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Fused Glass
Fused Glass
After creating a design for glass from a sketch, I cut the coloured glass and piece together the layers of the 'puzzle'. These are fused (melted) flat in the kiln, often upwards of 12 hours to ensure proper heating and annealing for the glass. When the annealing and cooling process is complete, the flat piece gets cold-worked (edge grinding, sanding, buffing) and readied for the second time in the kiln for the slumping process. It is during this second firing that the piece takes its shape, whether to become a shallow dish, a plate, or a bowl. Depending on the size and thickness of the piece, this firing can also take upwards of 12 hours in the kiln.

When the pieces are finished, they are cleaned and ready to serve or display food, or to be used as stunning decor pieces for your home.

Fused glass panels are often fired several times (6, 7, even 8 or more) to get more detail added to the piece. The firing process can take up most of the time spent on a piece, after the initial design work is completed.
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Sculptures ·

Woodland Caribou

8” in height, free-standing animals, gorgeous in a herd!

Woodland Caribou Herd

8” in height, free-standing animals, gorgeous in a herd!

Colourful Codfish

16” fish in a driftwood stand. These are beautiful on any table, attractive at night backlit by candles in a more formal setting.

Going Home

Multimedia piece, wood, metal, hemp, blown, fused, hot-sculpted, sand cast glass. Not for sale.

Going Home (Detail 1)

Multimedia piece, wood, metal, hemp, blown, fused, hot-sculpted, sand cast glass. Not for sale.

Going Home (Detail 2)

Multimedia piece, wood, metal, hemp, blown, fused, hot-sculpted, sand cast glass. Not for sale.

Evolution II

Hot-sculpted glass, lichen, paint. Not for sale.

Dory

Sauce dishes, or decorative pieces for your home, these dories are replicas of the award-winning set of Platters and Dories in the 2008 Culinary Olympics, Germany. Available from Devon House Shop, The Hunky Dory, or artist directly.

Fleet of Dories

Sauce dishes, or decorative pieces for your home, these dories are replicas of the award-winning set of Platters and Dories in the 2008 Culinary Olympics, Germany. Available from Devon House Shop, The Hunky Dory, or artist directly.

Fish Net Woven

Fused glass ‘net’, perfect hanging in a window, or set upright on a surface as decor.

Fish Net Woven (2)

Fused glass ‘net’, perfect hanging in a window, or set upright on a surface as decor.

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