Fusing test piece
The Silicon Folly Glass site fusing forum in USA has recently had a glass exchange where each person taking part makes a number of 2x2 inch pieces of fused glass with a different theme each year. These are then sent to a central collection point and that person then repacks the individual pieces so that each person that has taken part recieves one of each of the pieces made by the other people. When the images are available, I'll put in a link so that you can see all this Christmas' efforts.
I didn't take part but have been doing some fusing tests of my own. Here's the latest effort which is about 6x6 cm.
Test piece: This is a test piece using mostly Bullseye glass. It's about 2.5 inches square and because I used some tiny pieces of non-compatible glass (I did't have the colour I wanted in the compatible i.e.same C.O.E. glass), it's in imminent danger of cracking. But I just wanted to try this method and was quite pleased with the result. One step nearer to getting it perfect.
- Pat from Canvey's blog
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Symetrical
That looks cool! It's very symetrical considering the method of manufacture. The centre looks a bit like holly leaves which I guess fits in with the time of year. It looks like there is already some cracks starting to show in your picture which is a shame.
Why did you not contribute a piece to the exchange?
Cracking
I expected the cracks because of the different C.O.E's used of some of the glass.I just wanted to see if the method worked rather than get a permanent piece from it. Nor did I cap the piece with clear glass.
Rebecca McGlynn's Bone Beads: Rebecca sells on Ebay.com under the name 3musesglass
I didn't contribute a piece to the exchange because of the difficulties of postage and Customs. I've already had one package of glass sent to me from USA disappear into the ether and the person who sent it was most upset and had to send something else in exchange. That's how I got the blue glass leaves. They were a replacement for the, I can only surmise, "stolen" package. The American Postal tracking system showed that the parcel had left the States, but there doesn't seem to be similar tracking once it sets foot in UK. The glass inside (bone-shaped beads) was one-off and the person who made them couldn't reproduce the design as she had not written down the instructions for herself, just played until she got a good result. Here's the picture of the "lost" beads:-
Silicon Folly Exchange Link
Here is the link: Exchange Photos as promised. Pam has apologised for the photos but I think they look good considering she couldn't get out to her studio as she has pneumonia.