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What Does A Fused Glass Artist Do?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:02:27 +0000

A fused glass artist is an expert in manipulating sheets of glass into fine art. I’m sure you are aware that working with glass can be very difficult to do it breaking easily. In order to fuse glass, it must be melted together in a temperature controlled kiln. If the temperature rises or falls too quickly the glass will either break or end up with bubbles inside of it that will ruin the piece. For creating things like bowls and plates, a mold is used to control where the glass goes and the shape that it end up in. Creating jewelry and pendants is much trickier since a custom mold must be made for the shape that you want to create the piece in. Either way, a glass artist does amazing things with glass.

Fused Glass Jewelry

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:01:16 +0000

With the increasing popularity of fused glass, artists like JS Glass Art have began to craft fine jewelry using many of the same techniques that they use to make wall art. The really cool thing about these hand crafted pendants is that they are very “free form”, classy, and elegant. Molds are usually used to create the shape of them, and layers of glass create the design inside. The possibilities are endless once an artists learns to make his or her own molds, which can be done at home. As the popularity of fusing glass keeps on increasing we will see even more creative works of art that would look as good on your wall as they do around your neck or on your wrist.