Making Ceramic Molds For Glass Fusing

Our ceramic molds can be used dozens of times to create decorative slumped glass bowls dishes trays and serving plates wind chimes and many other shapes that you will find interesting.

Making ceramic molds for glass fusing.

Fusing glass to ceramics is an ancient craft that is becoming popular again. Famous last words if you ve ever been in this situation i bet you re shaking your head at me for being so naive. There are two basic types of molds in glass slumping. How hard could it be.

However his wife and friends who work in fused glass were constantly calling on the skills he developed during 30 years as a marine. Melting glass to a glazed surface is the process of merging two separate layers of glass. There are no products listed under this category. Hump molds are used to form the interior of the slumped glass.

Custom ceramic texture molds for fused glass. Molds for glass slumping are surprisingly easy to make. The molds need to be coated with kiln wash primer to prevent the sticking of your slumped glass. Molds are pre drilled with air relief holes where required.

Glass molds imd molds designed for glass slumping fusing are fit highest industry standards. You can also create your own molds by using. An ordinary ceramic kiln is adequate to fuse glass to ceramics but care must be taken with firing and cooling. It adds adds depth texture and color to an object.

The key is to make the mold out of the right material which will withstand the 1 200 degree temperature in the kiln. This example explains how molds are made from clay. They are slip cast from a specially formulated clay body have a very smooth surface accept kiln wash uniformly and do not crack under repeated use when handled correctly. We carry a full range of ceramic molds for fused glass.

Warm glass molds can be use for frit casing slumping and novelty molds just to let you art glass creativity take over. This tutorial will explain how i make custom ceramic texture molds to create fused glass art items used in this tutorial 1 firing the clay and glass kiln. I use a paragon janus 23 multi purpose kiln capable of firing glass or ceramics with the fl.