Again From the French Doors........

Dorothea
by Dorothea
3 Materials
$10.00
1 Hour
Easy
As most of you already know, I replaced the original glass panes with fused glass panels for a screen door and a door for my office.....
After carefully removing the original glass the question......what to do with the glass? It seemed a shame to send it to the land fill.........
Using a hammer and chisel removed all the glass panels....... Most came out in one piece, fortunately....... Using the following tools, cut into strips and trim for a set of 8, different lengths. Using to cut offs, and special wire that can withstand hi heat in the kiln I added some gold decals for detail on the end of the chimes. The horse shoe (and horse head) shapes were cut using a clip art glued on to the glass with a ring saw. Holes drilled using a diamond coated hole saw with a dremel.Glass
Glass panes after removal from door
These were then cleaned up using regular window cleaner
Tools to cut and break the glass
gold decals for detail
2 sets ready for fishing line ......
Testing on the front porch..... let's see if they withstand weather
A little more detail
Showing the decals and looking pretty
Suggested materials:
  • Glass panes   (French door)
  • Decals   (Delphi Glass)
  • Fishing Line and jump rings   (Dollar Store)
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  • Joanne Kamiya Joanne Kamiya on Jan 06, 2017
    If you want to know more about glass fusing go to this site. www.warmglass.com Great video and pics.
  • Beverly Beverly on May 04, 2017

    How did you round off the glass? Did you put them in the oven?

    bev

  • Jeanne Creel Jeanne Creel on Jul 31, 2019

    I have also fused glass in a kiln. Doesn't the glass need to have a coe of 90 in order to be successful? Of course it has been quite a few years since I have done any fusing. Just wondering if the rules have changed

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