This is a recently fused glass sun catcher I made a couple of weeks ago. I really had fun making this one! Take a close look at the blue petals. Some of them show some different colors, like purple. The blue glass is iridized, meaning it has a metallic coating on it that reflects many colors. When you see it in person and move it around with a light source behind it, it shows so many other colors. It is such a cool glass!!
The petals took awhile to make, so this glass sun catcher is really a labor of love! I hate to sell it on my website, because I love it so much. However, I can always make another one, so no worries.
I first did a full fuse of two layers of Spectrum 96 clear glass. After shaping and grinding all the glass pieces of the flower, I placed the flower pieces on the clear glass and did a medium tack fuse. I wanted the glass flower pieces to have some dimension.
A full fuse means that I completely fused the two layers of glass to each other to make one solid piece of glass. I heated the kiln up to 1475 degrees until the two layers became one piece. Then I cooled the kiln down very slowly -- this is called annealing. The glass is very durable when it is properly annealed.
A medium tack fuse means that I didn't completely fuse the glass flower pieces to the clear glass. I didn't heat the kiln up as hot; I only went up to 1400 degrees. The glass flower pieces have melted slightly into the clear glass, but not completely. The flower has some dimension.
Christine
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