by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Float (Window) glass
Once you’ve mastered the basic kiln formed triangle bead, you can move on to more advanced beads. For instance, adding painted stripes to your triangle glass beads is a quick way to add color and fun to jewelry designs. Start with Clear glass paintbrush 3 colors...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Float (Window) glass
In your fused recycled glass travels, don’t overlook float glass. Sure, it might seem like large sheets of clear window glass couldn’t be more boring, but it’s really an incredibly versatile tool. Not only is it possible to get large pieces for big...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass, Float (Window) glass
For our third project using the February Free Kiln Carving pattern, (available in the Big Book of Kiln Carving Patterns) we’re going to create a painted hummingbird dish using our kiln carving stencil as a pattern. If you haven’t downloaded the pattern...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Float (Window) glass
This fun bird is a variation of a kiln carving pattern. I used the same design as a stencil for sheet copper and brass. The pattern can be found in the Big Book of Kiln Carving Patterns Materials needed: Copper and brass sheet (22-24 gauge is good) Clear glass sheets...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Float (Window) glass, Jodi's Projects
Recently, I ran out of glue chip glass and decided to learn how to make it myself. Everyone has probably heard of glue chip glass, and the process isn’t a difficult one, although it is much more work than expected. Glue chip is a process where the surface of...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Float (Window) glass
If you’ve been around this blog for a while you may have noticed that I like to experiment…with pretty much everything. This experiment started out as a quick scribble with my oil paint pen set to see if it would produce anything useful when fused. Well...
