Mark Lauckner Glass Tutorials
Fused Glass Topics
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W-96 Kiln-Cast Glass Fish (part-2)
The use of two different molds produced in Part-1 to create the fish kiln castings.
W-95 Kiln-Casting Glass Fish (Part-1)
Sculpting the model and 2 different mold materials demonstrated.
W-94 Manipulated Wall Sculptures
Changing the shape of glass during the fusing and slumping and making custom offset mounts.
W-93 Floating dichroic glass (Part 3)
The 3rd in a series on decorating dichroic glass using this technique.
W-92 Accurate kiln castings from photographs
The transfer of images to 3-D glass kiln castings.
W-91 Drilled Large Pendants
Using core drills and vitrigraph leaves to produce large round pendants.
W-90 Drill-Decorating Fused Glass
Using core drills (tube drills) to decorate multi-layered fused glass.
W-88 Decorating Dichroic with Enamels
The use of enamel powders in fused Dichroic glass
W-87 Etched Dichroic Earrings
Creating multiple images from a design to produce a large volume of items.
Forming 3-D creations from flexible kiln glass
W-80 Multi-Layered Dichroic Decorating
Creating 3-dimensional dichroic images in fused glass
W-77 Suction Sand Carving for Kiln-Forming
Assembling of the sand recovery system and decorating for sand bed kiln-forming
W-76 Kiln-Bending Vitrigraph & Sheet Glass Candy Canes
Creating complex curves in kiln-slumped glass
W-75 Making Outer Rims with Sheet Glass for Vitrigraph Fusing
Using compatible sheet glass to create rims for vitrigraph dishes & bowls
W-74 Buying Wholesale COE-104 Millefiori Direct From Italy
My experience buying millefiori at a fraction of the cost
W-71 Making Custom Vitrigraph Pots and Cane Shapes
Folding up stainless pots and making custom cane shapes
W-70 Sand-Bed Pattern Burn-out using Float Glass
Variations on an established technique, sand press-firing and burn-out
W-68 Decorating Dichroic with lampworked Inclusions
Using a small torch and a kiln to prepare decorations for dichroic fusing
W-67 Kiln Beads and Colored Holes in Fused Glass
Fusing colored holes in kiln-formed beads, pendants and bracelets
W-65 Press-Fired Vitrigraph Spiral Cane Pendants
Pressing pieces of canes with fusing glass to create thin pendants
W-64 Vitrigraph Hot-Swapping Pots & Using Dichroic
Changing pots and quenching metal pots speeds up vitrigraph work
W-61 Plaster Powder Kiln Casting
Plaster powder to retail the shapes on the surface of kiln-castings
W-59 Millefiori and Mosaic Fusing (Part-1 Rings)
Fusing with COE-104 Italian glass millefiori and bead-making rods.
W-58 Millefiori and Mosaic Fusing (part-2 Assembly)
Annealing, cutting and assembling of the millefiori dishes
W-57 Millefiori and Mosaic Fusing (Part-3 fusing/slumping)
Fusing, cold-working and slumping of assembled dishes
W-56 Millefiori and Mosaic Fusing (part-4 Design)
Design considerations for millefiori and COE-104 rods in fused glass
W-55 Floating Dichroic Glass (part-1 Drill Cores)
Creating small spaces for dichroic coatings to float to the surface
W-54 Doilies and Textiles Patterns for Fused Glass
Preserve family heirloom textiles in fused glass!
W-53 Making 3-D Dichroic Pendants with Embossing Folders
2 different types of folders demonstrated using 3 different firing methods
W-52 Raku Clay Molds for Christmas Ornaments
3 methods for producing permanent molds with raku sculpting clay
W-51 Embossing Dichroic Glass and Mold-Making
Preparing deep embossing molds for fused glass embossing
W-49 Press-Fired Custom Christmas Ornaments
3 methods for creating thin lightweight tree decorations
W-47 Plaster Powder as a Mold Material
Dry plaster powder as a mold material for texturing, kiln-casting and embossing glass
W-46 Including Lampworked Features to Fused Glass
Using the COE-104 glass rods in a combined project
W-45 Squeezing and Bending Dichroic Glass
Using displacement to adjust the position of dichroic glass during firing
W-43 Embossing Dichroic Glass Using Ceramic Tiles
Ceramic tiles are a fired clay product, so are OK in the glass fusing kiln
W-42 Making Spatter for Decorating Dichroic Glass (1 of 2)
Part 1 covers several combinations for different results
W-39 Reproducing Pattern Glass for Restoration
4 different methods for reproducing obsolete pattern glass panels
W-37 Creating Shadows in Dichroic Kiln Glass
Displacing exposed dichroic coatings in kiln fired glass
W-35 Stencils for Etching Dichroic Pendants (2 of 2)
Clip-art used for adhesive stencils in decorating dichroic jewellery
W-29 Embedding Wire in Fused Glass Jewellery
Wire as a fastener and decorating element in fused glass jewellery
W-28 Holes in Sand-Cast Kiln-Formed Glass
The use of cores to create kiln castings with mounting holes
W-24 Gelatin Mix Freeze & Fuse Molds
Making custom molds for freezing glass powders using a gelatin-based mixture
W-23 Freeze & Fuse Jewellery Mold Making
Making flexible molds with core holes for freezing glass powders
W-20 Using Fossils for Dichroic Jewellery
Transfer an image from a rock fossil to an embossing mold for dichroic glass
W-18 Kilnformed Iridescent Platters
The use of resist and sandblasting in decorating iridescent slumped glass
W-15 Tableware Press-Molding in a Fusing Kiln
Glass “flatware” traditionally made in factories can be made in fusing kilns
W-13 Making Slumping Molds with Ceramic Dishes
Selecting and modifying tableware to produce glass slumping molds
W-12 Plaster/Silica Kiln-Casting Molds
The use and limitations of the traditional plaster/silica mold mix
W-10 Castable Refractory Glass Casting Molds
Making permanent kiln-casting molds with castable refractory
W-5 Investment Casting (2 of 4) Lost Gelatin
Using a gelatin mix and castable refractory for kiln casting glass, instead of wax and plaster mix
W-3 Investment Casting (4 of 4) The Hot Part
Kiln-casting of the 2 molds featured in this investment casting tutorial series.
W-2 Setting Dichroic in Crystalized Bismuth
Growing sparkly bismuth crystals on decorated dichroic glass
(Not Glass, but Super-Fun!) Making bismuth-coated ornaments and other bismuth projects
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