by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Process, Tools
Polarized Filters (or a Polariscope) can be used to detect internal stress in glass. The plastic sheets have grooves that filter the light in one direction. To use them, place one sheet on a light source, add your glass, and place the second sheet on top, with the...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Process, Tools
Kiln carving is a terrific technique that allows you to make custom designs out of fiber paper and impress them in the glass during fusing. The down side is you typically can use your fiber paper kiln carving pattern only once. However, if you kiln wash the cut...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Process, Tools
tainless steel ribbon molds are easy to make using our two different sizes of Stainless Ribbon. The trick is to make sure you have expansion joints so your glass doesn’t crack as it fires. We’ll focus on two different types of joints today, a sleeve joint and a tab...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass, Float (Window) glass, Tools
Originally designed specifically for fusing the bottom of bottles, my bottle bottom molds can also be used with sheet glass. This quick switch will expand the usefulness of your molds, as well as give you new options and projects. Let’s get started! Fusing with Window...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Process, Tools
Wouldn’t it be great if you could use any cool thing you find for slumping? Well, maybe not everything, but there are lots of things that CAN be used for slumping, as long as they are prepared correctly. Let’s look at a few examples and consider what we would have to...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Tools
One of my favorite things to do with recycled float glass is to use stamps and frits to print images on the glass. With a little ingenuity, you can print on both sides for a slightly 3D effect. This tutorial shows how to make a set of two stamps to print a butterfly...
