Pendants and More Pendants!

When I have an arts and crafts fair coming up, I like to make a whole bunch of glass pendants at one time, so I can fire them all at the same time. The shelf size in my ceramic kiln is about 18". I like to try and use most of the shelf and this requires a lot of pendants!

I have been making some unique glass pendants and I can't wait to fire them. I am ready to put one batch of them in today.

Yesterday, I fused a Belvedere Vodka Bottle. I put a loop in the top, which fuses right into the glass and allows for hanging on the wall. The fused bottle can also be used as a small serving plate, a trivet, or a spoon rest. Since it is snowing right now, I haven't bundled up to go out to our garage to see how it turned out. I will be doing that right now and then I will put the batch of pendants in for firing today.

Christine


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Craft Fair 2007

I just got accepted to the CRAFT FAIR 2007 in Roseburg, Oregon at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. I am so excited! Now, the pressure is on to make a lot of new glass items. I plan on firing something every day, so that will keep me busy! I have a long list of glass that I want to make, so there is no shortage of ideas. I just need to spend time getting all the glass ready, so they can be fired.

By the way, the Craft Fair is March 23-25, 2007. Friday: 1-9, Saturday: 10-9, Sunday: 11-5.

Christine

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Another Glass Bowl Using a Drop Ring Mold

I just made this bowl using a drop ring mold. I just love this mold, because you can do so many different projects with it. In my previous entries, I made a Yellow Glass Lace Vase. I used the same mold and the only difference was how high I propped up the mold in the kiln. For this glass bowl, I used 1" posts. For the Vase, I propped it up about 4 1/2".



Christine


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Another Drop Mold Vase

I just made thisGlass Bowl using the same drop mold as the vase in the previous entries. I really love this mold, because you can make a wide variety of glass projects.

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I made a beautiful vase, but part of the lip curled up.

I learned about using a drop ring mold the hard way. I had spent a lot of time making this piece of glass. I first made some yellow glass lace that ended up as an oval. After awhile, I finally decided to fuse it to a piece of black glass that was about 1" larger. BTW, I use System 96 glass.

I didn't have an oval mold, so the glass sat for awhile until I decided to make a drop ring vase. I fused the oval glass to a round piece of black glass and a round clear piece. The entire glass piece was about 6 1/2" in diameter.

My drop ring mold measures 9" in diameter on the outside and the whole in the center is about 5." After asking a question on the www.warmglass.com forum about my problem, it came down to the fact that the piece of glass was too small. I should have had a 7" diameter piece of glass.

Since the rim was too small, the glass that is dropping started to pull the rim down with it.

I also asked another question about how to cut the rim off so I could salvage the piece. I got several different replies, but I think I will use a ring saw at my local glass shop and cut the rim off.

I'll keep you posted.

Christine

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I bought a new kind of dichroic glass.

I have a custom order to make a pendant using "Marquis" dichroic glass (picture on the right), so I went online to www.artisandichroic.com to order some... and, of course, I ended up browsing through all their dichroic glass, they have a wonderful selection. So, if any of you don't know what dichroic glass looks like, here is a picture of a 4" by 4" piece. I will cut it up and make several pendants out of this piece and I might use it in a fused glass spoon rest or a fused glass bowl.

I will show you a photo of this new piece of dichroic glass called "Jet Stream" in another blog, so keep checking back.

Christine

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Got out of my rut for the time being.

It had been three weeks since I put any glass in my kiln, until a couple of days ago. I went to my basement to grind some edges off some glass so I could drape them over a mold and get some small candle holders. The next day I put them in my kiln for firing and the next day I had three cute candle holders.

When I was in my work area, I also designed, cut and ground the glass for two pendants. I received two custom orders, each one for a pendant. When I get the dichroic glass for the other custom order, then I can make that pendant. Since I have a large ceramic kiln, I like to make a whole slew of pendants, enough to fit the kiln shelf, before I fuse them. I like to conserve whenever I can.

So, I will be busy for awhile, making more pendants!! I don't mind, this is what I love to do!! This will give me a little boost every day to make a few pendants.

Christine

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