Recycled Glass

I have been working with recycled glass. This glass had former life as a house window.  This glass is called float glass because of the process of making it. It melts at a different temperature from art glass and tends to be 'stiffer' than other glass that I work with.

If color isn't added, recycled glass has a greenish tint after fusing it.
I love to color this recycled glass with enamels.

Here are a few of my latest items out of the kiln -

This shallow bowl is lovely. Here is the Etsy listing for it.

This bowl is smaller and has an organic shape. I love how the colors are bright and engaging.

I also have been playing with recycled glass and suncatchers. Each petal needs to be colored and then fused.

I find it fascinating that the flower's orange center looks very different in different lights.
Both pictures above are the same glass flower. Etsy Listing.

Here is another - 

Keeping the kilns warm,

~ Julie

Two Warm Kilns

I have been both making beads and some recycled glass items.

Thus far this year I haven't made any Christmas items in glass. Until now. . .

I just couldn't not try to make a snowman. 

My beading skills are improving;-)

I also have been working with recycled (float) glass and enamels.

This is a small dish with bright enamel colors. I love that enamel will give the very subdued greenish hue of recycled glass very bright colors.

~ Julie

Recycled Glass Dish

I like to use recycled glass when possible. I don't have a good source for used glass, but this dish was made from glass that would have been thrown away.

The dish would be perfect for candies, dips, or condiments.

Happy Sunday! Have a great week everyone.

~ Julz

Wednesday's Glass

I'm on a roll . . . 

Four new dishes in the last few days - 

love the size

love the colors

small enough to use up some of my accumulated scrap

cute

Yellow dot on yellow transparent.

:-)

~ Julz

small dish - 2

Another small dish hot from the kiln. I like the size.

I have a small dish that I have used for years to place jewelry into - therefore keeping my dresser organized. I think this dish will replace it on my dresser.

It is only 4 3/4 inches across - very petite.

Here is the same bowl upside down - note the dichroic glass squares are black on the bottom.

I have another petite dish slumping now and I am so excited to be working with glass again.

:-)

~ Julz

A month later

Wow - I can't believe that my last post to this blog was over a month ago.
darn

I really wanted to post during that month, but ???

Well - really no good excuses. Although not much glass happened in the last month.

Here is what I just pulled from the kiln -


OMG - it's been so long my blog didn't even want to upload pics, but I persevered to a successful conclusion.  :-)


This is a small dish that I fused and then slumped over a new stainless steal mold that I picked up last month at Ikea. Ya gotta love cheap molds.

Same bowl - upside down.

The good news is that my kiln is warm again tonight. Yea!

~ Julz