Glass Tips from Verrier

Credit: Terry Gomien There are a variety of ways to make attachments for garden stakes. If you have a kiln, you can make a slot in the glass...

Two difficulties with metal inclusions in glass are common: stress and bubbles. Stress Metal inclusions always create stress in the...

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

Some time ago people on a Facebook group were asked to give their top tips for kiln forming.   Looking through them showed a lot of detailed...

Glass Stela Credit: Stephen Richard Fusing multiple layers is prone to the creation of multiple large bubbles.   It also needs a strategy to...

The question on whether incompatible glass can be included in a piece gets a range of positive and negative responses. The real answer, ...

Intentional Bubbles Sometimes you want bubbles. There are various ways to achieve bubble placement with certainty rather than at rando...

Although there are other ways to combine wire with glass, one popular method involves fusing wire inside the glass. This technique generally...

Having mentioned the characteristics needed of the wires for inclusion, this is a description of the good and bad points of some common wire...

Inclusions of metals can be achieved with care.  Copper is a very good metal, as it is soft, even though its expansion characteristics are v...

Capping with a clear or tinted top layer is necessary in many cases of inclusions, or desirable when looking for depth or distortion in f...

What it is Mica is widely distributed throughout the world and occurs in   igneous , metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Mica is...