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Fused Art Glass
Fused art glass by studio artist M. Bolser.
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This Window Panel is 11" by 14" wide. It was fused to a temp. of 1450°. The base glass is double layer clear Bullseye glass with confetti, stringers, frit, and Wasser Glass Old Formula. The stringers were bent in a candle flame before adding them to the glass. It was fired to a holding temp. of 1100° and held for 30 minutes to reduce bubbles.
Tips on fusing:
Co Efficient of Expansion:
Don't mix glass with different co-efficience of expansion (COE). It will just break up. This is due to glass such as (Moretti 104 c.o.e.) heating and cooling at a different rate than say Bullseye which is 90 coe. The coe can be no more than 1 point in difference.
There is more to it than that but, it's sufficient to say don't mix different c.o.e. glass.
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This large wall art glassTropical Fish is approx. 14" by 17.75". It was made with Bullseye glass, old Wasser glass & Dicroic glass. The base glass is single layer clear Bullseye glass with frit & aventurine bent stringers. It was fired to a holding temp. of 1450° and held until fully fused. This is a one of a kind piece. It is designed to be held on the wall with bulldog clips, (the kind that hold mirrors in place). $225.00
Tack Fuse:
This shallow Daisy Plate is approx. 8" round.
It was fired to a full fuse. The petals are double layer Bullseye and Uroboros glass, 1-clear and 1-"Marigold" yellow. The center is built up with a green small circle then clear then red Wasser and Dichroic glass. It was fired to a holding temp. of 1450° and held until fully fused. Then fired again to slump.
(2 Views shown.) $85.00
To fuse the glass while keeping the shape of the different pieces and dimentional shape of the glass. Usually between 1400° and 1425°.
Squeeze the glass:
To hold the glass at 1100° to 1275° to reduce bubbles.
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