The picture above shows one of my sample pieces with bubbles in it. I fused 16 test pieces and this one was my favorite. I hope to perfect the bubbles and eventually sell it. For now, I'm just trying to get it exactly how I want it. I've probably tried 40 pieces and several kilns full of glass to get it how I want it. I've made a couple of night lights with several colors but the bubbles weren't as big as I wanted so I'm still going to make some more.
I was very busy today and was able to start both kilns today. My small kiln has some pendants that I tried my newest bubble mixture in, so I'll see tomorrow if they turned out. I also started my larger kiln this evening and it has a beautiful green platter as well as a beautiful burnt red pet memory picture frame for a friend of mine. Not sure if the picture frame will turn out because the paper I use to keep the glass separated for the picture to go in, might not come out from the glass. Last time I fused the green frame, it was extremely difficult to get the paper out. After 30 minutes, I finally did it, but I could reach the bottom of where the paper was. That's because it only went down about 4". The burnt red frame will have a space for a 5 x 7 picture to go in, which means it goes down 7". It will be a shame if it doesn't come out because of how long it took me to make it.
I am also making some more of my mosaic pendants. They're in the kiln and it's my 2nd time firing. I have 1-2 more times to fuse in the kiln before I can call them pendants, but I have some new colors and so far they look really beautiful.
I'll post some more pictures when I have them.
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