The Starting: the Mould
Years in the past I purchased this actually attention-grabbing mildew. It’s known as a “double curve” and is 40cm in size (that’s 15.9″ for US individuals). Every mildew has a novel order quantity: this one from D&L (USA) is 008643, and on the time of writing (Feb 2025) the mildew prices Au$253 earlier than postage.
Our First Stripey Sculpture
Above you’ll be able to see the primary piece I made utilizing this form. I used to be attempting for a free kind sculpture like a wave. I had just a few college students come and make this wave design made with half sheets and rectangles. (Half sheets are the place you create a “new” sheet of glass by chopping items of glass and merging them collectively in a fuse, after which embrace these new items of glass – the half sheets – in a second design.)
One among my college students noticed the mildew and needed to make a fruit bowl for her house utilizing this form. I wasn’t positive how a lot fruit it could maintain as a result of I’m used to a fruit bowl just like the one we’ve at house that I made with a bespoke mildew that I had created utilizing a wok as the bottom: an enormous spherical bowl virtually precisely the form and dimension of an infinite wok! (You possibly can think about how huge it’s!)
Anyhow, as soon as my scholar had chosen her colors I then put it into the kiln for an extended slooooow tack fuse. That’s about 677 levels in my kiln, however as you realize each kiln is completely different, so don’t take my phrase for it that 677 is the right warmth.
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- Right here you’ll be able to see it’s form higher
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- Making a novel sculpture
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- Strips crossing over one another
So now we had the primary stripey sculpture, and my buyer assures me that she nonetheless makes use of it as a fruit bowl. We then determined to make one other couple of those stripey sculptures. They had been such enjoyable for us to make and we thought different individuals would take pleasure in making them, too.
Each one is completely different. We made some that included adventurine blue and adventurine inexperienced. Adventurine glass are sheets with tiny bits of glitter in them. We made some that included a great deal of “infants”, (see the little glass dots beneath left). We made some that had a great deal of items crossing over different colors, and a few with dichroic sections.
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- “Infants”
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- Constructing a stripey sculpture to go well with house decor
As you’ll be able to see, we made a great deal of these and beloved making them. Therefore, a brand new workshop was created and its been tremendous fashionable!
So now we’ve a complete gallery of profitable “stripey sculptures”. One particular person used each single color within the studio and known as her piece “Chaos” and one particular person used the colors of her kitchen to create a sculpture designed particularly for her house.
Now have a look at all these Stripey Sculptures!
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- Dots stripes and angles
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- Stripey Sculpture in squares
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- Constructing the Stripey Sculpture
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- 3 of them completely different sizes!
Some occasions we make small sculptures and typically we make giant flooring or sideboard sculptures. Typically we make a pair on the similar time to allow them to go collectively.
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- Constructing an all inexperienced and turquoise Stripey Sculputre
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- One other one within the making
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- Dots stripes and angles
These look completely beautiful, however hopefully you’ll be able to see how straightforward they’re to make. You simply want to have the ability to reduce strips of glass and add in any particular options, like our “infants” dots. I offer you some kiln shelving and the bottom piece of glass. You possibly can come and make your personal, and even give me a short and I’ll create one for you.
Taking this concept to the subsequent stage, one in all my college students determined to create a stripey sculpture, however not in easy stripes however in a collection of squares on prime of one another. This wanted to enter the kiln individually as a result of it was so thick. However please be aware, further prices are incurred if you must have a firing designed particularly in your masterpiece. See it beneath: superior isn’t it?
If you’d like a special dimension made for you, can stipulate in order for you a dimension aside from the common dimension (42cms x 20cms). We are able to’t make it any longer than this due to the scale of the mildew, however after all, we will make it shorter.
If you happen to’re coming to make your personal piece this workshop is 5 hours lengthy, so you’ll be able to take your time and create one thing you’ll adore for years to return.
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- Right here’s the completed inexperienced and turquoise stripey sculpture
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- Right here is is from above!
All of those items are all so completely different and but all made with the one mildew. Right here’s the hyperlink to e-book into this “stripey sculpture” workshop in case you’d like to return play! See you quickly.
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