when dry rather than trying to pick up I just put another shelf overtop and flipped it backwards
I use up a lot of my scrap this way - when it melts it all goes together and multiple pieces lets me fire faster
will have out of the kiln today
New Full Sheet Dichro prepped for firing
I prepped another sheet - face up and using the hair spray for glue - I used some clear dichro on top of the black back dichro - remember you canont put dichro face to face
when dry rather than trying to pick up I just put another shelf overtop and flipped it backwards
when dry rather than trying to pick up I just put another shelf overtop and flipped it backwards
Fused Glass - Picasso / Zentangle Technique - Love it !
So Once I started cold working - I had a few done - so I could not hold out yesterday and I fired them
I feel they turned out quite well
ON a lighter background and with a different angle of light
extremely fun to make just have to add some bails
Fused Sheet - Cut for cold working
I got out my small slab saw (have the big one too but the small one for this task is sufficient)
it uses a 4" diamond tip blade - great and easy cutting smooth edges
you add water the the wheel well and go for it
Do I have a plan - never - I like going with the flow
once cut I'll figure out what shape - if I need to cut more off before I grind I'll do that (less wear and tear on the grinder )
but here they are all cut up
very little waste - cut the edges so they are flat
I'll cold work them from here - just have to decide the shape
as I said I dont plan ahead I just cut
If I plan sometimes I dont get the random pattern and they look planned
(not sure if that makes sense but thats how it feels to me )
Off to make two pumpkin cheescakes to take to my daughters for thanksgiving
hopefully I'll have a couple of hours tonight to think about what I am doing with these pieces and maybe get one done - but I wont fire polish till they are all done
Fused Sheet - Dremel Etched Zentangle complete
Found my other dremel so I didnt have to wait for the other to charge
Each time I thought I would stop I just had to do a little more - so I finished
tomorrow if I have time (I have to bake a couple of pumpkin cheesecakes for thanksgiving dinner) and go to my daughters - so I hope to cut the piece up - may not get to the cold working till sometime during the week and refiring - but I am really please with the technique
Each time I thought I would stop I just had to do a little more - so I finished
tomorrow if I have time (I have to bake a couple of pumpkin cheesecakes for thanksgiving dinner) and go to my daughters - so I hope to cut the piece up - may not get to the cold working till sometime during the week and refiring - but I am really please with the technique
its already starting to dry - I cant wait to cut and fire this
Fused Dichro - Using Dremel to Etch Design
Didnt think I would start today but once I put together my work space
I took a lid of a storage box and a few foam squares (that come with flat glass) put some water in it to make it easier to work - I dont have to keep adding water - I can just bring my hand over the area I'm working . The foam just makes it easier with the vibrations and to turn the work
I took a lid of a storage box and a few foam squares (that come with flat glass) put some water in it to make it easier to work - I dont have to keep adding water - I can just bring my hand over the area I'm working . The foam just makes it easier with the vibrations and to turn the work
I found bringing the dremel towards me was easier than trying to draw with it or push away - but then it my just be that way for me
try different ways
I am loving the etching with the dremel and ball bit
I've killed the battery twice ! (although I dont think it was fully charged when I started and didnt wait too long to give it a second try )
trying to get all the detail and the colors from dichro is difficult - I need to spend some time on setting up my photo booth
Once I am done I'll show and then I am going to chop it up and figure out the shapes I want for pendants
Fusing Prep - Flat sheet for Etching
I took the Tanya Veit Webinar on the Picasso technique - I like to do things my way so I took the technique and incorporated it into what I like to do
rather than a single piece at a time I like to make a full sheet - 6" x 6" or 8" x 8"
I had already fired a sheet but it was all bumpy on top - I had color but I wanted something flat to work on
this webinar really opened my eyes to a new technique - hard to come by these days
so I took the existing flat sheet I had and added some more pieces to it using the techniques taught to adhere
rather than a single piece at a time I like to make a full sheet - 6" x 6" or 8" x 8"
I had already fired a sheet but it was all bumpy on top - I had color but I wanted something flat to work on
this webinar really opened my eyes to a new technique - hard to come by these days
so I took the existing flat sheet I had and added some more pieces to it using the techniques taught to adhere
the new pieces broke up the existing larger pieces of fired dichro
as you can see the existing sheet was bumpy - I did not fire it smooth as I wanted the dichro to pop
Because it was a full fired sheet I had to ramp up slowly so it would not pop - so I started at low got past low then 300, then to 500 them to 700 then to 900 and hi till it fused
firing it face down was kind of weird and when finally fused opening the kiln to the full black back sort of scares you
BUT WHEN I TURNED IT OVER !
FLAT !
So I'll etch it as a full piece and then cut it up
making a full flat piece makes it easier to work with - no exact cuts just keep it within the fusing shelf area
since I would be cutting to cold work a full sheet makes it easier
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