Red and Green

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Lots of ornaments in the kiln now, trying to get everything done before the holidays. In an earlier post, I showed you a red piece of glass with gold mica on it. I have added a border of light adventurine green and the base glass is red and this is the result. When I first fired this piece, I fired it mica side down. This is to prevent the mica from settling into the glass too much and will leave a satin finish. However, for some reason, the red glass on the back of this dish devitrified. I had to use the new sandblaster to get the devit off. I then slumped into a mold and here it is. The back also has a satin finish which I really like.

 

I'm really struggling taking photographs of shiny glass. Any suggestions?