Jeremy McLeod on thu 12 jun 03
Jeanie Campbell wrote:
> I have a friend who says he has a source of large amounts of small pieces of stained glass. From aprox dime size to silver dollar size. Is there any use in pottery for this type of thing?
>
Steve Branfman (did I spell that right?) uses glass embedded as part of a "glaze" treament in raku.
Broken into much smaller pieces, mixed with binders, and fired in molds (the warm glass technique called "pate de verre"), the stuff becomes a medium in its own right. Check out archives at
www.warmglass.com.
Jeremy McLeod.
Jeanie Campbell on thu 12 jun 03
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of stained glass. From aprox dime size to silver dollar size. Is there=
any use in pottery for this type of thing?
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Bob Nicholson on fri 13 jun 03
>I have a friend who says he has a source of large amounts of small
>pieces of stained glass. From aprox dime size to silver dollar
>size. Is there any use in pottery for this type of thing?
>
>JeanieGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download :
>http://explorer.msn.com
You can get some interesting effects melting bits of glass in concave
surface areas.
Also, Stephen Branfman teaches a technique for pressing bits of
colored glass into
the surface of raku pieces.
Debi Wichman on fri 13 jun 03
Here is a link to a demo from Pottery Making Illustrated which embeds pieces
of colored glass in the pot:
http://www.potterymaking.org/inlaidglass.html
I have enjoyed peering in on Clayart whenever I have time.....so much great
info....and entertainment!
Debi
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From: "Jeremy McLeod"
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Subject: Re: Any use for small pieces of stained glass?
> Jeanie Campbell wrote:
>
> > I have a friend who says he has a source of large amounts of small
pieces of stained glass. From aprox dime size to silver dollar size. Is
there any use in pottery for this type of thing?
> >
>
> Steve Branfman (did I spell that right?) uses glass embedded as part of a
"glaze" treament in raku.
>
> Broken into much smaller pieces, mixed with binders, and fired in molds
(the warm glass technique called "pate de verre"), the stuff becomes a
medium in its own right. Check out archives at
> www.warmglass.com.
>
> Jeremy McLeod.
>
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L. P. Skeen on fri 13 jun 03
>>small pieces of stained glass. Is there any use in pottery for this type
of thing?
Jeanie,
USing stained glass can be interesting at lower temps, but at higher temps,
the colors fade out or turn brown. Glass melts at a higher temperature than
most of us fire at, depending on what flux is in it, but if you glaze
whatever you're using first, and place your glass pieces over the glaze,
they'll melt ok. Problem I have had is that the glass has a different
expansion than the clay, and it causes breakage because of the stress of
poor fit.
L
Arnold Howard on mon 16 jun 03
Ask if the small pieces of stained glass are of the same brand. For
instance, if they are all Bullseye fusing-compatible glass, you can make
all types of jewelry with the pieces. If they are of different brands,
then they will probably break if fused together.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P.
www.paragonweb.com
From: Bob Nicholson
> >I have a friend who says he has a source of large amounts of small
> >pieces of stained glass. From aprox dime size to silver dollar
> >size. Is there any use in pottery for this type of thing?
Anne Wellings on tue 17 jun 03
I have seen people put various-shaped small pieces of stained glass, left
over from projects, into the bottoms of glazed bowls and fire them at ^10
reduction with beautiful results. I don't know what brands of glass it was
or how it would work at other temperatures.
Anne
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