Blue Scraps

[glasisfun]

I went on vacation and took my box of blue scrap glass with me.  I made this glass out of scraps so all of you who store up the scrap glass like I do will know what a feeling of accomplishment it is to finally use some of them up.  No patina or wax, I was on vacation after all....  I will polish it up next trip when I take the patina and wax with me 



 

[Anne]

:), yup I can relate.

[Lou Ann]

sure wish my scraps were as "square" as yours. I save just about every piece but it would be next to impossible for me to do a panel like this without a cutter and grinder because my scraps are all really odd shaped... the only thing I can do with my scraps without grinding is mosaic stepping stones :-)

[Tre V]

Very cool! And yes, I save them all...

[Rosemary]

Very nice panel - looks like a lot of work went into it.

I also save all my scraps.  My husband says there has got to be a limit to the size I keep.  What is the smallest you would keep ?

[glassman52]

This past Nov. I had a 2 day Christmas show and all 60 ornaments I had made were done with scraps and I sold all but 9 of them. It's like getting a rebate. I discard nothing and use pieces as small as 1/4 inch for mosaics. I save even smaller pieces in fusing glass and use it in making pendants, earrings and the like.

That piece came out very nice! I like blue.

[TracyCT]

Nice use of scraps and excellent soldering job. 

[Lou Ann]

This past Nov. I had a 2 day Christmas show and all 60 ornaments I had made were done with scraps and I sold all but 9 of them. It's like getting a rebate. I discard nothing and use pieces as small as 1/4 inch for mosaics. I save even smaller pieces in fusing glass and use it in making pendants, earrings and the like.

I do basically the same except the fusing stuff because I don't have a kiln. Sounds like ornaments were the rage this year because I made a bunch and sold just about all of them as well (even had to restock between a couple of the shows).

I have containers stacked everywhere right now -- every color (manufacturers are mixed) has a scrap container as well as a mosaic scrap container.

[Tina]

Love the shades of blue -- how large is the panel?

Also, is anyone else having trouble getting pictures to enlarge?  When I click on them to view larger versions, the picture just appears as a very small square in the upper left side of the screen.  Any tips?  Thanks!

[Marsha]

Pretty!!  Great use of scraps!

[glasisfun]

The pieces is 18 inches square.  Can't say I have had that problem with getting pics to enlarge.  Thanks for the nice words!

[glasisfun]

Mine were odd shaped too, did have to cut and grind!

[glasisfun]

I hear ya on the "rebate"!!

[glasisfun]

Thank you and it took three days to make.  the strip cutter made fast work of the pieces.  Found a floor tile pattern I liked on the internet, scaled it down to be a window, and counted how many of each size I needed and cut away!  A few hours work.  Day of grinding and foiling (not all day) and a day for soldering (again, not all day).  

I save pieces down to 1 inch square only.  You are right you have to set some limits.  It truly is an addiction!


Having just started fused glass work, am having trouble finding enough space to keep everything properly marked and stored!!

[Lou Ann]

I really like your idea of using the tile pattern to do this... I have a really hard time doing "random" pieces. I've done 2 round stepping stones by randomly laying scraps and they seemed to take forever and I had to do both of them in multiple sittings so the frustration level didn't get too high

[glasisfun]

I really like your idea of using the tile pattern to do this... I have a really hard time doing "random" pieces. I've done 2 round stepping stones by randomly laying scraps and they seemed to take forever and I had to do both of them in multiple sittings so the frustration level didn't get too high

I get up early so I cut up these pieces real early in the day.  Took the pattern to the living room, laid it out on the coffee table and spread out the pieces.  Left it there all day and as I walked by or was watching TV that evening as I noticed two of the same glass the same next to each other, I just moved it around like a jig saw puzzle.  Even my husband got into the "game". By the end of the day, we had a "random" pattern.

I don't do random well either.

[Kev]

I love it!

It's nice to see scraps put to such good use.

[Rebecca]

Random is hard for us organized people.

Rebecca

[ct4mom]

Great panel and in my favorite color!!!

[JoanFrances]

would be lovely in my living or dining room.  Very pleasing to look at.

[Lou Ann]

I really like your idea of using the tile pattern to do this... I have a really hard time doing "random" pieces. I've done 2 round stepping stones by randomly laying scraps and they seemed to take forever and I had to do both of them in multiple sittings so the frustration level didn't get too high

I get up early so I cut up these pieces real early in the day.  Took the pattern to the living room, laid it out on the coffee table and spread out the pieces.  Left it there all day and as I walked by or was watching TV that evening as I noticed two of the same glass the same next to each other, I just moved it around like a jig saw puzzle.  Even my husband got into the "game". By the end of the day, we had a "random" pattern.

I don't do random well either.

another way to look at pieces and find things that are "off" is to use a peep hole -- the same thing you would install in a door. a quilting friend of my mom's suggested it to her and it works... just look at the piece through the peep hole and if something isn't right, it kind of pops out at you -- not sure how it works, just know that it does

[glasisfun]

thanks everyone!

[Joe]

Looks great. Love all the blues