A Beginner's Perspective on Fused Glass Jewelry

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Here is the finished pendant before being fired in the kiln.

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Simple red, black, and clear glass can be transformed into a heart pendant.

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The heart design is almost complete. You can see the glue surrounding the frit.

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Here is the finished pendant before being fired in the kiln.

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You will need to spread the glue in a thin, even layer. We had wipe off the glue and try this three or four times in order to get it right. It may have been that we were completely distracted and deep in conversation at this point.

The layer of glue needs to be smooth without any excess.

The black frit is used to make the heart design on the red glass. Apparently, you can buy frit ready made in many different colors and grains, but Luana enjoys making her own, as it adds variety in size and shape.

The black frit will make up the heart design on the pendant.

After carefully placing the frit into the shape of the heart we are almost done with the pendant.

The heart design is almost complete. You can see the glue surrounding the frit.

Now we are ready to fire the pendant in the kiln. Luana tells me this will take up to 11 hours so I left my creation in her capable hands to complete. I will update you with photos of the finished product when I have it back in my hands. I think this was a very successful first lesson in crafting.

Thanks Lu!

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Comments (5)

hillbiehle writes: congrats! I just recently acquired a kiln to try my hand at fusing glass.
Posted: 7:14 pm on August 6th

iHanna writes: Nice post! I wrote about my experince with glassfusing recently in my blog here:
http://www.ihanna.nu/blog/?p=835

and the finished glass can be viewed here if you're interested:
http://www.ihanna.nu/blog/?p=836

:-)
Posted: 1:04 pm on July 27th

cmk34 writes: Wow! Looks like you had an awesome time with Below14th...you are an official crafter now Vicky!
Posted: 4:05 pm on July 24th

below14th writes: You're doing a great job earning your badges.

Thanks for the visit and excellent conversation and not posting pictures of the messy(er) parts of my studio!
Posted: 1:27 pm on July 24th

Jen_W writes: What a fun day that must have been! The pendant looks great!
Posted: 12:44 pm on July 24th

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