Slumped glass

Step by step instructions on how to create your own mold using fiberboard products. It's a simple way to design your own slumping shape.

Information on glass fusing, kiln forming, stained glass, etching, selling, and other tips on the craft of glass from Stephen Richard

Fusing and Slumping Glass: In one of my sculpture classes at Carthage College, my students and I experimented with fusing and slumping glass. Carthage had many glass supplies, a kiln that looked barely used but no one teaching it. None of us had ever done this but I felt wit…

Slumping of tack fused stringers must be done at slow rates and low temperatures with significant soaks.

kelly witmer on Instagram: "Finished piece reel coming up next. I’m learning from this self-imposed project not to impose projects like this anymore. I got an idea to make a fishbowl, slumping fused glass into a big ceramic sculptural frame. I knew all the steps involved, and went ahead with it anyway. The ceramic frame broke before I could even get it in the kiln, (probably should have stopped there)but I repaired and managed to save it. I’m kind of stubborn, when I get something in my head…

Apollinaris sparkling water bottles are crushed and fused into leaves. Copper wire leaf veins are fused into glass leaves, and then soldered to brass stems....

Talent is a wonderful gift. I believe everyone excels in some area. It’s outwardly obvious in some people like athletes, actors and artists. While talent is quieter in mathematicians, literary types and scientists. But everyone has a special area of interest where they shine. You might be the most talented glass artist in the world.

Clear glass bowl with texture, turquoise bubbles and ragged "splash" edge.