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New Freeze and Fuse Technique Recently, I attended a workshop given by Sacramento glass artist, Phil Teefy of Rainbow Glass. He's collaborated with a few people to create a new technique that possibly has NEVER been used before, or at least since ancient times!
It involves using glass powder, water and molds. I've successfully used candy molds, homemade molds, and molds typically used by polymer clay fans.
Here are the resuluts:)



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Leaf and Mold
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RTV Silicone was used to make a mold of a real leaf. The actual glass piece shrinks about 30% in the kiln as the water evaporates.

Sunflower Button
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I bought this mold from TheEnchanted... which focuses on mythological, fairies, mermaids, and art nouveau molds.

Grape Fairy
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The fracture in this piece is from too much or too little water in the piece before it was fired.

Leaves
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These leaves were all created with molds intended for polymer clay.

Phoenix masquerading as a Turkey
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Stems
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I envision these being slumpled to form bracelets...



 Artist:   CalyxAnn  Contact Artist 
CalyxAnn
RESUME

"Beginning Fused Glass," Michele Mitcavish

"Beginning Glass Beadmaking," Michele Mitcavish

"Beginning Stained Glass - Copper Foil Method," Michele Mitcavish

"Paperweights I, II, III," Ed Breed

September 2006, "Pate de Verre and D'jenet (Freeze and Fuse) Workshop," Rainbow Glass's Phil Teefy

February 2007, "Pattern Bar & Kiln Casting," Bryan Northrup of Biolum Glass

Spring 2007, "Intermediate Glass Fusing," Michele Mitcavish

April-July 2007, Leaded Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie Window, Independent Study

July 2007, "Silver Art Clay Rings," Arlene Hildebrand Mornick of AM Collection

August 2007, "Artistic Sandblasting," Michele Mitcavish

Carrie Strope
Napa CA  
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Nathan Steele
Very interesting
with the water and the powder and the 30% shrinkage factor. does it shrink to fit the mold?? cool peices too.
» Posted by NathanSteele on 10/3/2006 12:27:17 PM.
CalyxAnn
Shrinkage
The blue mold in the first picture is what was filled with powder and water, then frozen. After an hour or two, the mold can be taken out of the freezer, and the glass ice cube taken out and put into the kiln. As the piece fires, very slowly to allow the water to evaporate and the glass to fill in the gaps where the water was, it shrinks up. So the finished piece is the glass leaf in the first picture. It shrank quite a bit!
Carrie
» Posted by CalyxAnn on 10/5/2006 1:08:04 PM.
Ro S Glass World
wow
this is too cool!
» Posted by RoSGlassWorld on 10/8/2006 7:18:49 AM.
CalyxAnn
Step by Step...
I've created a page on my website to explain, as best I can, the technique. Recently, I have added pictures of all the steps : CalyxAnn.com/freeze_fuse.htm
» Posted by CalyxAnn on 10/11/2006 12:49:56 AM.
Ro S Glass World
your tutorial is amazing thanks
i just read it, my new fusing only kiln will be on its way so its very exciting! thanks!
ro
» Posted by RoSGlassWorld on 10/22/2006 7:19:47 AM.

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