Sconce

This week I thought I'd show you some of the process involved in making some fused and slumped glass lighting.  I started construction of some sconces which are currently fusing, and I'll show you the completion of the process in the coming weeks.  The first part of this sconce involves cutting a number of glass rings.

These are all loaded into a mold with a small slumped glass cone that will form the center of the sconce.  They're stacked one by one.

The number of rings will determine the end diameter for this slumped glass sconce (or, actually, the two that will be made from this cone).

Three of these are currently in the kilns.  We'll pick up next when we remove the fully fused cones from their molds.