Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Hobbies with Glass are Fun and Educational

Glass Hobbies:







This is a fused glass wall hanging or it could be a wind chime. It was made by cutting out glass pieces and then putting them in a kiln to fuse together.




Here are some more fused items:




This is a hoop/circle necklace out of dichro.






And here is a really thick piece of fused glass shaped into a shallow bowl.











This is some Mosaic Glass:


Mosaic Glass designs are made by cutting pieces of glass and putting them together on a board or background, then putting grout between the pieces to make it smooth.
Different Glass is used for Mosaics and for fused Glass.
You can find studios where you can get together to do Mosaics or Fused Glass objects. There are also studios that do Stained Glass and Blown Glass. Look in your yellow pages for these places, or you can go to the local markets and find what hobbies are done locally and from these markets you can find out about local studios.
For a look at some more products made of fused glass, click here.