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Introducing the Paragon TLC16 – a revolutionary glass kiln that elevates your creative experience!
With enhanced features that make your favorite tasks easier than ever, the TLC16 is designed for artists who demand the best. Unleash your creativity with versatile loading options! Whether you prefer the convenience of a top-loader by opening just the lid or the full accessibility of a clamshell design, the TLC16 adapts to your needs.
Take control like never before with our cutting-edge Vari-Fire system, allowing you to customize your firing range effortlessly. Experience precision heating from both the top and sides, all at your fingertips with an intuitive slider on the controller. Plus, the TLC16 operates on standard 120V outlets at 15 Amps, ensuring a hassle-free setup.
Built for durability, the TLC16 features robust SSR and mechanical relay backup systems, ensuring reliable performance every time. The removable floor makes maintenance straightforward, so you can focus on what you love most – creating!
But that's not all! The TLC16 isn't just a powerhouse; it’s a stunning addition to your workspace, available in 8 vibrant colors to perfectly complement your artistic style.
Elevate your glasswork today with the Paragon TLC16 – where innovation meets artistry!
Creator’s introduces the Magne-Foiler, a tool made to streamline the copper foiling process. Designed to work with 3/16”, 7/32”, and 1/4” foil, this machine will work with a variety of thicknesses of glass and copper. Set your copper foil into the holder and apply it to your glass pieces with ease. Magnets snap to the center of the foil and the small rollers ensure a secure application around tight curves on the glass, and the offset foil setting accommodates textured glass.
The unit comes fully assembled and is ready to use right out of the box. Made with high-quality materials, the machine has a small footprint on your desktop and is study yet lightweight. Hard copy instructions along with an in-depth video tutorial are provided. We also include a free Fid’l Stik, a multi-use fid for burnishing your foil and making jump rings.
Enjoy a quick demonstration of the Magne-Foiler here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK1hs2v4sb8\
Visit our website at www.creatorsbrand.com.
Hang your valuable art safely with Adjustabail! No more drilling holes through your panels for metal supports or stand-offs. Adjustabail is designed to adhere to the back of panel and cast glass and can hold up to 21 kg/45 lbs when used with the recommended adhesives. The slugs, brackets, and fixings are supplied both as a kit and separately.
Visit our distributors to see our full line of products. Stop putting holes in your art and hang it the Adjustabail way!
UK: https://adjustabail.co.uk/
Canada: https://www.kimberlyartglass.com/
Creator’s is pleased to announce its Dazzling Soft Touch Brush! This 4” diameter natural-bristle brush attaches to your drill to clean and polish your stained glass projects with ease. The brush arrives with its bristles at a texture and density that is ready to use out of the box. See this and more at www.creatorsbrand.com
The Creator’s Lead Stretcher will easily stretch any size lead came and is compatible with a wide variety of styles, including H-came ranging from 1/8ʺ to 1/2ʺ. Simply put one end of the lead came in the vise on one side of your work surface. Insert the other end of the came into the stretcher, then pull the lever. The leverage allows you to stretch the lead easily. Maximum stretching distance is 8-1/2ʺ.
Easy to Set Up – The machine is sent to you fully assembled and includes 2 vises with a stretcher. You only need to mount the stretcher assembly and one of the sturdy lead vises to a solid surface before getting started.
Easy to Operate – The machine’s intuitive design makes it easy to operate and requires minimal effort to use.
