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Fused glass art by Mel Archer

Beautiful paintings done entirely with custom blended glass frit, sheet and stringer

Well I have found out there are bubbles and then there are really big nasty bubbles.  I just worked on the really big nasty kind.  In my naivete I thought I could put a sheet of clear thin glass over some 1/4" frit.  Well I did do it however a lot of air was trapped and then expanded in the clear layer.  I had bubbles 3/4" size.  They did not quite break through to the surface but almost.  They are definately defects.  So I gound them out and then sandblasted the edges and the entire surface, then I flipped the piece upside down on the kiln shelf and fired it.  The holes filled up with the existing glass.  It left just a little residue so I could see where the holes used to be. 
 
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