19. How to Make Stunning Faux Opal Dichroic Glass Pendants Easily with Scrap Glass
Opals are such beautiful stones and I wanted to replicate them using dichroic glass. You can get all sorts of opals such as white opal, firestone opal, black opal, australian opals etc. Here I show you how to make faux opal pendants from your scrap dichroic glass. The end results are AMAZING and you can make these easily once you have watched this video.
Firing schedules. These may vary depending on your kiln.
Full fuse used for both with and without molds
260 C (500 F) to 676 C (1250 F) hold 30 mins
333 C (600 F) to 804 C (1482 F) hold 10 mins
Full to 482 C (899 F) hold 60 mins
83 C (150 F) to 371 C (700F) End
Fire Polish/Tack
Firing schedule for Fire Polish that I use. I also use this schedule for tack fuse which gives a light tack fuse. If you want more fuse then go a little higher than 726 C.
270 C (518 F) to 535 C (995 F) Hold 20 mins
650 C (1202 F) to 726 C (1339 F) Hold 10 mins
Full to 515 C (959 F) Hold 60 mins
200 C (392 F) to 150 C (302 F) Hold 0 mins
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You amaze me with how organized you are! Thank you again for the new technique! Kathie from Mexico. 👍👍👍🐢
@ArtsandCraftsTI
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Kathie for your kind comments. :)
Very pretty!
@ArtsandCraftsTI
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, much appreciated :)
Hello! Waaau beautiful artist work!! Love it all! I'm from Spain. Do U know where to get these molds? the round one and de ovals too. Will love to have. I also do vitrofusión. Un saludo! Muchísimas gracias por tu tiempo y dedicación! 😍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🌺🤗🌺
@ArtsandCraftsTI
Жыл бұрын
Hola Thank you for your kind comments. You can buy molds from Warm Glass if in the UK. Their shipping cost is very reasonable to the UK. Hope that helps :)
Can you purchase a singe mould to fit in the microwave kiln?
@ArtsandCraftsTI
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Poison. Yes there are lots of individual moulds you can buy. If you google search "single glass fusing moulds" you will find loads. :)
I've just started using dichroic glass in my microwave kiln, other tutorials say not to let bits of dichroic glass touch each other as they can repel each other, I take it that doesn't happen so much with the smaller pieces?
@ArtsandCraftsTI
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Charlotte. Yes pretty much. Its the parts without dichroic that fuse together. So with all these small pieces facing different directions then there is plenty of opportunity for those parts to fuse. Plus the mold holds everything in place. Hope this helps. :)
@charlottelewis5114
3 жыл бұрын
@@ArtsandCraftsTI thank you, that helps a lot! Really enjoy your tutorials, thank you for your content x
@ArtsandCraftsTI
3 жыл бұрын
@@charlottelewis5114 Thank you Charlotte, much appreciated. :)
Are you heating it to fuse it or adding epoxy?
@ArtsandCraftsTI
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jacklynn. No epoxy - just fusing. I use glue on the bail thats all. :)
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