Topic Design

This lesson teaches Stacy Lynn Smith's approach to powder printing—preferred tools, process steps and cleaning up.

Powder Printing L059

Powder printing allows artists to produce archival images on glass with a range of colors, textures, and layers of transparency. This lesson is based on Stacy Lynn Smith's approach to powder printing.

This lesson covers the unique visual properties of Opaline sheet glass, the science behind its color, and its effects when layered with other colored glass.

Expanding the Color Palette: Opaline Overlays L057

Opaline sheet glass has great potential to expand the color palette in kilnforming because it has the ability to create new colors with distinct properties. Learn more about using Opaline in this lesson.

This lesson combines 21 sheet glass styles to demonstrate how many custom colors you can make by combining hues from Bullseye's palette.

Expanding the Color Palette: Composite Colors L056

In this lesson, learn to create a broad array of hues for use in kiln-glass projects by firing two different colors of sheet glass together.

This lesson covers how to navigate design choices when working with thicker part sheets and how to minimize bubbles when working with bumpy part sheets.

Designing with Part Sheets, Part 2 L054

What should you expect when the part sheet is thicker than 3mm or if the surface is bumpy and irregular? Learn how to navigate these design choices in this lesson.

In this project-based lesson, we'll use 2mm stringer and 3mm sheet glass to make a basic plate with a line-based design and abundant color options.

Inline Plate Project L050

In this project-based lesson, we’ll make a basic plate with a line-based design. Using 2mm stringer and 3mm sheet glass,

Designing with Part Sheets, Part 1 L047

Explore ways to work with part sheets and use them as design elements.

This lesson covers techniques for making different kinds of part sheets. It also includes general guidelines for firing them.

Making Part Sheets L046

Making part sheets is like making your own fabrics for quilting - in this lesson you will learn techniques for making different kinds of part sheets and guidelines for firing them.

This lesson covers how to create a kilncarving design using ceramic fiber paper. It also teaches how to fire and finish a piece of work.

Kilncarving L045

Learn how to create a kilncarved design using ceramic fiber paper, how to fire and finish a piece of work, and how glass behaves at the various temperatures used in this basic forming method.

This lesson explores a technique for diluting areas of color within a composition, offering step-by-step instructions for making a fused and slumped plate.

Dilution Solution L037

In this lesson, you'll create a fused, slumped plate with diluted areas in the design.

This lesson covers how to prepare a sand bed mixture as a versatile kilnforming surface able to achieve a huge range of textures in fired glass.

Kilnforming on a Sand Bed L035

This lesson covers the range of textures one can achieve by firing on a sand bed, offering a unique and distinctive design vocabulary.

This lesson demonstrates on-edge strip construction's methods for cutting and composing with strips, firing and finishing work, and adding special effects.

On-Edge Strip Construction L033

In this lesson you will learn tips for cutting and composing with glass strips, as well as some special effects you can achieve with on-edge construction.

This conclusion to Screen Printing with Enamels covers working safely with enamels, printing images onto glass, firing glass, and cleaning up afterwards.

Screen Printing with Enamels – Part 2 L031B

In Part 2 of the lesson, you will learn how to work safely with enamels, print your image onto the glass, fire the glass, and clean up or recycle materials when finished.

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