Make An Offset Glass Pendant Using
Clear And Colored Fusing Glass

This fused offset glass pendant is very simply made using four pieces of glass.

It is fused with the three color pieces being offset from the transparent glass so as to produce a handmade art glass jewelry item that is fully fused.

Being fully fused the pendant has a nice smooth top with very rounded edges.

This pendant can be made with any color you choose as well as with different dimensions. It can be made with either Bullseye or System 96 glass.

You will require the following items for this pendant.

1 piece of clear glass for the base about 1 3/8" square.

1 piece of yellow glass about 1 1/16" x 1 3/16".

1 piece of blue glass about 5/8' x 7/8".

1 piece of red glass about 7/17 x 9/16"

Thin fire paper or kiln washed shelf.

Glass cutter.

Glass fusing kiln.

To make the pendant proceed as follows:

Step 1. Cut glass to size as outlined above.

Step 2. Clean and dry glass thoroughly.

Step 3. Stack the yellow, blue and red pieces on the clear glass base, offset the three colored pieces slightly as per the photo. Keep the yellow glass back from the edges.

Do not get finger marks on the glass, hold by the edges only.

Step 5. Bring temperature up gradually to about 1500 F (816 C). If using thin fire paper keep kiln vented until the binders burn off and then close vent.

Hold at around 1500 F temperature for 15 minutes.

Check to see if the glass pieces are fully fused.

Step 6. If fused, switch glass kiln off, vent kiln and allow temperature to drop to about 1000 F (540 C). Close kiln and cool to room temperature.

Step 7. When kiln has cooled remove fused glass pendant from glass kiln.

A pendant bail can be epoxied to the rear of the glass.