Painting in Glass - Coming soon

Hand-painted Glass Art will be coming soon to Glass Imagination

The painting begins.

Finished Enamel Design

 I am currently trialing small art pieces to enter into Glass Imagination Homewares range.

I thought I would show the methodology behind the craft.

Enamels & glass can be an exciting process full of possibilities, but it takes several steps to create the perfect piece ...

Once I decided the design the slow intricate process of hand-painting enamel on glass begins. The consistency of the enamel is everything, therefore painting can take a long time to get the enamel thick enough to be distinct, but thin enough to flow off the brush freely. This particular design is that of a tribal bird. It is inspired by home trend of 2013-14 'Natural Selections', particularity the decpiction of birds.

Once the painting is complete the next step is the place it in the kiln to fuse the enamel into the glass permanently. However to spice up the mix I have decided to use one of my previously fused glass pieces to decorate the art further and add levels to the design. The 'Bullseye' glass eye is placed in the on the top layer of the glass in the kiln, ready to be fired. I fire this glass piece at 600 degrees Celsius. This is enough to merge enamel and glass and cause the glass eye to sink securely into place on the transparent glass. It is a low enough temperature for the glasseye to keep it's shape and hieght of 1cm above the flat surface.

All that remains is to frame the art piece....

After kiln-forming, the enamel is permanently fixed on transparent glass.

Finished Product signed by the artist.