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Glass Fusion flowers - How to -

  1.The first stage in this process is to cut all the pieces of coloured glass chosen to make up the main subject ( flower ) of the design - Fig. 1 - 

 2.  Cut the surrounding glass in clear tekta, - Fig 2 -  and try to ensure that all of the coloured and clear tekta pieces fit together like a jigsaw.

  3. Cut a piece of tekta for the base that corresponds to the overall size of the top layer. Cover this liberally with areas of coloured frit  ( powder, fine,medium or coarse) and then carefully place the pieces for the top  layer over the frit - Fig. 3 -

 4. Fire this to a full fuse

  5. Extra detail can be applied using glass enamels, and the piece is then fired for a second time - Fig. 4 -