COE 96 - Jewelry
I make a variety of cabochons from 'soft glass' or what I think of as 'art glass' which comes in a myriad of colors, unlike my recyled stuff.
Right now I'm working with System96 glass and other glass in the 96 COE range.
I have a few basic designs that I'll describe below
Simple color This is simply colored stringer (thin glass rod) on an opaque background. |
Simple frit square
This is similar only using frit (powdered glass)arranged in a design or pattern. |
Clear 'twist' This is made from small bits of glass stringer twisted together by hand in an open flame. |
Solid 'twist' One of my twisted segments on top of a white base. The blue flecks are glass paint. |
3D 'twist' This one also uses a base of white with flecks of purple paint on it. The '3D' part is from many tiny scraps and bits too small to use, suspended in clear glass. |
Dichro 'twist' This uses both dichroic glass and twisted glass. This technique forms the glass around a small object that is fished out later to leave a hole for the string. Note the frosted area at the top. |
Mardi Gras Sticks These very slender pendants consist of twisted glass surounded by glass 'confetti' in the spirit of Mardi Gras. |
Complex dichro These pendants use layers of dichroic glass, stringer, paint, frit and anything that adds depth. |
Milli flowers Millifiori pieces arranged on 'stems' of stringer, in beds of frit. |