Highest Quality Materials – The Creator’s Lead Stretcher is crafted with high-quality anodized aluminum, making it strong yet lightweight. The lead vises are made of solid aluminum with easy grip pawls. www.creatorsbrand.com
Covington Corp. presents its new Agglomerate Belts. Don’t let the aggressive look fool you! These belts are an excellent, long-lasting choice for grinding glass. They are currently available in four sizes and come with grits ranging from 80 to 1200. Agglomerate Belts have 7 to 10 times the life of a standard silicon carbide belt and, as always, are made in the USA!208-609-6636 www.covington-engineering.com
Franklin Art Glass Studios is excited to announce Franklin’s Ohio Glass by Oceanside Glass & Tile. Franklin’s #02337-F96, a beautiful mix of red, pewter, and white, is an exclusive, limited production-run glass that is available online and in-store now.. 614-221-2972 www.FranklinArtGlass.com
Foil Revolution presents Ready To Use Adhesive Copper Foil Overlays For Professional Results. Made from EDCO 1.25 mil Adhesive Backed Copper Foil. Add whimsical elements and textures to any piece! The possibilities and time savings are endless. We offer seasonal overlays including Halloween and Christmas. Stock up now! Custom work available including letters. Wholesale pricing available. Visit the company’s website for more information on this great product. www.foilrevolution.com
Wissmach Glass announces its new logo and ownership. As of April 1, 2021, Jason Wilburn and Annabelle Javier are the new owners of The Paul Wissmach Glass Co., Inc. Mark Feldmeier, the previous owner, continues to be actively involved in the company throughout the transition. Jason and Annabelle are excited to continue the tradition of a family-owned and operated company providing high-quality, reasonably priced glass. They opened a business development office and factory glass outlet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May. www.wissmachglass.com
His Glassworks is now offering waterproof gloves from SealSkinz to keep your hands warm and dry when coldworking your glass. Available online at the His Glassworks website in Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large. www.hisglassworks.com
His Glassworks is now carrying larger sintered diamond balls mounted on straight shanks for easily creating bevels in smaller round openings or carving larger surfaces of glass. Available in 1/2 inch and 1 inch sizes in 100, 230, and 600 grit. Custom shapes and grits are also available online at the His Glassworks website. www.hisglassworks.com
Cliffside Studio announces the upcoming release of its newest book in 24 years, More Stained Glass Photo Frames by Alex Spatz! Featuring 24 full-size patterns for 4" x 6" photographs, themes include contemporary designs and sports for children and adults plus sailing, seashore, wildlife, religious, nature, and floral motifs. More Stained Glass Photo Frames also features designs for both vertical and horizontal photographs. The photo frames offer a quick, easy project, and with an anticipated spring release, they will be available for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, and other gift-giving occasions all year long! More Stained Glass Photo Frames, which follows Stained Glass Photo Frames, is the second photo frame design book published by Cliffside Studio. 484-225-2616 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.cliffsidestudio.com
Wissmach Glass Company presents Wissmach 96™ frit. Available in 20 colors, the frit comes in fine, medium, coarse, and mosaic and can be purchased in 16-ounce and 4-pound containers. Colors that are currently available include clear, black, and white plus assorted shades of violet, green, blue, red, and gold. Wissmach began making 96 COE frit in 2017 and has plans to continue adding more colors. Ask your supplier for these beautiful Wissmach 96 Glass Frits and visit the company’s website for more details. 304‑337‑2253 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.wissmachglass.com
Hoevel Manufacturing, which has been in existence for over 40 years, is excited to announce the company’s new website. Now up and running, it’s a great place to find time-saving products for stained glass artists. The Hoevel product line has gone through many name changes over the years, but the quality of its stained glass products created by Herle Diegel, the company’s founder, has remained the same. Hoevel Manufacturing offers the Diegel products including the Diegel Foiler and the Kwik-Crimp Burnisher, which burnishes both sides of the foil at the same time, plus Kwik-Clean Flux and Patina Cleaner and Color Magic nonfiring permanent glass and metal paint. For more information about Hoevel and its amazing products, visit the company’s website. 310‑313‑6829 www.hoevel.com
Anything in Stained Glass presents Breda Mosaic Nippers. These nippers are made for artists who are looking for a lightweight, comfortable tool for nipping glass for mosaics. They are made from aluminum and feature high-quality carbide blades that multiply your force by five times while keeping your wrist at a safer angle to help avoid repetitive stress injuries. Breda Mosaic Nippers also have a numbering index on the blades so you know how many times you have rotated them and are fully reversible for both right- and left-handed use. Visit the company’s website for more information on this great product. 800‑462‑1209 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.anythinginstainedglass.com
