Sunflower Glass Studio NZ Blog​
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Cutting glass to create with Mark
7 July 2020
Getting prepared to create a master piece, using a special glass cutter to cut the required pieces.
Kiln shelves prepared with glass work to go in the kiln
7 July 2021
Pieces of glass cut ready create pendants on the 2 kiln shelves. The initial firing takes about 18 hours. Some pieces are being re-fired for a second time. Note the flowers on the far shelf are tiny individual shards of glass made into a flower
Into the kiln the shelves go
7 July 2021
Two shelves are going into the kiln for 18 hours - now we have to wait and see what they come out like. The waiting is hard and sometimes things never come out as you expect - they can be better and sometimes very different.
Making circles of glass
20 July 2021
When you want a circle of glass you cut 2 squares and off set them.
For long petals you cut 1 rectangular piece and then cut a smaller rectangle put them in the kiln and wait 18 hours.
Hey presto & like magic you have glass round circles
20 July 2021
18 hours later we round circles of glass along with some different lengths of petals we were trying out.
Sunflowers hanging in the window
18 September 2021
Our gorgeous sunflowers hanging in the window ready to sell..