Hi everyone and welcome to Via Mia Glassdesign blog.
I wanted to make a blog about my glass fusing projects mostly for myself so I can see my own progress and other bits and pieces.
So here it goes:
A few weeks ago, I bought my little kiln. (as you can see in the picture below <3 )
The room inside the kiln is about 30x30cm.
(I love my kiln!)
The first few weeks I had it was just fustrating! I had the kiln, I had the glass.. But I didn't have the tools to cut the glass nor the kilnpaper I needed! AARG!
So while it just stood there, I was surfing the web, gaining knowledge about fusing, shopped for the tools I needed, drooled over the glass I could buy, was scared of the prices of the glass I wanted to buy.... and so on..
It was torture! I was dreaming about glass and fusing and everything...
After a few weeks I got the running pliers I bought online, Yay...... Ofcourse I was happy to get it, but still useless as I needed the cutting tool!! Even more AARG! :P
Two days later, I got the kiln paper, but still lacking the tool to even start doing anything useful...
BUT! I started my testing. I had some scrap glass I got from the one I bought the kiln from, I used it to test out the temperatures and timers. First attempt was a failiure (not unexpected though)
Here's a picture of how it looked like:
(forget the shapes, as I said, it was scraps)
The problem was that I overheated the kiln and had it on for too long. So the colors faded, and the glass didn't turn out smooth.
But I learned from it.
Next attempt ended in too little heat, so the glass didn't even melt :P
As one always say though: Third time's the charm. And so it was. I found the correct timers and tempratures.
(again, don't look at the shape, It was still scraps)
Here's how my first success looked like. I put the glass on top of a bail, just to show how it would look like. I didn't glue it on.
After that, I waited some more. I was hoping on getting my cutter for a few more days, but I got tired of waiting. I went to the nearest hardware store and bought a glasscutter.
After a nice chat with my cousin, I went home and started my first REAL project.
I have to say that I'm very happy with how my first real project turned out. It's not perfect, but hey, what do you expect? It was the first.
After I posted this picture on my
facebook profile it didn't take me long to get 2 1/2 orders on my fused glass :) I take it that people liked my work already :D
This was my start. I'm still testing the glass out in my kiln, trying out techniques. Here's a few more pictures from more recent works:
I will keep updating on how my progress goes on :) So keep watching if you found this interessting!
The room inside the kiln is about 30x30cm.
(I love my kiln!)
The first few weeks I had it was just fustrating! I had the kiln, I had the glass.. But I didn't have the tools to cut the glass nor the kilnpaper I needed! AARG!
So while it just stood there, I was surfing the web, gaining knowledge about fusing, shopped for the tools I needed, drooled over the glass I could buy, was scared of the prices of the glass I wanted to buy.... and so on..
It was torture! I was dreaming about glass and fusing and everything...
After a few weeks I got the running pliers I bought online, Yay...... Ofcourse I was happy to get it, but still useless as I needed the cutting tool!! Even more AARG! :P
Two days later, I got the kiln paper, but still lacking the tool to even start doing anything useful...
BUT! I started my testing. I had some scrap glass I got from the one I bought the kiln from, I used it to test out the temperatures and timers. First attempt was a failiure (not unexpected though)
Here's a picture of how it looked like:
(forget the shapes, as I said, it was scraps)
The problem was that I overheated the kiln and had it on for too long. So the colors faded, and the glass didn't turn out smooth.
But I learned from it.
Next attempt ended in too little heat, so the glass didn't even melt :P
As one always say though: Third time's the charm. And so it was. I found the correct timers and tempratures.
(again, don't look at the shape, It was still scraps)
Here's how my first success looked like. I put the glass on top of a bail, just to show how it would look like. I didn't glue it on.
After that, I waited some more. I was hoping on getting my cutter for a few more days, but I got tired of waiting. I went to the nearest hardware store and bought a glasscutter.
After a nice chat with my cousin, I went home and started my first REAL project.
I have to say that I'm very happy with how my first real project turned out. It's not perfect, but hey, what do you expect? It was the first.
After I posted this picture on my facebook profile it didn't take me long to get 2 1/2 orders on my fused glass :) I take it that people liked my work already :D
This was my start. I'm still testing the glass out in my kiln, trying out techniques. Here's a few more pictures from more recent works:
I will keep updating on how my progress goes on :) So keep watching if you found this interessting!
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