Glass Tips from Verrier

  Setting out an enlargement grid can be done without the mathematics of ratios.  It uses an old method of estimated interval size and angle...

Not everyone has easy access to enlarging copiers.  Even when they are available, large enlargement ratios produce distortions.  This presen...

Firing with cremation remains is very similar to firing with any organic material encapsulated into glass. Design There are several po...

The importance of Observation (and recording) Observing what you, or the kiln, is doing whether you are using a cartoon, or a schedule o...

There is a little concern about whether the textured side of the glass pieces in leaded and copper foiled glass should be towards the in...

Chiaroscuro – This word borrowed from Italian ("light and shade" or "dark") refers to the modelling of volume by boldly ...

Need to draw an oval for a panel? Here's how: Set out the long axis horizontally. Set out the short axis at the half way point of t...

To think about design, you need a vocabulary to describe the object. This needs to be combined with a structure of principles. What follows...

The lines for copper foil and lead cartoons need to be of different sizes.  Only a small width is required between glass pieces in copper...

cambridgecreativenetwork.co.uk Some times you want large bubbles, but when you don't, you need to know about the causes of, and way...

One advantage of fusing over leading or copper foiling is that shapes impossible to cut as a single piece can be made from multiple pieces...

In designs for leaded and copper foiled glass it is important to avoid lines radiating from a single point. Some of these ...

“ I tried small projects and they turned out fine. I have a 12" square with an emblem in the centre and a border set in slightly fr...

Diamond quarry glazing appears to be simple. But because if its simplicity it must be both accurate and aesthetically pleasing. Diamond ...