by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Mar 16, 2015 | Fusing, Tools
Triangle bead molds are now available in the online shop. Each mold ships with 12 stainless steel mandrels, a tube of bead release and an instruction sheet and a full color tutorial for a bracelet using your new mold. Not sure if it’s for you? You can preview...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Jul 28, 2014 | Fusing, Q & A Monday, Tools, Uncategorized
Can you believe how fast time flies? Already Monday again. Today I’m answering questions about trying to cut bottles when Amazon doesn’t ship to your country, where to buy brass chain, fusing glass gems and some mica questions. These are all actual...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Jul 21, 2014 | Bottle Glass, Glass Info, Q & A Monday, Tools
Happy Monday! If you can smile about that, you’ll make it through anything. Today I’m answering questions about mixing compatibilities in terms of bottles and frit, making polishing machines and using a ceramic kiln for glass. These are actual reader...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Feb 17, 2014 | Bottle Glass, Fusing, Q & A Monday, Tech Tips, Tools
Good Morning! Last weeks newsletter brought up a lot of questions about cutting bottles for fusing and a bunch of other stuff too. Let’s get right to it, shall we? (all of the identifying information had been changed to protect privacy. If I’ve posted...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Nov 25, 2013 | Bottle Glass, Q & A Monday, Slumping, Tech Tips, Tools
Well hello there! Today I’m answering more reader questions. If you have a question, send it on over. I’ve removed identifying information for privacy reasons. ***** Q: Hi, I’m extremely new to fusing/slumping glass, having been a lampworker for a...
by Jodi | Aug 15, 2012 | Bottle Glass, Fusing, Tools, Tutorials
In the last post we made a triangle bead mold for making fused glass beads. Today, we are going to walk through how to use the mold. Step 1 – Line with Thin-Fire I cut my thin fire about 1/4″ (.6 cm) higher than the walls of my mold to compensate for...
