molds, Education
If you've known me for any amount of time, you'll know that I am a huge thrift store shopper.

Thrifted glass is not necessarily the only thing I look for, but it's certainly exciting. Once you have the glass, how do you fuse it?

I devised a quick test to guesstimate the fusing temperature of mystery glass.

Hopefully it will be helpful to you the next time you break something and can't quite bear to throw it away!


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News from the Studio

This last week in the studio was one of catching up and regrouping. One of the most difficult things about being a full time artist is showing up every day and doing the work. Not all of the work is fun, but it still has to be done.


I have been working on some fun things though. Next week the new textured donut molds and Fuse and Fold texture tile molds will be available individually. These molds debuted in the online Advanced Bottle Glass Fusing class, and will be ready for your creativity.


I'm also working on projects for the upcoming Recycled Glass Jewelry class. I'm trying to decide if I should create a tiara for the class...any votes?


p.s. Many people had questions about the DIY Glass Polishing tool from last week's newsletter, the article has been updated with two small video clips showing the polisher in action.


Stay warm, and stay creative!

Jodi
 
Saw a square bottle and make a planter for spring blooms, or cat grass, it just depends on who lives at your house!

Fused Wine Bottle House Numbers Tutorial - Create stylish, and easy to see house numbers from fused wine bottles.
 
Bugs and Butterfly Theme Molds

Bugs and Butterfly Mold Theme Package

Four of our most popular bottle bottom molds PLUS 8 ready to fuse bottle bottoms.
$76.00

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Ocean Themes Mold Package

Ocean
Theme Molds
Package

Three 1.5L bottle bottoms molds PLUS 6 ready to fuse bottle bottoms.
$72.00

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Garden Mold Theme Package

Garden Theme Mold Package

 Four Garden theme molds:  Leaf, Flower, Tropical Flower and Tree of Life, PLUS 8 Ready to Fuse bottle bottoms
$86.00

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Shamrock Bottle Bottom Mold

Shamrock Bottle Bottom Mold - SALE

Four times the luck with four lucky shamrocks!  This mold fits 750 mL bottles.
Was $19.00 now $15.00

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Recycled Glass Jewelry - Online


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

Learn to make all sorts of recycled glass jewelry with Jodi. We'll begin by learning how to make recycled glass kiln formed beads and focal pieces using fusing, casting and other techniques. To add to the fun, we'll be using bottle glass, window glass, glass dishes and plates, and the occasional broken vintage piece that is just too pretty to throw away! After we've made a variety of glass pieces, we'll create a variety of projects using premade findings, and then moving on to creating your own findings using recycled materials and clever hardware hacks.

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