Thursday 10 May 2012

Recycled Thames Glass Bracelet

I managed to sneak in another bracelet by working extra hours in the evenings - so this one is made out of pieces of glass which I found on the Thames shore, and formed into cabochons in my kiln.

The pieces of glass I find mostly have very subtle shades of green and blue, and I have combined those here. The glass behaves unexpectedly in the kiln - some goes transparent, some goes cloudy, some shiny and some frosty. I suspect that reflects the age of the glass but I can't be sure (cloudy/frosted = older?).

Recycled glass bracelet - the 'after' picture
Glass shards from the Thames - the 'before' picture

2 comments:

  1. Those pieces of glass in the before pic remind me of shards of toffee.......not that I ever ate blue toffee!

    But they are such delicious colours.....

    The bracelet is beautiful, must be interesting seeing how they react in the kiln......

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  2. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the glass ... such a pretty piece!

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