Fall 2018 **Print**

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It’s Never Too Early
by Delynn Ellis
Managing Editor Delynn Ellis reminds readers that it’s never too early to plan projects for holiday gift giving with tutorials that include snowflake mobiles, fused dove ornaments, and mosaic suncatchers plus Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas themes. There are also tips for searching the GPQ website archives for additional holiday projects.

Just a Little Flurry
Design, Demonstration, and Text by Tamara Phillips
Photography by Stephanie Ulibarri
A mobile featuring four snowflakes created with clear diamond-shaped glass, colored cabochons, and filigree-shaped wire pieces. The glass is ground to remove any sharp edges and foiled before assembling the pieces and combining them to form the mobile. This project was constructed using the copper foil technique.

Geometric Bird Feeder
Design, Fabrication, and Text by Lidia K. Anderson
A stained glass diamond-shaped bird feeder created with clear float glass plus a desired glass accent color. The glass edges are mirror ground, washed, dried, and assembled. The addition of wire loops and a chain allow for hanging the feeder. This project was constructed using the copper foil technique.

Double the Holiday Cheer
An Introduction to Plating
Design, Fabrication, and Text by Chantal Paré
A 12" x 19" window featuring two panels of glass, with the front in sharp focus and the back panel seen through semitransparent glass, creating the illusion of depth. It’s appearance changes, depending on whether it’s viewed from the inside or outside. This project was constructed using the copper foil technique.

Christmas Moose
Design by Christine Harris, Text by Darlene Welch
A 7‑1/2" x 10" free-form stained glass panel featuring an adorable moose wearing Santa’s red hat. Careful use of Light Brown Opal and Dark Amber Streaky glass colors helps to capture his furry winter coat and hallmark moose antlers. This project was constructed using the copper foil technique.

Greenman Mosaic Suncatcher
Design, Fabrication, and Text by Dana Worley
A 7" square Greenman texture tile used to create a unique fused glass mosaic. The Greenman tile, which has fine frit added before the final firing to help the design stand out, is surrounded by patterned colored glass squares that are used to form the outer frame. Firing schedules are included.

Ghoul Cat
Design and Text by Leslie Gibbs
A stained glass free-form panel featuring a black cat with raised wings seated next to an eerie skull. A spiderweb created with 17-gauge wire, a glowing amber moon, and streaky burgundy glass complete this Halloween design. This project was constructed using the copper foil technique.

Fall Splendor Multitechnique Accent Piece
Design and Fabrication by Alysa Phiel, Text and Photography by Jane McClarren
A set of leaf-shaped dishes created with hair spray, mica powder, glass paint, frit, and dichroic extract. The final product is slumped in a serving dish mold to create an interesting shape to use as a unique fall decor piece. Firing and slumping schedules are included.

Fused Dove Ornament
Design, Fabrication, and Text by Mary Harris
A quick and easy 3" x 3" ornament project that can be made with or without a kiln. Using 2 mm glass gives a less heavy, finer appearance to the dove. Gluing the wings to the dove’s body after fusing the project gives the piece a three-dimensional appearance. A firing schedule is included.

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Not Quite Ripe
Design by Paned Expressions Studios, Text by Darlene Welch
An 18" x 27-1/2" stained glass panel featuring a cluster of grapes just before they are fully ripe. The broad grapevine leaves are beginning to show their fall colors, and curved black glass corner pieces add interest to the design. This project was constructed using the copper foil technique.

Turkey Candle Shelter or Flower Vase
Design, Fabrication, and Text by Lisa Vogt
A 6" x 8‑1/2" colorful fused glass turkey, the perfect finishing touch for a fall candle shelter or vase. The turkey is easy to make by gluing colorful glass pieces onto a clear base before adding fine frit trim and a dichroic layer, then firing the glass. Fusing schedules are included.

Poinsettia
Original Design by Bonnie Donahue, Fabrication and Text by Cindi Shaffer
A 12" circular fused and slumped poinsettia flower design. Chopped red and clear iridized glass pieces are prefired to round the glass edges, then layered on the 12" red irid glass circle. Smaller nipped glass pieces are used to fill in the design. Firing and slumping schedules are included.

Fused Glass Holiday Trees
Design, Fabrication, and Text by Jim Matthews
A set of fused multicolor trees that can be hung in a window or placed on a stand for beautiful holiday decor. Nipped pieces of clear or transparent green glass are fused to a clear glass background to create a three-dimensional, glistening texture that generates light refraction and sparkle. Firing schedules are included.

Spider
Design, Fabrication, and Text by Dennis Brady
A three-dimensional freestanding spider. The head and body are made from stacked black glass squares fused into rounds. Eight legs are cut from the black glass, and the head and body are added before tack fusing. The spider legs are then draped over a fiber paper mold and slumped. Firing schedules are provided.

Happy Fall Y’All
Mixed Media Pumpkin
Design, Fabrication, and Text by Mary Hong
A brightly colored pumpkin made from broken scrap glass and a wine bottle. A freehand pumpkin shape is drawn and filled in with shards of orange glass. Green wine bottle accents including the neck, which forms the stem, are added before covering with epoxy resin and applying heat to set the project.

Glass Tattoo Hors d’Oeuvre Plates
Design, Fabrication, and Text by Randy and Carole Wardell
A set of 6"-diameter serving plates decorated with Wardell’s Glass Tattoo Gue. Various desired colors are premixed, then used to fill in various sections of the design stencils. The plates are contour fused to set the colors, then slumped on a mold to finish. Firing schedules are provided.

What’s New
by Darlene Welch
Information on the latest in books and patterns plus new glass and tools for hot, warm, and cold glass artists and hobbyists. This is the perfect place to keep up with the innovations that will make working in glass easier and more enjoyable.

Kiln Corner
The Mystery of the Overfired Kiln
by Arnold Howard
Answers to questions from readers on ways to troubleshoot problems with kilns that overfire and how to properly connect thermocouples.

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