Finish of Wire Melt

Finish of Wire Melt

This is a picture of the wire melt the next day, after the kiln has cooled down so that I can open the lid. The piece is taken out and any kiln wash is cleaned off back. Now I have to decide if I want to make this a complete circle or make a wooden…

Beginning of a Wire Melt

Beginning of a Wire Melt

It a cold, snowy and freezing rain day here in Kingston. So I decided to do a wire melt in the kiln. special wire is stretched across some fire bricks and the fusing glass of various shapes colours and seizes are added. most of the glass is clear with some colours. The kiln will eventually…

Surfboard in Coral

Surfboard in Coral

Ron created this ” Surfboard in Coral ” while I was on a cruise snorkelling and looking at coral ( No surfing though) . He made the surfboard by doing  a wire melt in the kiln. In this case he used 2500g of clear and bits of colour, melted through the wiremesh you see on the…

Blue Swirly Dish

Blue Swirly Dish

The purple and turquoise swirls on this 14 inch long narrow  shallow plate  make you think of the ocean.  It works great for pickles, cheese and crackers or treats and looks just as good with three pillar candles.

White & Amber Pendant

White & Amber Pendant

This amazing pendant looks like a piece of stone.  It is made by cutting a piece of white glass and a piece of clear glass into an oval and putting the two together, then piling amber crushed glass on top of a few small pieces of dichroic.  It is then put in the kiln and…

Crushed Glass Pendant

Crushed Glass Pendant

The circular black glass pendant is made of two layers of black glass cut into a circle .  White and coloured crushed glass called frit  is piled over small pieces of dichroic on the circles.  The glass is melted at very high temperatures resulting in the ground glass to melt away from the middle.  Each…

Maple Leaf Pendant

Maple Leaf Pendant

The maple leaf pendant is about 4 cm square.  It is made by fusing a piece of black glass with a piece of clear with a punched out leaf of “dichroic slide”.  The dichroic is very thin layers of metal oxides that are put onto a piece of shiny paper. After punching out the design,…

Wire Melt Pendant Set

Wire Melt Pendant Set

Wire melt jewellry is made by arranging glass on top of a piece of ” chicken wire”  on a stand in the kiln.  The glass melts at very high temperatures down through the little squares, puddling on the floor of the kiln.   After 24 hours when the glass has cooled it is cut into jewellry…

A Quilter’s Pendant Set

A Quilter’s Pendant Set

Since Ann is a quilter as well as a glass artist, the quilting designs often migrate into the glasswork.  This pattern is known as ” Box in a Box.  Five individual pieces of coloured glass are cut then placed on a piece of clear glass.  The pieces are fused in the kiln.The finished pendant is…

Blue Pot Melt Pendant

Blue Pot Melt Pendant

The pot melt pendant is made by putting clear and coloured glass in a very small clay pot on a stand in the kiln. The kiln is slowly heated to 1760 degrees until the glass drips  down through the hole in the flower pot making a small circular puddle on the floor of the kiln. This…

Mellow Yellow Wire Melt

Mellow Yellow Wire Melt

This special wire melt was creaatd in our kiln by heating 1250 grams of glass to 1760 degrees and having the glass dribble through the squares in some wire mess. The wire and glass rest on fire bricks about 8″ above the kiln floor. It usually takes about 12 hours until all the glass has…

Red Fire Wire Melt

Red Fire Wire Melt

This very unique piece of glass is created in our kiln at 1760 degrees. The 1250 grams of glass are stacked on some wire and placed in the kiln about 8″ off the kiln floor. When the glass melts at this high temperature it flows between the wire squares and creates amazing patterns as it…