The Second Annual Magnot Exchange
The Creative Glass Guild ran a Magnot Exchange. Magnot (magnot = decorative magnet
without the magnet attached for lighter shipping).
A special thank you to Papernclay for organizing and repacking all the magnots to
send back to the participating members.
Our members even share their secret recipes!
Participating members:
Top Row - JSGlassArt, Smokeylady54, DesertRoseArtGlass
Middle Row - Firsthlight, Chris1, Papernclay, Shasglass
Bottom Row - DichroicDazzle, Glasspizazz
JsGlassArt
I’m still stuck on “pebbles” so I thought I’d use the Magnots to experiment with
transparent glass and to see if I could cut out one firing step and still come out
as good. These were fused, cold worked, then fire polished.
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DesertRoseArtGlass
Frozen Frit Seashells on the Beach - Judy aka Desert Rose Art Glass
I used almond and chestnut glass powder frit to make the seashells in a candy mold
that I bought at Michael’s Crafts. By sprinkling a small amount of the chestnut
frit into the mold first and rubbing it into the indentations in the mold and then
adding the wet almond paste like frit, I was able to achieve a more realistic effect
for the shells. After the molded shells were frozen, they were fused and ready for
the bases.
My second step was to make the bases. I fused 1 ¾ squares of Spectrum Sedona Spirit
glass and a layer of clear glass to give the effect of sand on the beach. Ready
for the kiln:
After these were fired I was ready to place a shell on each base and do a final
fuse.
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Papernclay
I have created refigerator bugs using lampwork this year. After melting a large
gather for the body I pressed just one side in a button mold. This created a semi
circle- sort of. I have than pressed a razor blade for the wing division. adding
the dots is the last step done in the torch. Finally I used a piece or wire to create
the antannae- ready for the frig!
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Shasglasscrafts
Glued - Grouted - Finished!
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DichroicDazzle
With my big house move from Ireland back to England looming I needed to make something
that was relatively quick and easy for me. I decided to do enamelling because most
of my glass was already packed away and I knew I could work on enamel pieces as
and when I had time with no firing schedules to worry about. I used some creature
shaped copper blanks I had had sitting in my workshop. I cleaned the surface of
each copper blank with some wire wool then I applied the powdered enamels with a
sieve into the metal and fused each layer to the copper in my front loading kiln.
I applied a second layer and scraped a design onto each one (sgrafitto) before firing
in my kiln for a second time. Every one of my magnots is different. I had great
fun experimenting with this technique which took me two aftenoons.
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