At a recent class at Workhouse Arts Center, we experimented with recycling a sheet of
ordinary tempered (safety) glass. Using
a neat tool called an auto punch, we shattered the glass and carefully scooped
up the pieces. You’ll notice that the
glass has a pale greenish tint. Then we
arranged them in the desired shape and fired them. This method allows you to create amorphously
shaped works. The tempered glass can’t
be combined with the glass we normally use for our projects because the two
types of glass have different COEs (coefficients of expansion). I sprinkled some mica powder on the glass
dish that I made and slumped it into a shallow bowl. If you have any tempered or plate glass that
you’d like to get rid of, please let me know.
I might be able to recycle it!
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| Fragments of tempered glass, ready for firing |
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| After firing (full fuse) |
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| After slumping |
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