A pair of fused glass pieces I just sold

[drmeow]

To give an idea of scale, the bowl is about 5" in diameter






This picture shows the iridescent on the votive holder better - it matches the bowl

[brer cat]

1. Those are nice pieces!

[Clouds Passing]

2. Gorgeous pieces. I love glass artworks.

[sheshe2]

3. Beautiful work.

Absolutely beautiful.

[MLAA]

4. Absolutely stunning!

Do you sell through a gallery or online?

[drmeow]

5. Right now I only sell to friends

I have a patron who has purchased a number of my pieces including these two. My plan is to sell on-line eventually - either through Etsy or through another glass artist's already established website.

[MLAA]

9. That's great, please continue to post pics including any available pieces 🙂

[calimary]

6. Glad you're taking photos.

These are simple but SOOOOOOO lovely! Terrific work!

[Diamond_Dog]

7. Beautiful work!

[pansypoo53219]

8. any interest in stained glass to melt? i have boxes + boxes of tiffany style glass.

[drmeow]

18. Stained glass doesn't fuse well

The different colors don't play well together in the kiln. I've got a bunch of non-fusible glass from my mosaic work that I have to carefully keep separate.

[pansypoo53219]

22. darn.

[drmeow]

24. Yeah,

there is some gorgeous stained glass and it is often quite a bit cheaper than fused glass but the success rate (especially for someone at my level) is so low that it ends up costing way more in ruined glass!

[samnsara]

25. turn the pieces into wind chimes...

a fellow farmers market vendor collected glass and tumbled it and strung them as chimes...she always sold out.

[pansypoo53219]

27. i could open a windchime store. try selling on ebay. schlitz glass was close to tiffany glass. we made tiffany shades

just like tiffany.

[DingleBerryNW]

10. Stunning

You have a gift!

[BlueKentuckyGirl]

11. Classes

I've seen classes on how to do that. Was it hard to learn?

[drmeow]

19. Yes and no

the basics are pretty simple/straightforward but mastering them can be a challenge. One of the frustrating aspects of fused class is it is not a "what you see is what you get" kind of art form. What you start out with and what comes out of the kiln can be two very different looking things. There are also a lot of variables that can wreck a piece in the kiln - causing holes, a scummy appearance on the glass, changes in colors, and some generally not very attractive effects. There is also a considerable cost investment. I have a kiln that can plug into a standard outlet but if I go any bigger I'll have to add a dedicated 220 line.

[AverageOldGuy]

12. That's amazing!!! A question :

You say fused glass . So does that mean you use, in this case, separate pieces of glass each of a different color and you fuse them together into the pattern ?? I guess heat fuses the pieces together?

[drmeow]

20. That is correct.

These pieces are a base piece of clear glass, a top piece of white glass, and spearish shaped pieces of black glass with an iridescent coating on them. I lay them out in the pattern/design I want and then fire them in a kiln to between 1400 and 1500 degrees. That creates a flat piece with the pattern which is then heated in the kiln again until is starts to drop/fold into the shape I'm trying to create.

[Ilsa]

13. Very lovely. Other words the pieces

evoke for me: gentle, floral, blooming, magic.

[cate94]

14. Beautiful

Love your work

[NGeorgian]

15. Important stuff for the DU Community toknow...

NOT!

[drmeow]

21. This is posted in the Artists forum

"A place for artists of all types to inspire each other, and to discuss and appreciate the visual arts."

And YOU are the reason we have an "ignore" feature on this site!

[JMCKUSICK]

16. Wow!

They are beautiful.

[bif]

17. Gorgeous!

[AllaN01Bear]

23. ""

eggscllent job.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Beautiful

[electric_blue68]

28. The votive has a lovely shape! Nice irridesence.

[drmeow]

29. Thank you!

It was first attempt to drape a piece and I was quite happy with how it turned out!