A Fused Glass Inclusion Used
To Make A Glass Art Pendant

The dragon shape has been cut with a scrap booking shape punch.

These punches work very well on thin copper sheet; there is a large selection of cutter styles available.

Scrap booking punches are also good for making fiber paper designs for kiln carving.

Thin sheets can also be cut with scissors as well.

When fusing inclusions between glass thin material should be used otherwise the glass will break.

Art glass supply stores normally stock thin copper sheet suitable for glass kiln work.

To prevent the copper from being ruined from exposure to direct heat it needs to be protected by a glass cap.

The dragon has been fused between two layers of base glass and a clear glass cap.

Unwanted air bubbles can be a problem when fusing inclusions.

To minimize this problem the base glass has been cut in half with a glass cap above the dragon.

The assembled work is then fused on fibre paper to allow trapped air to escape.

This technique allows air to escape through the cut pieces during the fusing process.

The cut glass will fuse together during the glass fusing process.

Spectrum 96 glass gas been used in this project

To make this pendant you will need the following items:

Transparent fusing art glass

Clear fusing glass

Scrap booking Punch

Copper sheet

Glass Cutter

Fiber paper

Kiln shelf

Warm Glass Kiln

To make pendant proceed as follows:

Step 1. Cut two pieces of blue glass 1 1/4'" x 13/4"

Step 2. Cut glass pieces in half

Step 3. Cut clear cap slightly larger than the blue base glass

Step 4. Cut a small piece of fiber paper and place on kiln shelf, put blue glass on paper, ensuring cut pieces are square and closed up.

Step 5. Place dragon across the cut fusing glass pieces. Center clear glass cap on top of the base glass and inclusion.

Arrange kiln shelf in glass kiln.

Raise temperature to 1500° F and hold for 15 to 20 minutes

Step 7. Check fusing, if glass is nicely rounded turn off glass kiln and allow glass to cool to room temperature.

It is not unusual for copper to change color during the fusing process, such color changes are unpredictable.

The rear of the glass will probably be roughly textured from the fiber paper. Place the glass on thinfire paper and gently fire polish to smooth out glass, do not over heat.