Victorian Art Glass has new Master Artisan Steel Wave Molds that are made from heavy-duty stainless steel to withstand multiple firings. The molds come in two sizes, 6" x 12" and 12" x 16". The molds can be used with kiln wash, boron nitride, or covered with kiln paper. Visit the Victorian Art Glass website or contact the company for more information on these great new molds. 250-382-9554 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.vicartglass.com
AAE Glass, providers of glass art education, inspiration, and supplies, now offers SilkeMat™, a noncarcinogenic fiber blanket that can be cut, molded, rigidized, and formed. It can be used with and without rigidizing. Although a high-grade boron nitride separator could be used for art glass firings, AAE has not found this to be necessary. There is also no “shot” in this product, which comes in 24" x 24" x 1/4" and 12" x 12" x 1/4" sizes. Most firings are clean, leaving only the texture of the fiber on the glass. Visit the AAE Glass website for more details on this remarkable product. 239-471-7724 iThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.aaeglass.com
Wissmach Glass Company presents Textured Sheet Glass. Normally textures will fire away in the kiln, but the company’s textured glass is coated with a metal coating that you know as dichroic coating. This allows you to keep the textures with the help of glass paints, enamels, or mica paints. Ask your glass supplier for dichroic coated Wissmach glass. 304-337-2253 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.wissmachglass.com
Lisa Vogt is pleased to introduce Home for the Holidays, her new 54-page e-book that includes 46 pages filled with more than 56 full-size patterns. All of the projects are also shown in full color. Designs include stylized wreathes, colorful tree ornaments, an elegant Menorah, a cute snowman, a shining Star of David, a delicate cross, a dove in a cathedral, and much more. You’ll also enjoy the lovely nativity as well as characters from the beloved Nutcracker. This timeless collection of charming seasonal patterns will help you add a festive touch to any decor. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.lisavogt.net
Glassy Cuts has precut fusible glass shapes that are ready for you to decorate with frit and fuse in your own kiln. There are lots of shapes to choose from in fusible 82 COE float and 90 COE glasses, and only one shape is needed per project. Simply choose one Glassy Cuts design, then use stencils, freehand techniques, or enamel sifters to apply frit onto the surface of your Glassy Cuts shape. To finish, fuse in your own kiln using the firing schedule provided on the Glassy Cuts website that is appropriate for the type of glass you are working with. You can also use the Glassy Cuts precolored, predesigned Mosaic Glass to cut and arrange on the surface of any Glassy Cuts piece, then fuse in your own kiln. Visit the company’s website for more details. 360-613-5472 www.glassycuts.com
Wissmach Glass Company presents Reactive Glass. Glasses are called “reactive” when the metals in one glass react with the metals in another glass during firing. As a result, a fine, darker line is created where the two colors meet, which makes it possible for glass artists to create some very interesting effects in their fused glass art. Be sure to check the company’s Kiln Glass catalog for a list of reactive colors. 304-337-2253 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.wissmachglass.com
Gemini Saw Co. has released the new Semi-Automatic Floating Tray that is now available for the Taurus 3 Ring Saw. The floating tray allows the saw to do precision cuts in all hard materials by the use of a spring return assembly located at the rear of the saw. The operator simply pulls back the easy to install, easy to use tray, places the item to be cut between the magnetic angles, and starts the saw, and the cuts will be made without operator attention. The spring on the Floating Tray, which fits all Taurus 3 saws without modification, has an adjustable tension knob so that both delicate, thin pieces as well as thick, hard pieces can be cut perfectly every time. These cuts are beyond compare and are made automatically with perfect pressure. Full information is available from Gemini Saw Company. Call or visit the company’s website for more details on this outstanding new floating tray. 310-891-0288 www.geminisaw.com
Wissmach Glass Company now makes all of its glass available with a Luminescent Coating. The coated glass is similar to the iridescent coatings, but not quite the same. You can achieve different effects when firing with the coated side up or down. That makes this product ideal for reversed fusing projects and sculptures that you want to look their best from both sides. Visit the company’s website for downloadable catalogs of this and all the other great products from Wissmach. 304-337-2253 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.wissmachglass.com
Paragon Industries, L.P. has brought space age science into kiln production. The company’s recently acquired laser cutter means that its sheet metal parts are the best that Paragon has ever produced, since it is now able to make most of them with the laser. The laser cutter is capable of extremely fine detail, which provides the improvement of parts such as kiln switch boxes, stainless steel cases, and kiln stands. The laser also allows for more efficient production and a faster turnaround time for kiln orders. 972‑288‑7557 800‑876‑4328 www.paragonweb.com
Franklin Art Glass announces its newest product, Batch ’24 Stained Glass Cement, a new cement with old roots. The company’s new stained glass cement system is the same foundation known and trusted from Inland produced by the seasoned glass professionals at Franklin Art Glass with literally decades of experience. The Batch ’24 Stained Glass Cement System will be available in late fall 2018 from favorite glass distributors. Visit the website for the latest on news and information about product availability or call Franklin Art Glass. 800‑848‑7683 www.batch24cement.com
