Basic Bottle Glass Fusing

with Jodi McRaney-Rusho

Learn how to make beautiful and creative fused glass art using bottle glass, molds and a kiln. Bottle glass is an inexpensive alternative to art glass that is also great for the environment. This fused glass course will take you through the absolute basics, including what tools you’ll need, all the way through multiple, increasingly complex projects. In this fusing glass course we will cover making fused glass art from whole bottles, two ways to cut bottles, how to make sheets of glass from cut bottles, fused donuts, fused bottle bottom molds with embellishments, kiln formed recycled glass beads and jewelry, Fuse and Fold animals-including two exclusive designs available only through this course. We will also explore how firing schedules work, what is happening at each stage and how to adjust your firing schedule. We will spend time reviewing common glass fusing problems and how to solve them.

Learn more about the course here: https://www.curiousmondo.com/basic-bottle-glass-fusing-course

Fusing Glass Ideas for the Holidays Day 3

Jodi McRaney-Rusho is on the third day of her course Fusing glass for the Holidays. So many ideas, so much covered.

She started with Halloween today and a Fused Glass Skeleton that glows in the dark. Then a fused glass skull that is really cool. Incredible that you can make these things with fused glass.

Fused Glass Skeleton

fused glass skull

Then she made a few pieces to Hanukkah. The minora was my favorite.

Fused glass minora

Fused Glass stars

And of course, the last class has to be about Christmas.

The self-standing fused glass Christmas tree is always a hit!

Fused glass Christmas tree

And the moving fused glass dove is to die for.

Fused Glass Dove

One of our students said: Nancy de : The 3-day course covered 31 projects and 17 patterns.