Flame PlatterWednesday, October 17, 2007 A frit sprinkle here, and a frit sprinkle there ... the layering and unevenness of the monochromatic parts of this platter from the Art Institute of Chicago suggest that the whole thing is frit, rather than the usual frit atop a layer of solid glass plan. Labels: Art - Glass - Fusing - Ideas Simple Stars Are All the Rage I've seen these in a number of places now. Some chunks of solid and dichro tossed onto a clear or colored background, add wire wrap, and you have an instant crowd pleaser. This specimen is from the Art Institute of Chicago. Labels: Art - Glass - Fusing - Ideas Woven Glass Platter ... Stringer Bowl? Strips of clear glass overlapped into a decorative platter. I wouldn't call this "woven" .. perhaps draped .. but it's a nifty effect. This leads me to ponder ... could I make a bowl out of liquid stringer? Loops, drapes, swirls, etc? You'd need to fuse it flat, then slump it as usual, as it would drip if you just put it straight into a slumping mold. What about glass' tendency to pull in on itself when fused? A small test is clearly required. If that fails, a clear base topped with loopy loops of stringer. Labels: Art - Glass - Fusing - Ideas Crushed-Glass Platter Very cool gradiation of both color and chunk-size. Looks like chunks of clear floated in colored frit. Available from the Art Institute of Chicago. Labels: Art - Glass - Fusing - Ideas Mosaic Platter The Art Institute of Chicago is carrying this pop-artish design which could easily be produced by lining up precut fusible shapes on a base layer of clear. It's a cute idea. I don't love the rod dots, but one could make swoopy stringer swirls instead, or break up the square monotony with a random instance of another shape cutting across the pattern. Labels: Art - Glass - Fusing - Ideas |
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