I need a bigger kiln. Of course I have been saying that for years already ...
but this time I meant it. My chandelier design calls for 3.5" x 12" panels. So I went and bought myself an early birthday present. And then my fabulous husband built me a stand. This is true love right here folks:
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My new baby! ProFusion 16
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In addition to a bigger kiln, I needed to stockpile a lot of glass too. Heaven forbid that gorgeous stand my hubby built have any bare shelves. I filled it.
And then some.
I knew I wanted color, texture, and movement in this chandelier. After a couple of prototype panels, I finalized the design. Now it was just a matter of building the individual glass panels. All 20 of them.
In order to keep the overall structure lightweight, I went with single layer panels. Glass naturally wants to be 6mm thick, so in order to keep it 3mm I chose to break all the rules:
I tack-fused and slumped all in one firing. Cue the shock and horror.
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rule breaker! fuse and slump together |
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panels ready to fire |
The result was exactly what I wanted. Check out all that wonderful texture!
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