Glass Tips from Verrier

Cutting came is a gentle process rather than an abrupt chopping effort. There are at least three kinds of implements in common use to cut l...

Most of us like flowing lines in leaded glass windows, but these often give very acute angles to be leaded up. One way is to avoid creati...

False lines are used in leaded glass where the design calls for an angle that cannot be cut into the glass. This includes right angles and e...

Stress is greater in tack fused pieces than in full fused. Tack fused pieces to some greater or lesser extent behave independently from...

A question was asked of me about schedules for tack fusing multiple pieces – three layers thick in places – as a single unit, then placing ...

The most frequent locations of high stress in a piece is at corners or points.   The stress seems to be concentrated there and thus they be...

My piece cracked, but I've always used this schedule and it has worked. One schedule is not for all pieces. A number of factors a...

1 – Initial Rate of Advance Tack fuses look easier than full fusing, but they are really one of the most difficult types of kiln formin...

False lines are used in leaded glass where the design calls for an angle that cannot be cut into the glass. This includes right angles and e...

When you are designing panels, you can prevent some leading difficulties. If you have shapes that join at acute angles, you can alter the de...