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Hi,

I was wondering if anyone had a source for the fusible decals that they would be willing to share? I am interested in finding a dragonfly for a customer of mine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ingrid

Ingrid:
Why not use a stencil: place on glass, I brush on a small amount of glass glue with a paint brush so the powder will stick a little, dust glass powder over top, clean around edges of dragonfly after taking stencil off (I use a small rubber paint brush) and then fuse.... I have also used Paradise Paints with a stencil.
Kathie from Calgary

I bought a couple of dragonflys locally that are amazing - 90 coe, roughly 1/1/2" body and 1 1/2 inch wingspan, dichroic on black - many colours. Look like they are water jet cut. If you can't find locally I can give Canadian Source.

Hey Phil:
I'm curious - please post site for Canadian source of dragonflys.
Thanks Kathie from Calgary

Kathy, Fusions had some dichro waterjet cut dragonflies just after Jennifer got back from the Glass show. I don't know if she has any left, she had both COE 90 and 96.

Katy from Calgary

I have bought decals from John Brauchi - i forget the name of his company, maybe Dichromagic. his email address is brauchi@earthlink.net but he doesn't always reply immediately. and i don't know if he has dragonflies.

Also, one Canadian wholesaler that sells waterjet cut dichro dragonflies is Kaleido Glass in Georgetown Ontario.

Fern

Now I feel totally embarassed. I did not know that such things as decals existed.... So much out there to learn...... Thanks Katy for cluing me in and I will talk to Jennifer.
Kathie from Calgary

You can make your own decals with a silk screen and supplies from Reusche. They sell decal release paper and overcoat. You silkscreen the enamel or lustre on the release paper and screen on the overcoat. This creates a water release decal that can be applied on a piece of glass or ceramic and fired in. The overcoat burns off cleanly from the top surface.

There are companies that make decals using big printing press type of machines to print the enamel layer. The only catch with this process is that you have to buy a thousand or two in order to get the prices reasonable.

The collector plates that you see in Parade Magazine are made this way and believe it or not those exact decals work on glass at fusing temps. I first discovered that china paints work on glass when testing some decal samples.

Hey Bert: your awesome.... thanks for answering my questions and all your helpful advice. Looking forward to seeing you again in September.
Kathie from Calgary

you can provide artwork to Wise Screenprint in Dayton, Ohio (937) 223-1573. they don't have outrageous minimums. do the artwork and layout so you can get the maximum number of repeats of your desired image. provide them with camera-ready copy. when you need a decal, cut them out one at a time. pretty cost effective. dont know if they have website ... i just pulled the file to get the phone # for you. kitty.

Soory for the delay, Kathie. Not sure about the link thing, but site is [www.fanatasyinglass.com][/url]

Thanks for everyone's help with the decal information...I have lots of sources to choose from...WOW...where were they all hiding when I was looking. Thanks again! Ingrid

One site for fusible decals and patterned dichroic glass is
http://www.dichroicpatterns.com.

Alecia

Ingrid...Profusion <www.dichroicpatterns.com> has all of the patterns available in dichroic in decal form. theyalso have plain metalic and colored decal sheets for cutting your own. they will send samples.
jim