Life is all about Studying. Or it must be!
Contained in the stack: a glass experiment that we beloved! Stacks? What am I on about this time?
Properly, I’m what they name a “life-long learner”. Thank goodness for that, as a result of lately I met some individuals who aren’t life lengthy learners and I scratched my head questioning how they even get by on this world. In spite of everything, it’s 2025 and I can’t think about how anybody can succeed with out understanding the right way to activate a pc or a sensible telephone and make it give you the results you want. Properly that’s not me – that is me. I learn blogs, I’m enthralled by the superb vary of podcasts accessible to us all, I disappear into each non-fiction and novels, and I really like studying from docos. Anyway, again to the subject of immediately – an incredible piece of glass artwork created by considered one of my tremendous superior college students.
Glass Books
I don’t know who got here up with this picture, however I find it irresistible!
Though I’ve sufficient concepts to maintain me going for a number of extra lifetimes, I nonetheless buy books and tutorials about “new” methods and suchlike. As glass artists, we prefer to assist individuals in our small however important trade. I’ve found that the glass trade (in contrast to the media trade I used to work in) is full of individuals who share their concepts, their successes and their failures.
With this in thoughts I’ve bought a great deal of books from well-known glass artist and instructor Paul Tarlow.
He has an incredible 47 books on completely different methods about “heat glass”; in any other case often called glass fusing and slumping, or as some individuals name it, kilnforming.
I don’t care what you name it as long as you attempt it! Anyway, I haven’t bought all 47 books from him – but – however my pupil was working her means by means of the library in my studio and got here throughout this one. We determined we simply needed to attempt it.
Attempting out the methods Paul teaches on this e-book, we really missed one essential step and didn’t get the result precisely proper, however hey, in case you don’t attempt one thing new you stagnate!
Higher to get a chunk that’s 80% profitable than to haven’t tried in any respect. And it appears fairly good! (See left.)
The steps we took
The very first step is all the time to decide on the colors you wish to work with.
My pupil selected some opaque blues and turquoise and highlights of flame crimson and celadon inexperienced.
She then stacked them, they had been glued collectively, after which I full fused the whole thing. I needed to fuse it very very slowly as a result of it was SO thick!
Selecting colors
The stacks revealed
First fuse
Then we adopted MOST of the directions which, after all, I gained’t go into into laborious element as a result of you possibly can see for your self whenever you get Paul’s e-book.
The inserted stripe
Basically, you possibly can see contained in the stacks that you just’ve made whenever you use a tile noticed to chop the glass open. Then you possibly can organize the glass in order that the underside of the ultimate piece appears completely different to the highest. Additionally, you possibly can rotate one piece of the glass to provide a “channel” or line of various glass as a spotlight for the entire piece as above.
Very proficient pupil displaying the higher aspect
After that is achieved you full fuse the entire thing collectively after which droop it into your required form. Be aware: I don’t suppose you may probably make this piece in case you don’t have a tile noticed. I slumped this into one my my favorite molds. The completed piece is 20cms x 35cms. Subsequent time I’ll make it precisely the identical dimension, however with completely different colors.
The top consequence
The decrease aspect
We ended up with this pleasant and distinctive work of glass artwork!
(Apologies for the slight goldish reflection – photographing glass is tough!)
My pupil loves the highest of it, however I really love the beneath finest. Do you like it “the wrong way up” like I do? Now I’m impressed to make one other one and possibly NOT miss out on one essential step.
Get in contact together with your concepts
Thanks once more to Paul Tarlow for his easy-to-follow directions, even when some individuals (us!) aren’t all the time in a position to comply with them completely.
Which e-book shall I take advantage of subsequent?
For those who hop to Paul’s web site you possibly can counsel which e-book you’d like me to learn subsequent and I’ll make one of many items to indicate you – hopefully! E mail me anytime at [email protected]. And bear in mind you will discover out all about my workshops, novices to superior, right here.
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