Fusing sand in a piece
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:09 pm
Hi everyone,
I have a customer who wants a memorial pendant with a beach scene and ashes. This would normally be no problem, but she just let me know that she wants the sand part of the beach scene (which I would normally make with frit) to be made of actual sand from a beach she and her loved one visited. I hate to tell someone no, but my instinct is that using enough sand to create the look she wants would cause bubbles or COE problems. Has anyone ever successfully fired a quantity of sand between layers of glass? I know I could probably add a sprinkling of real sand with no problems, but don't see how I could include enough to look like a beach.
Thanks for any advice!
--jodi
I have a customer who wants a memorial pendant with a beach scene and ashes. This would normally be no problem, but she just let me know that she wants the sand part of the beach scene (which I would normally make with frit) to be made of actual sand from a beach she and her loved one visited. I hate to tell someone no, but my instinct is that using enough sand to create the look she wants would cause bubbles or COE problems. Has anyone ever successfully fired a quantity of sand between layers of glass? I know I could probably add a sprinkling of real sand with no problems, but don't see how I could include enough to look like a beach.
Thanks for any advice!
--jodi