Fused Glass Garden Lights and Lanterns Course with Jodi McRaney-Rusho

Fused Glass Garden Lights and Lanterns

with Jodi McRaney-Rusho

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What you will learn:

Class 1:

Intro and bio
Class outline and expectations
Fuse and Fold Lanterns
Planning your lantern
Types of glass
sizes and patterns of lanterns
cutting the glass
adding mica flakes or patterns with stencils
tips for inclusions and borders

Class 2:

Assembling
Different assembly methods based on lantern size and kiln size
nichrome wire for fuse and fold
tips for wire size, spacing, and planning the gap
Fused in hinge wires

Class 3:

Folding it up
Folding up the different assembly methods
adding embellishments
making larger bead holes for top
lights for bases, corded and cordless

Class 4:

Firm Foundations
Purchased bases
Log Base
DIY Pine Board Base

Class 5:

Glass Houses
Planning the size of your house
Panel sizes
Painting the sides
Creating a fused door & hinges
Assembly for fusing
Assembly after fusing

Class 6:

Roofing for Fairies
Calculating roof sizes
Creating a pattern
Cutting the aluminum
Riveting the roof
Adding the roof to the house
Lights

Class 7:

Building a Bright Future
Start with your lights
types of lights
Creating different patterns 10 sided & Flowers

Class 8:

Adding sparkles
Embelishments
Paint
Mica
Stencils

Class 9:

Putting it all together
Folding up the light covers
Adding them to the light strand
Reinforcing the light strand for weight support & ease of hanging

BONUS CLASS!

Bases for Bottle Lights
Creating the pattern for the layers
cutting the wood
drilling for the cord
Aluminum trim
Assembling the base
Finishing

BONUS ITEMS:

Material's list

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About this Fused Glass Online Course

Love the idea of fused glass lanterns but want something more customized? Join us to learn how to design and build your own fused glass lanterns from common materials. Jodi will show you how to design two different types of lanterns, what tools you will need, and how to use them, as well as walk through every step of the assembly, and making the fused glass for each type of lantern. Custom glass shades for fairy lights are next up, as we make tiny fuse and fold covers for string lights to brighten your summer nights.

Open Facebook Group to students of this course:
Curious Mondo: Fused Glass Garden Lights and Lanterns

Time table:
9 hours

Level:
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced

Target market:
Glass artists, fused glass artists, anyone who loves glass, playing with a kiln, or want to start a new hobby or career

Main objective:
Learn how to create unique fused glass lanterns

Prerequisite:
None

About the instructor

Jodi McRaney-Rusho
Glass With a Past

Jodi is a warm glass artist working exclusively with post-consumer glass. Her work has won several awards and has been featured in “Sculpture and Design With Recycled Glass” by Cindy Ann Coldiron, as well as several magazines including “Handmade Business” and “Crafts Report”. HGTV's “That's Clever” filmed two segments in her studio. Jodi currently teaches out of her Salt Lake City studio and is an instructor at Kimball Arts Center in Park City Utah. She is represented by Concept SAL in Salt Lake City and Gallery 873 in Kayenta, Utah. After nearly 15 years of recycled glass art making, Jodi has begun producing her own line of tools, kits and molds in an effort to spread the joy of fusing with recycled glass to the whole world.