Garland Bowl-A Reproduction of a 1st Century B.C. Roman Piece at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Make a 12 inch across pattern of a circle.  I used newspaper. Use a sharpie to draw the pattern on the glass. 

I used 3mm tekta clear 90 COE glass from Bullseye for this project.

I use a pistol grip cutter to score the glass.  A pair of running pliers to break it.



Fold the pattern into 4ths.  Draw pattern on the four pieces of 3mm glass using your sharpie.  This will be the second layer of glass.

Transparent Blue

Transparent Purple

Opaque Yellow

I use a pistol grip cutter to score the glass.  Then break it with running pliers.

Ready for the grinder

All edges need to be ground smoothly on the grinder

Lay out all pieces of bottom layer to make sure they fit together 



Add second layer of clear glass to make sure it fits  

Clean all pieces of glass with warm soap and water to remove all sharpie marks and debris. Dry.  Clean all pieces of glass with rubbing alcohol using a paper towel. Dry thoroughly.
 

Top, third layer of glass.  Layout millefiori pieces to create garland in each quadrant.  I used six different kinds of millefiori.  Each garland has a different layout for the millefiori pattern. Like the original piece.  Tack glue in place.  I like No Days because the secure hold it gives when I do mosaics.




Using a candle flame I  bend the glass stringers to the shape I want for the garland strands.

 




Move all 3 layers of glass to kiln.  I use thin fire paper on prepped shelf with kiln wash.  I find that when I do this for larger pieces bubbles under the piece are less likely to form.  Fire to a full fuse and then anneal.

On reverse apply signature and date using glass paint

Air dry

Prepped mold with boron nitride in center of kiln on stilts. Ready for slumping.



Prepped piece placed on mold.  Ready to slump.



Slump completed



completed piece



completed piece



Original 1st Century B.C. Roman

 



Ribbon Cane Bowl--A Reproduction of a 1st Century BC Ribbon Cane Cup on Display at The Corning Museum of Glass

Draw 5 1/2 inch circle on clear glass using a pattern and a sharpie on 3mm clear 96 COE glass

 



Cut circle using pistol cutter and running pliers

Grind and smooth out edges on grinder
 

Cut out pattern of kiln fire paper.  I place the thin fire on top of kiln shelf.

Lay out 96 CO E glass cane rods under top layer of clear glass

Mark cane rods with sharpie where to be nipped

Cut cane rods to correct size with nipper.  Then layer the rods on top of thin fire kiln paper.  Top with clear glass.

Full fuse in kiln on kiln paper.  Great results.  No devitrification or unwanted bubbles.

Cold work piece to remove rough edges from fusing.  I use 120 and 400 grit diamond sponges.

After annealed add signature on back using glass paint

Return to kiln and place on a prepared mold to be slumped

After slumped in kiln

Placed on silver metal stand to be used as wax tart warmer

Placed on black metal stand to be used as wax tart warmer

Ribbon cane bowl

Ribbon Cane Cup on Display at the Corning Museum of Glass. 1st Century BC

Listen as former curator David Whitehouse describes a ribbon glass cup. A new variety of mosaic glass was introduced in the first century B.C. It was "ribbon" mosaic, and the ornament consisted mainly of lengths (not slices) of canes arranged in geometric patterns.

Embossing and Slumping Stained Glass Greenman Square Bowl

My Evenheat kiln

The Rampmaster II computer controller I set for COE of 82

 

 I put kiln posts in place on the kiln shelf before placing the mold

I use boron nitride to coat the molds with several times before firing

The mold used to emboss the Greenman design placed in the center of the kiln on the kiln posts

The 12 x12 piece of stained glass is placed with the iridized side face down on the mold

The slumping mold placed on kiln stilts

The embossed stained glass placed on the square bowl mold with the embossed side facing up

The slumped piece in kiln after firing

 Finished product