Fused Glass Jewelry Making

Fused Glass Jewelry Making<br /><br />Victorian Fused Glass Necklace<br /><br />What can you do with fused glass pendants? This stringing design will show you one great method for using fused glass as the focal piece for a gorgeous necklace.<br /><br />While this necklace has all kinds of other materials included such as seed beads, crystals, gemstone beads, and metal, the fused glass pendant is the star.<br /><br />How to Create Home Studio for Fused Glass<br /><br />If you fallen in love with making glass beads or fused glass or if you always wanted to try glass, then eventually you need to create a place for yourself and your glass. Here are a few tips to help you create your own safe place to work with glass.<br /><br />Creating Fused Blank Pendants<br /><br />These fused glass pendants are blank on the front so you end up with a blank canvas of sorts to add designs and embellishments to later. They are a great way to use up glass scraps too.<br /><br />Rubber Stamped Glass Pendants<br /><br />This mixed media jewelry technique allows you to decorate fused glass pendants with images from rubber stamps.<br /><br />Fused Dichroic Post Earrings<br /><br />Small pieces of fused glass work perfectly with post earring findings, and the use of Dichroic glass gives you a rainbow of possibilities.<br /><br />Make Faux Beach Glass<br /><br />Use your fused glass scraps up with this easy technique for making faux beach glass.<br /><br />Annealing Metal, Beads, and Glass Jewelry<br /><br />Learn about this important jewelry making technique that is essential for ensuring the inegrity of your lampwork beads, fused glass, wire, or metal jewelry.<br /><br />To Buy a Kiln or Not to Buy a Kiln<br /><br />I get a lot of email concerning kilns. This is a big decision to make for most jewelry makers. Before you buy a kiln, consider some important questions you need to ask yourself.<br /><br />Finger Painting Glass and Colors<br /><br />Learn some more of what I learned in my second fused glass class.<br /><br />Cutting Pasting Fused Glass<br /><br />The 3rd in a series on what I learn in my fused glassclass. This lesson is on volume control.<br /><br />How to Use a Glass Saw for Fused Glass Jewelry<br /><br />You can make all kinds of wonderful shapes and designs with glass that you can then turn into pendants and earrings for your jewelry making needs.