Yesterday I went on a one day workshop to learn how to fuse glass. I had a great day making ten small pendant pieces, one circular light catcher and one curved glass rainbow shape to stand on the window sill.
It was a bit of a shame because I already know how to cut glass and wanted to learn about the fusing but we had to leave everything we'd made to be fused at a later date when there was space in the kiln. So apart from the answers to the questions I asked I didn't really learn anything new. Apparently the kiln has to be programmed to heat up at a certain speed, maintain the correct temperature for the correct time and cool down at the correct speed. The position in the kiln and the length of firing time affects how much the glass will melt and how smooth the end result will be.
I'm looking forward to picking up the finished pieces in a couple of weeks.
