by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
If you’ve been following my adventures in glass at all, you’ll know that I love mica and will add it to just about anything! Today I’m adding mica to the raised designs of fused bottle bottoms. These have all been fused on bottle bottom molds, for reference, you can...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
Here’s a fun project to do with our bottle bottom rocket mold. Step 1: Kiln wash the rocket mold Step 2: Mix 1/2 teaspoon white Float Fire frit with glow powder: You can test if you have enough glow powder by simply turning off the lights Step 3: Fill the...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
A lot of bottles get cut up around here, somewhere around 60 a week, and I’ve never been able to figure out what to do with the shoulder section of the bottles. I usually just pitch it into the city glass recycling system, which is fine I suppose. But it would...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
Yet another use for the versatile Triangle Bead Mold kit. Even if you don’t make jewelry, you might want to buy one of these, they are pretty darn cool. What we are doing today is using the whole length of the bead mold to make long triangular bar beads that...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
Now that you have made your fused bottle glass gecko with the kiln carving pattern (available in the Big Book of Kiln Carving) what else can we do with him? One thing to consider is adding mica to him for some color and sparkle! It’s easy, grab your gecko and...
