Stacked Fused Art Glass Quickly
Produces Fused Glass Pendants
Ideas for making stacked fused art glass pieces that will produce nicely fused glass pendants.Stacked fused art glass is the basis for art glass fusing. The same applies to art glass jewelry. In this tutorial three pieces of stacked glass are used to make a simple easily fused glass pendant. The three pieces are square and you will see in the photo that there is not a large border between each piece.
The pieces have been stacked centrally so that the glass will spread more or less evenly as it flows to its natural thickness of about quarter of an inch.
The finished piece shows how the black glass has covered a large amount of the base color. Reducing the size of the two top squares would result in more base color showing.By cutting your top pieces oblong and leaving the bottom square you will produce different patterns. Always experiment with your shapes as this will result in pleasing fused glass pendants.
Dichroic glass pendants can be made the same way. You are not restricted to three pieces, you can use four if you want, or small stacks in the middle or off center. Do not stack too close to the edge or corners as the edges of the glass may bulge outwards. By moving your stacked pieces away from the center the glass flow will change and produce varied patterns.
FusingA small three stack, which is less than 2 inches square, can be fused fairly quickly. I did this in a tabletop kiln, took it straight up to medium and held for about 15 minutes to warm the glass. Took it up to 1000 F and held with the kiln vented whilst the binders burnt away from the shelf paper. Went straight to about 1500 F and fused. I then flash vented the kiln until the temperature dropped to 1000 F, switched off the kiln and let the piece cool naturally.
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