hanging multiple fused glass panels together
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:41 pm
Hi all,
I'm trying to get back into glass fusing after a 2 year break due to a cross country move. Anyway, I'm designing a piece that will hang in front of a window. It will be 10 rectangles, each roughly 8"x11", hung in 2 rows of 5 rectangles each. What I'm trying to figure out is how to attach the pieces to each other. I want the rectangles attached vertically, but they don't need to be attached horizontally. I'm currently thinking each will be a single layer of standard thickness glass, with a partial second layer tack fused on it, so each piece will weigh 2-3 lbs or so. Can I drill holes in corners of the pieces and use steel cable to string them together -- will the top row of glass be able to support the weight of the bottom row or will that put too much stress on where the holes are drilled? The top row would then be hung from a metal or wood support.
I have thought about fusing channels into each pieces (like the glass curtain in Bettina Eberle's Creative Glass Techniques book) but I prefer the designs I'm coming up with that just use a single piece of glass as the background for each rectangle.
thanks!
Michelle
I'm trying to get back into glass fusing after a 2 year break due to a cross country move. Anyway, I'm designing a piece that will hang in front of a window. It will be 10 rectangles, each roughly 8"x11", hung in 2 rows of 5 rectangles each. What I'm trying to figure out is how to attach the pieces to each other. I want the rectangles attached vertically, but they don't need to be attached horizontally. I'm currently thinking each will be a single layer of standard thickness glass, with a partial second layer tack fused on it, so each piece will weigh 2-3 lbs or so. Can I drill holes in corners of the pieces and use steel cable to string them together -- will the top row of glass be able to support the weight of the bottom row or will that put too much stress on where the holes are drilled? The top row would then be hung from a metal or wood support.
I have thought about fusing channels into each pieces (like the glass curtain in Bettina Eberle's Creative Glass Techniques book) but I prefer the designs I'm coming up with that just use a single piece of glass as the background for each rectangle.
thanks!
Michelle