Wednesday, April 27, 2011

First book

This is my first book on glass fusing. It seems a decent overview of what all materials you need and the basics on how to do things. The bonus with it is that it has a lot of projects pictures and instructions on how to do them. While I will take and idea and run with it, I always feel its good to do it per instruction at least the first time. Then I can riff on the idea from there and make my own mistakes.

I read a quote yesterday that I just absolutely love attributed to Scott Adams. "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Why Glass Synchronicity?

Why Glass Synchronicity?
So many things have to happen just perfectly for fused glass to come out great. Everything from the right cuts, fitting and color of glass to the right temperatures and times and whatever else there might be to it. Yes, I have yet to really start fusing. I took a class in fusing 2 years ago and made some items that I had fused for me. However I've never set the times and temps myself or done much experimenting as of yet. I did however just order a paragon-16 kiln. it should be in my waiting hands in the next 2 weeks or so. My intention is to document my learning experience and do some record keeping for myself with this site.