MY GLASS QUILT PLATE

My twin sister organised a glass making workshop, in my home town. I knew of the glass man, but I had know idea that he lived up the road!!!

One of the girls that came along, I went to school with, we were great mates in high school....but like most school mates, lives tends the move in different paths....Now we have planed a coffee date in Dubbo next week...can wait. She is a very talented artist...she always had beautiful work in art class at school.

So enjoy our workshop pictures...It's amazing the similarities to piecing fabric!


Joe cutting templates.

My template....going for a quilt effect.

Glass scraps kept, just like fabric.

My sister wanted a plate for her dinning table...the painting is a pen and wash our late Grams did...this was her inspiration.

This will be a bowl...shaping is done in second firering.

This will be a plate.

This is the kilm..it has to be full to fire, costs a ton to run. When the glass heats, it rises...lots of little tricks to creating the effect you want.

Just a few hornbags!!! like the slim version of me on the left of the screen!!! hehe

My finished plate...the shaping is done on a mould in the second fire.

This is for a show...it is in pieces...can you see that it's a croc under the water (glass)

Ned Kelly helmet

A very clever man...I have seen a Pelican that he did...it's wing span was 1metre all up....he was just beautiful...It now sits in a garden ( $3000.00) Ooh!!!
Sorry for the long blog but it was truly a great experience

Cheers Nic





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