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Shereen, San Diego has a very active glass community. are you in touch with the Art Glass Guild in the Spanish Village Art Center? www.artglassguild.com.

I have a shallow 6" heart bowl that I slump successfully with this schedule:
300/1100/20
150/1250/20
400/960/60
300/100/0

I agree, the seam lines really don't seem to be much of an issue with your interesting piece of art. if they really bother you I would add something subtle to the entire background, like others have said chunks of clear or coordinating blue/green.

I have not done this yet but I think it's fine to incorporate it into a new piece and full fuse again.

wow David, this is simply stunning!

So I've been selling jewelry for about 8 years and am profitable every year, at least enough to keep funding my art habit! so now I am really into fusing glass and would like to add some small plates and such to my inventory. the question is how do you price this stuff? the raw materials are so expe...

I'm a newbie too but my answer is "it depends". I've done this and had instances where there is no noticeable line and also where there is a noticeable line.

it's beautiful! very calming yet interesting to look at.

you cut the glass pre-fuse to fit the top of the mold. so you would cut out an oval to begin with.

what a fun idea. my favorite of your tiles is the one with the bears. I'm glad it was a success.

are there any glass magazines that you would recommend? I'd want info such as:
new products
new techniques
tutorials
industry happenings

thats great info, thank you for posting

they sure do - beautiful!

I have no input but wanted to say I like your artistic idea here.

I have no idea but how frustrating!!!

fire some frit grains to make little balls.

I would say you should also ramp up slower than normal because all those layers will heat up at different rates. I am a newbie but I had a piece which was all 2 layers but I had 3 circles stacked on top. I got a crack right by the circles and my teacher told me it's because the circles were so thick...

what if you put a clear layer on the bottom (in order to get the two required layers) and then use thinner glass for the black? then it would not spread out as much.

Haley, I didn't test any TKB whites, only Pearlex. see my photo, 2nd row, last 3. Macro Pearl came out a medium sparkly silver, Micro Pearl came out white, and Pearl White came out a light silver.

cheapest is not best for earring hooks. unless the design is very small or light I always use 20 gauge sterling. I like the ones from FMG but you have to buy a lot to get the best pricing.