One second hand German lab kiln from Ebay - £285
One box of warm glass supplies, tools and safety equipment - £215
One 49 year old witch hopping around, cackling with excitement - PRICELESS!
There's some things that money can't buy ... and for the rest ...
One box of warm glass supplies, tools and safety equipment - £215
One 49 year old witch hopping around, cackling with excitement - PRICELESS!
There's some things that money can't buy ... and for the rest ...
I haven't got the first clue as to what I'm doing, but I bought a book and thought, let's just get started. Why not?
And here's my first ever attempt at melting glass:
As you can see, SOME thing has happened here - LOL.
Clearly, the temperature wasn't hot enough to reduce the aromatherapy oil bottle (which had previously contained Angelica!) to a puddle; but it was definitely hot enough to shatter one of the test pieces into dust!
I do love the bottle though, my very first attempt at melting glass EVER, and you can still screw a top on it.
Developing art ...!
My second attempt involved fusing some dichroics - and look what happened:
Dichroic Alien - August 24, 2008
Yay! It's a dichroic alien! A bit rough round the edges, but what good fun is this!And something else is cooking as we speak ... :-)
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