My first official Fuse/slump

[ct4mom]

Well this is my first time doing this. I used Kev's daisy pattern and resized it to fit on these two projects. The spoon rest came out pretty good but the plate I would maybe cap as I wanted it to be used for a candle plate,and the flower is a little bumpy. I figured since I was experimenting I'd do something for a gift for my SIL birthday. She loves daisies and I think they came out pretty well for my first. Any criticism to help next time is welcome.

[Kev]

Di..they are awesome!!!! 

[Audrey]

What a great beginning for you. You will be good at this.

[Becki]

Really nice job, Di. What you may have seen as a candle plate can now be a very pretty candy dish!

[Anne]

Oh Di, aren't they pretty and such nice colors!

[Jan]

Really nice job!

Jan

[Barbara]

Pretty Di and she will like them, if not you can send them to me.

[Amber]

Lovely, some very pretty flowers and I can bet you were having fun trying them out *smiles*!!!!

[ct4mom]

Thanks for all the lovely comments. I hope she will like them, her birthday is Monday.

[JoanFrances]

very nice job Di.  Maybe you could call the dish a soap dish by the kitchen sink.  I bet she will love them both

[Glassic]

I need a closer look for critique, my address is.......

[nansea121]

A spoon rest! I thought, what a wonderful glass slipper that would make:) My prince charming is coming soon.......

Nice job Di and I agree, the other would make a wonderful candy dish.

A spoon rest! Great idea!

[PiscesGlass]

Pretty Di and she will like them, if not you can send them to me.

LOL I love daisies too. So ignore the above (sorry Barb :-) and send them to meeeee.  All kidding aside, she's going to love these gifts.  And I love your colour combinations, cheerful.

De

[Lou Ann]

very nice... I love the color combinations and the spoon rest is perfect...

ps I had that same daisy pattern out this week and was going to use it as a garden stake :-)

[ct4mom]

Thanks guys I appreciate all the kind words. Lou Ann this is an easy pattern to cut and would look great as a garden stake...go for it!
LOL@ De and Barb and if she regifts them back you guys will be the first on my list

[Judy K]

These are great first time projects. You learn fast!

If you  do not want the texture your piece needs to be at least 2 layers all over, then full fuse. The glass wants to be 1/4 inch thick , so if you only have one piece of glass in the back it can not get there and the other glass will try to be 1/4" thick.

If you are 3 layers high or more the glass will spread out as it searches for 1/4 ". So you could get edges that are not square anymore due to the added glass in the middle for the flower.

Good Luck

[ct4mom]

Thanks Judy I appreciate the info as I never thought about that before starting this out (have tons to learn and remember). Also have tons of help from this site. This is the best place a beginner in glass could be.

[JoanFrances]

These are great first time projects. You learn fast!

If you  do not want the texture your piece needs to be at least 2 layers all over, then full fuse. The glass wants to be 1/4 inch thick , so if you only have one piece of glass in the back it can not get there and the other glass will try to be 1/4" thick.

If you are 3 layers high or more the glass will spread out as it searches for 1/4 ". So you could get edges that are not square anymore due to the added glass in the middle for the flower.

Good Luck

Judy, I have a question, (just curious cause I don't have a kiln) about something how does one make glass globs then if the glass is trying to be 1/4" thick?  

[Judy K]

You stack at least two layers of tiny squares that are set catty corner to each other. Your stack now has 8 single layer points. As the corners melt they pull in and make it round easier, and the glass is already 1/4 high so that is not  an issue. I am assuming you mean like the bags of blobs or nuggets you get at the hobby stores.

If you are making jewelery with a coated glass like dicro you want the top layer of glass to be clear and put the coating in the middle of the two layers. I would place the squares with the corners together for this for this project to completely cover the coated surface. And make the clear cap a tiny bit bigger than the bottom piece of glass so the clear melts down over the edge nice and does not let any of the coating seep out. That way the coating is trapped in the glass blob and has a deep look to it.

The two layer thing is a volume control issue to learn right away. Once you understand it you can use it to your advantage. I think a great beginner project is to make many 1" squares then start stacking them. The first pile gets one square, The second gets 2 , the third 3, And so on. Now full fuse to 1465F and leave it for 10 minutes. Be sure to anneal. Now look and see how the glass has acted with the volume or height of glass per stack.

Enjoy!

[Judy K]

I love science projects!!!!!  I just had another thought to go with that experiment. Make the layers different colors. Then you could better see what happened to each piece of glass. Oo, oo , I may have to do this one again someday .

[JoanFrances]

You stack at least two layers of tiny squares that are set catty corner to each other. Your stack now has 8 single layer points. As the corners melt they pull in and make it round easier, and the glass is already 1/4 high so that is not  an issue. I am assuming you mean like the bags of blobs or nuggets you get at the hobby stores.

If you are making jewelery with a coated glass like dicro you want the top layer of glass to be clear and put the coating in the middle of the two layers. I would place the squares with the corners together for this for this project to completely cover the coated surface. And make the clear cap a tiny bit bigger than the bottom piece of glass so the clear melts down over the edge nice and does not let any of the coating seep out. That way the coating is trapped in the glass blob and has a deep look to it.

The two layer thing is a volume control issue to learn right away. Once you understand it you can use it to your advantage. I think a great beginner project is to make many 1" squares then start stacking them. The first pile gets one square, The second gets 2 , the third 3, And so on. Now full fuse to 1465F and leave it for 10 minutes. Be sure to anneal. Now look and see how the glass has acted with the volume or height of glass per stack.

Enjoy!

Thanks Judy

[Marsha]

You did really great!!!!

[ct4mom]

Thanks Judy I will try that sounds like fun too.
Thanks Marsha