Class 01:
- Tools and Safety
- Basic Glass Tools
- Tile Saw
- Dremel with Diamond
- Bits
- Firing Schedules
- Dust
- Noise
- Injuries
- Cutting Bottles
- Drilling Holes and Carving
Class 02:
- Compatibility and Mixing Bottle Glass
- What is Compatibility?
- Testing
- Setting up Tests
- Reading Results
- Recording Results
- Firing Schedules Used
Class 03:
- Additions to Bottle Glass
- Mica
- Mixing Paints
- Creating Color Test
- Strips for Different
- Firings
- Results
- Enamels and Frits
- Creating Color Test
- Strips for Different
- Firings
- Paints
- Mixing Paints
- Creating Color Test
- Strips for different fusings
- Metals
- Nichrome Wire Gauges
- Brass, loops, sheet, wire,
- copper, wire, sheet, mesh
- aluminum, sheet, foil
Class 04:
- Bringing it together
- Wall Vases with Extra’s
- Mica/Stamped
- Paint
- Frits Stampled
- Copper and Brass Inclusions
- Plaster inclusions and mold making
Class 05:
- Mixing it up, Mixed Bottle Glass Projects
- Choosing the Glass using compatibility tests
- Geometric Dish
- Inclusion Plate
- Checking finished projects
Class 06:
- Fuse and Fold Projects
- Fuse and Fold Boxes
- with Single Color Mica and Pain
- with Two color mica and paint
- Geometric multilayer color box
Class 07:
- Animals!
Class 08:
- Jewelry
- Two color channel beads
- fused and carved beads with mica
- Painted beads, inside and out
- Beads with inclusions and loops
Class 09:
- Finishing it up
- Coldworking
- Trouble shooting: Animals, Beads, Diagnosing Cracks, Too Hot, Too Cold, Adjusting Firing Schedules, Compatibility and Mixing Bottles
Open Facebook Group to students of this course:
Arts & Crafts | Curious Mondo: ADvanced Bottle Glass Fusing
Time table:
9 hours
Level:
Intermediate / Advanced
Target market:
Glass artists, anyone who loves glass or want to start a new hobby or career
Main objective:
Learn advanced glass fusing techniques.
Prerequisite:
None
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