Play With Fire

Ahhh...nothing like firing up the kiln on a cold winter day. We have been playing with fire and melting glass and having way to much fun. A friend of ours is a glassblower, and if his piece is not absolutely perfect, he trashes it. Lucky me to have access to his mistakes. This is a plate, he thought it had a bubble, so I recycled it. It was cut, fire polished, and annealed. I love the cobalt blue color and the thick clear glass between the colors. It has so much depth to it. On the left is the "before" and on the right is the "after". I added some sea glass, a wire wrapped bail, and a cord. Maybe tomorrow I'll walk the beach and look for some buried treasure, but not today!