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This black and white Christmas tree is the first featured pendant. All Lit Up for Christmas is hand painted with a swirling decorative pattern that has been fused permanently into the glass.
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How do you fuse the glass without melting it, Also when we tried it with a torch the glass always broke when was cooling down? Do we need to reheat with the torch?
ReplyDeleteJenny, I use a kiln for fusing, and so I haven't used a torch before. The glass does kind of melt into liquid pools, the longer and higher the heat the more it melts together. You can tack fuse by holding at a lower temp between 1300-1400 degrees. Tack fusing softens the edges, and adheres pieces to each other, but the glass retains its basic shape. To fully fuse a piece you heat up to 1550 degrees or so. As for breaking, you need to make sure you use compatible glasses. Glass has a COE rating - the rate it expands and contracts. Bulleye glass has a 90 COE while Spectrum is 96. You wouldn't want to mix those 2 glasses because they would crack when cooling. Also, you have to control the rate of cooling. If it cools to fast, thermal shock will cause your glass to crack. I think controlling that would be tough with a torch. Hope that helped.
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