Make An Accordion Glass
Bubble Pendant

This item is made from black accordion glass from the Bullseye range of black and clear fusing textures.

Some of the pieces in this range havea nice color finish as well as even texture lines.

Texture lines in this piece are unevenly spaced which results in varying bubble sizes.

Black accordion texture fusing glass.

Clear or transparent cap.

Clear stringers.

Cutter.

Fusing glue or white glue.

Fusing kiln.

Shelf primer or thinfire paper.

There is no set size for the pendant. The stringers are laid out evenly to form squares.

Proceed as follows

Step 1. Cut base to size, suggested size one inch x two inches. Cut clear or transparent cap about 1/8inch larger all round.

Step 2. Cut stringers to size for base, stringer ends should be even with edges.

Step 3. Check stringer placement, add a small drop of glue and lay stringers out across the lines on the accordion glass as per the photo.

Step 5. Place pendant on prepared kiln shelf and load into kiln.

Step 6. Bring temperature up reasonably quickly to 1000° F (540° C) hold for five minutes. Raise temperature up to about 1500° F (816° C), hold for 15 minutes.

Step 7. Check bubble formation, if not fully formed hold longer until bubbles are more defined. Switch off kiln and cool to room temperature.

For variation mult-colored stringers can be used under a clear cap.