Having launched the Savitrine Glassworks online gallery and shop I was reflecting on how far I have come in 18 months and the techniques I have developed and the experiments I have tried to produce different glass pieces. I figure that there are 8 techniques I use often and am (relatively) confident in employing. It got me thinking about what else I have seen and read about. I counted over 40 so that means I am about 20% there. Not bad really!!
So here they all are;
- Fire Polishing
- Tack Fusing
- Full Fusing
- Metal inclusions
- Mould making (definitely need more practice!!)
- Glass Paint & Mica
- Glass Chalk and Clay
- Cold Combing
- Hot Combing
- Freeze and Fuse
- Foam Glass
- Making my own Art Glass sheets
- Stack Firing
- Pattern Bars
- Deep Casting and Layering
- Kiln Carving
- Pate de Verre
- Kiln Casting
- Wafers & Cookies
- Sandblasting
- Acid Etching
- Murrini
- Pot Melts
- Woven Glass & Coral Bowls
- Raku Glass a la Lundstrom
- Laminating
- Glass and Print
- Multi Layering
- Deliberate Bubbles
- Paperweights
- Frit balls, Frit Gardens
- Photographic Decals
- Mosaic
- Stringer Bowls
- Enamels & Lustres
- Crackle Glass
- Pressed Glass
- Vitrigraph Stringers
- Vertical Pattern Bars
- Reactive Glass
- Stained Glass (using fused panels)
- Fossil Vitra (using organic material)
The good news is that I am starting to sell pieces and putting money aside to get a sandblaster and bigger kiln. It's all a bit like the church steeple fund - one day I'll get there and can set up a permanent studio at Daramalan and I will have the confidence to enter competitions and contact galleries.
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