Blue Glass Pendant

I finished this piece this past weekend. It required two firings and a lot of cold working. 22 gauge silver wire and a fresh water pearl to finish it off. Overall I'm pleased with the final outcome.

Setting Up for Glass Pendants

Here are some images from two glass pendant projects I'm working on. I didn't take pictures throughout both projects, so I'm combining pictures from both runs. I only make one of a kind pendants. This is my way of doing it, I don't know if other glass artists use this method.

setting up the steel frame with fiber strips

loading up the glass

firing in the kiln

close up of fired glass

returning the shaped glass (using a grinder) to the kiln

all polished up

Glass - Jewelry, Wire Wrapping

I just can't help myself, I have to try wire wrapping! Here is one of my fused glass pieces with one of my first attempts at wrapping.

There's a lot to learn. I found myself fumbling and dropping the glass...