Some time ago, Dean Smith of Carma’s Glass was experimenting with fused glass and shared this bowl created using Wissmach Glass.
15″ Screen Melt using Wissmach COE 96 Glass and Large Round Cone Bowl Mold
“I set out to make a large bowl from a screen melt and initially planned and chose Wissmach sheets with ‘light ‘n bright’ in mind. White Opal, String of Pearls, Oyster Pearl, lots of clear, Turquoise Green, Midnight, Deep Sky, and Sapphire blues, and Peacock – in other words, too much glass! After the initial shock of seeing the deep, dark reactions (I forgot Oyster Pearl would react with blues and turquoise), after the screen melt had cooled, I started to really love the flow and movement within the piece, and I was really loving those deep, dark reactions. I decided the most interesting side was the shelf side, and I coldworked both surfaces to a fine pre-polish, along with the edge all around. I didn’t want to fire polish in a separate firing, so I spent more time coldworking, and it came out of the mold with great clarity and detail in a high-gloss finish.”
Dean’s work in Prince Edward Island is now focused more on contemporary glass jewelry.
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