Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Glass Class with Kent Lauer

I just completed a 3 day class at AAE Glass ( http://www aaeglass.com) in Cape Coral,Florida with master glass artist Kent Lauer (http://www.kentlauer.com). We learned the art if "cold working" - shaping glass without a kiln or torch.

We started by practicing face ting glass on a lap grinder using thick Starfire ultra-clear glass.

Then we did the same using layers of Starfire and dichroic glass. You start with the altered glass, glued together then cured with a UV light.

After 4-5 shapings and polishing - all by hand. - here is the result. Amazing!


Here is a pendant I made...



And my favorite piece from the class - a bracelet.


Unfortunately, you won't find these in my line of jewelry anytime soon. The equipment required is just too pricey at this point. At over $3000 to get setup, I would have to sell an awful lot!


Sorry the photos are not in place. Trying to do this on my IPad and it won't cooperate!










8 comments:

  1. Cool! Great kind of art work it seems doing that kind of art is fun and interesting, so I would like to make my own etched glass. Well done!

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  2. Brilliant!, the edges looks like a Frosted Glass. That would be nice decor and jewel piece.

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  3. Yes, I didn't polish those edges, so they do look etched.

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  4. Gorgeous jewelry! Btw, thank you so fairy much for the sweet compliment on my blog last week.

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  5. Im learning a lot. This will be a good start.

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  6. Beautiful! I so want to learn this. Is the half moon shape done on the lap grinder as well? Or is it cut with saw? Beautiful work.

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