Conclusion to Smashing Glass

The final result to smashing the crap out of some glass. I think the bowl turned out pretty well.

Now... on to smashing some other colors!

Smashed Glass Update.

Fusing of the Frit Bowl is complete!

Now on to the slumping.

Here is a closer view of the texture.

This is the mold I'll be using to get the glass to take on a bowl shape.

Glass and mold ready to go back into the kiln.

Took the same concept and made some pendants. I did change the technique a little. I used a different schedule so the pendants would be fully fused and smooth.

I used a white piece of glass as the base, 3 colors of frit in the middle and a clear piece of glass for the top.

This picture shows the nice smooth texture of this pendant. In the future, I might make some pendants that have the same texture as the bowl.

Smashing Glass!!!

Today I put on my safety glasses and smashed the crap out of some glass. It was very therapeutic. I used my very cool Frit Smasher. Frit are small pieces or chunks of glass that can be used for fusing glass. Once I was done smashing I sifted the glass through some buckets with different sized screens in them. Then I poured the different sized frit into little individual jars. I was able to get 4 different sizes of frit for each color.

This is the frit smasher and 3 colors of frit.

Here is my glass ready for fusing.

This piece consists of a clear glass circle with 3 different colors of frit on top. I'm using a fusing schedule so that some of the texture remains. This piece is in the kiln now. Tomorrow I'll take a picture of the piece fused. Then back in the kiln for a slumping schedule so that it takes the shape of a bowl.

You know, looking at this picture now it kind of reminds me of pizza. Does anyone else see that?

Stay tuned for the upcoming pictures!