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I have never made any candle/votive/tea light holders before. So when I was looking on line, I saw ones that were a kerchief look and others that were a driplike look, done with 1/4" sticks of glass. I saw two layers, I saw one layer. I would like opinions on the one layer....particularly when they are the driplike look. Wouldn't they be too fragile? I thought everything had to be two layers?

One layer pieces are more fragile, but require less glass so they're cheaper to make. Firing one layer to a higher temperature to get more flow and a "driplike look" would be much more difficult that firing two or three layers.

so one layer is ok to fire then? The drippy look doesn't come from firing higher, I don't think....just comes from the design....like a flower where the petals are made from 1/4" strips all converging in the middle. The draping then makes it look like stamens sticking up or fingers. I just figured because it was only one layer and it's that particular design and not just a square piece of one layer glass, that those individual fingers or stamens would be too fragile. I've seen the same thing on a video by Craig Mitchell Smith - he used black glass to make the stamen part of his poppies, but it was only part of the whole design.

One layer will fire, just be more fragile.

Mmmm ... perfect opportunity for some controlled testing. I, for one, would like to see your various results.