LaimaLand

Here was an attempt to weave together metal (copper wire) with glass in a “warm glass” kind of way. The stuff that looks like paper is a form of glass, too. Glass powder glued on to a particular kind of paper. It’s… odd stuff. I’m not sure how to use it to get any result that I like just yet. I’m not sure where my pictures of these *after* fusing have disappeared to…. they weren’t that impressive anyway.

The big glob on the right is intended to be sliced apart and rearranged, too.  Someday.

Those disks were an experiment with frozen frit.  I’m not done with them yet.  Now I’m going to slice them with a wet-saw and rearrange them and see what happens.

Lessons learned:

1. I forget how much i enjoy stained glass.  (You’d think I’d use this knowledge to get moving on those 4 window panels for my kitchen cabinets – eh?  nope.)
2. Better planning needed, next time, for where that nightlight bracket lands.  Aim for a seam next time.

Another very late Xmas gift….

After the first firing, both nightlights were flat.  I kept the abstract one flat, but wanted to try making the owl light curved.

Curved owl light in the dark.

Daytime view of the curved owl nightlight.

As always, more lessons learned:

1. First attempt at curving the panel was on a metal dish of unknown origin…. stainless steel is OK, but this one was not guaranteed steel…. and i ended up freaking myself out thinking of all the awful chemicals i might be unleashing on my house and stopped that firing.  Next time, no messing around like that.
2. If using a ceramic (unglazed) bowl…. ventilation is key.  (I broke that bowl in half — but it worked anyway!!)
3. This nightlight, so far, seems to be of a more decent weight for the glue I used.  I’ve not heard of this one falling apart just yet….

A very late Xmas project ….

Two nightlights fit on one shelf for firing.  The one in the back is the one pictured here.

Here’s what it looks like (kind of) when it’s turned on

And here’s what it looks like in broad daylight.