Not long ago, you might remember I did a few tests of some of the COE 90 dichroic glass. Doing tests is an important part of the glass artwork I do, but reusing the test pieces is also important. Pictured below shows the steps taken for a single piece from beginning to end. We start by cutting the glass and firing to a full fuse. After it comes out of the kiln, it goes on the grinder to smooth out the edges and square them up. This gives the piece a nice finished look. Once I have the piece ground to my liking, I embellish the glass and glue on a bail. It's faster and easier to glue on a bail than to drill a hole, but I can use a diamond drill bit in my Dremel to drill a hole into the glass rather than use a bail.
Remember to take photos of the test piece before you grind and embellish. The main purpose was testing new glass and then we got an added bonus of creating pendants from our tests.
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