Basic Recycled Glass Bowl tutorial
If you love the idea of using recycled glass but aren’t sure where to start, or maybe just need an idea to get you started, then this tutorial may be for you. This is the very most basic recycled glass project there is, simply cutting and slumping window glass.
Materials:
1/4” Window glass (larger than your mold)
glass cutter
running pliers
ruler
marker
diamond file or sanding pad
prepared slumping mold (of your choice, I’m using a triangle)
kiln
Measure your mold, or simply flip it upside down on your glass and trace around the edge.
Cut the window glass just inside the traced line.
Since this is a single fire slump, we need to cold work the edges prior to firing. Using your diamond file or sanding pad, smooth the edges and take off the edge. If you have a grinder, this will just take a minute.
After the edges are all smooth, clean your glass carefully, making sure the ground edges are clean.
Place the mold in the kiln. Place the glass on the mold.
Fire using the slumping schedule.
There you go. Good work! Our next project will be a fused window glass bowl with a stacked raised pattern.