This June, the FSU Master Craftsman Studio folks hosted Glass Fusing Techniques with a wonderful artist, Leslie Nolan enlightening us on the possibilities.These are examples of using glass bases with the intention to blend, print, move with paintbrush all kinds of frit glass of varying particle sizes. All of this variation creates surprises every time the kiln reveals the works.
This 4 x 4 inch example is in two layers with a process of printing dry frit through a custom made photo exposed silkscreen then adding loose frit to the top clear piece and moving the loose frit(size of fine beach sand) around to produce textures. I ws trying to get the loose idea of water or old cyanotype colors.
For this white base I dusted loose frit through a distorted piece of burlap for the netting pattern, added clear glass and applied scraps, stringers, and larger coarse frit.
This Schnauzer dog is inspired by Murphy. I simply moved the loose frit around the glass base until it shaped up to a very painterly illustrated dog and added the specks, stringers, and confetti triangles to resemble the sometimes delicious bits of things he finds very irrestistable. I found this technique to be so simple, yet requiring persistent patience and experimentation with tools like a needle pointed mini awl, toothpicks, and varying dry paintbrushes.
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