Winter Glass Update

Winter Glass Update – April 28, 2016

I didn’t have a very productive winter season at the glass house.  For several weeks, while I was caring for my husband during his final illness, I was unable to get down to the Workhouse at all.  However, I recently returned to the studio and resumed work.  Several pieces are now awaiting kiln time.  A few are already completed.  It's fun because I'm never sure how it's going to turn out!

In the square piece below, I’ve used some iridized glass along with the opaque glass.

In the next three pieces, I’ve focused on chemical reactions that create special effects.  Certain blue and green colors of glass contain copper, which reacts with glass containing sulfur or selenium. Both the copper-containing glass and the sulfur/selenium-containing glass also react with silver. 

The white glass is a special reactive glass.  It reacts with the blue stringers. 

The vanilla glass reacts with the circles of silver foil. 

In this piece, there’s a reaction between the glass and the frit.