by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Float (Window) glass, Other Recycled Glass
Tempered float glass is one of the easiest types of recycled glass to come by (after bottles, of course) There are often tempered glass shelves and/or table tops at thrift stores, lots of them on the local classified ads and your local glass shop probably has quite a...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Float (Window) glass
I am very curious about using paints instead of powder for fossil vitrae projects. So, I decided to do some trial firings.If you are new to the site, I am ALL about testing and more testing. First I collected my materials. This is a compare and contrast type of...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Float (Window) glass
Today’s tutorial satisfies almost all of my bullet points, glass, hammers, and hairspray. Just kidding, I have higher standards than that, although this project does have all of those elements. The great thing about this particular project is every single one...
by Jodi | Float (Window) glass
Once you’ve mastered the art of making your own texture tiles, you can bump things up by adding frits and powders to your design. GlassyCuts.com carries a line of 82 CoE frits and powders that work very well. (They used to be manufactured by Armstrong, hence the...
by Jodi | Float (Window) glass
Kiln carving patterns are a wonderful tool to expand your options with recycled glass. But, before you kiln carve and throw that patten into the drawer, consider using it as a pattern for copper inclusions. Begin by cutting copper sheet to fit the pattern. We will...
by Jodi | Float (Window) glass, Jodi's Projects
When you are fusing with recycled glass and metal, don’t forget that you can mix metals, both types of metal and different forms of the same metal. Here is a walk through of a recent project that I did using copper sheet and copper wire. This is also a...
