The object of the course was to make xmas tree decorations uisng a number of different techniques. All but one other person on the course and I had been to the workshops before so they knew what they were doing!
For the two of us it was a very enjoyable and steep learning curve!
We started out with a short lesson and practice on how to cut glass- Which I had never done before. It was waaaay trickier than I'd anticipated.
It took me ages to get hang of it- and even towards the end of the session I still had to get Jen to finish the cuts!
you score the glass with a cutting tool to make the shape you want, turn the glass over, put it on a bit of carpet or something soft, press on the crack with two thumbs and the pressure should crack the glass along the scores.
Or, if the score isn't deep enough, it'll just break however it likes.
O_o
After practising cutting, we were given time to plan our designs and new glass to cut our shapes from, then we added confetti glass, copper shapes, coloured powders or squares of glass to make interesting xmas baubles!
These are my designs & Jen's Designs before firing in the kiln:
I'll post some more photos when they come back from being fired- Jen's bringing them up on the 13th December when we go to out next xmas craft workshop- this ones xmas patchwork!
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