Powdered Glass Frit Fused
Glass Pendant
Powdered glass frit is an important part of warm glass fusing. It can be combined with fusing glass in a number of ways to make unique fused glass jewelry. In this tutorial, the second on this subject, I am going to fuse together flat glass, frit and powder to make a fused glass pendant, I have used Bullseye Glass for this project. System 96 will work just as well. Unlike the previous tutorial the powdered frit will be sifted over the coarse frit rather than under it. To make this pendant you will need the following: Two pieces of glass 11/4 inch square. Coarse clear frit. Powder. Sifter. Long tweezers. Face mask. Thin fire kiln paper. Warm glass kiln. Step 1. Cut two pieces of glass about 1 1/4 inches square or larger. Place them on top of one another.
Step 2.Place pieces of coarse frit on top of the glass. You may need to use the tweezers to place frit around the edges of the glass. Once the glass is completely covered you are then ready to apply the powder.
Step 3.Wearing a face mask spoon some powder into the sifter, gently tap the sifter until the pieces of coarse frit are completely covered with powder.
Step 4.Place a piece of thin fire paper on a kiln shelf and gently move the assembled glass pieces onto the shelf. Place the shelf into the warm glass kiln, gradually bring the temperature up to about 1500 F (815 C) and hold for about 20 minutes. Check to see that is fully fused, if so turn the kiln off and let it cool to room temperature.
As can be seen from the photo you will have an irregularly patterned finish. You can have fun with this technique through experimenting, use medium frit, combined powder colors, sprinkling a different powder color over the frit as well as having a base cover of powder. Changing the shape of the base glass as well as using varying colors along with transparent frit will give you very unique and original designs.
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