Skutt Kilns presents the new KilnMaster Touchscreen with built-in WiFi. Like your Smartphone, the new KMT controller navigates with just the touch of a finger and guides you through programming with full sentences, helpful icons, and dynamic navigation. Built-in WiFi makes it possible to download any software feature upgrades for free, so it’s like having a new Kiln Controller for the life of the kiln. This feature also allows you to monitor your kiln temperature and status from your smartphone. The Hinged Controller allows you to move the controller up and down to an angle that is comfortable for you to program. After programming, you can push it back down so it is out of your way and easy to view from across the room and has the same functions as the standard GlassMaster plus more. 503‑774‑6000 www.skutt.com
Unique Glass Colors introduces a new 3.4 ounce size for all of its color lines. This more convenient size and economical pricing is great when using Unique’s “Poured Enamels” technique. They are also great when you need more than a small jar, but a large jar is too much. Visit the company’s website or call for more detailed information and to see the complete line of the company’s products. 407‑261-0900 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.uniqueglasscolors.com
His Glassworks is pleased to offer the LapDancer external faceting arm for use with any flat lap grinder to accurately and quickly create facets on anything from beads and paperweights to marbles and anything in between. The LapDancer is available in three different colors online at the company’s website and over the phone. 828-254-2559 800-914-7463 www.hisglassworks.com
Wissmach Glass Co. has a kiln glass catalog filled with 90 and 96 COE glass for fused glass enthusiasts. Wissmach 90™ and Wissmach 96™ Transparent Sheet Glass are made for glass fusing and kiln forming. Special care is taken to make sure that all of the company’s glass is tested to fire with any other glass that is labeled 90 or 96 COE. Both lines of kiln glass come in clear plus twelve beautiful shades for 90 COE and 15 shades for 96 COE in hues that include stunning blues, reds, yellows, violets, and ambers. New colors can be created when different shades are fused together. Visit the website for more information on these and many more outstanding glass products. 304‑337‑2253 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.wissmachglass.com
Glass Patterns Quarterly (GPQ) now offers a way to take advantage of all the exciting, informative classes presented through its Webinar program. Glass enthusiasts will now be able to purchase links to recorded Glass Expert Webinars™ classes that include the full chat between the teacher and students who attended the live class plus all of the PDF handouts provided by the teacher. The link allows you to view the Webinar class as often as you like on your own schedule—a huge value. Viewing a recorded link via iPhone or iPad is not possible, but they may be viewed with any laptop or desktop computer and are compatible with all operating systems. If this is your first time viewing a recorded link or you have not participated in a live Webinar event before, you will need to download the free Adobe Connect app. Go to the “Glass Expert Webinars™” link on the GPQ home page, then to the “Recorded Webinar Links” area for a list of recorded Webinars that are currently available, and check back often for new additions. 502-222-5631 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.glasspatterns.com
Franklin Art Glass is excited to announce the launch of its new website! You can now visit the company using any of your mobile devices, and with the new easy-to-use search and navigation, ordering online is a breeze. The new and improved online store has more products listed than ever before and has an automatic boxing and shipping calculator making your purchase ship from the company’s facility faster and more economically. While shopping for products, be sure to explore the multiple photo galleries, news stories, videos, and historical information about Franklin Art Glass Studios. To stay informed, be sure to sign up for the newsletter and follow the company on social media pages. 614‑221‑2972
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Wissmach Glass Co. presents 90 COE and 96 COE Prisma Glass™, the company’s fusing line of mixed colors for use in kiln work. Each is primarily a mix of two and sometimes three colors, which can result in some additional color hues. Since mixing color is a manual process, each piece will be different, and each Prisma color can come in a variety of color densities. The first part of the color name reflects the more dominant color. Visit the company’s website to see the new 2018 Kiln Glass catalog and all of the beautiful offerings from Wissmach.
304‑337‑2253 www.wissmachglass.com
Lisa Vogt presents two new videos. Fun and Fanciful Fusing with Lisa Vogt, an exciting DVD video that shows glass artists how to have fun with fusing. It’s all about working with vibrant glass colors, making new project shapes, and getting excited about glass fusing again. In this fast-paced video, Lisa will share her pro tips for working with color and how easy it is to build unique project shapes that inspire your creativity. Viewers will be guided step-by-step through the many firing processes and receive Lisa’s time-tested firing guides and helpful hints for making custom display stands. Advanced Glass Fusing with Lisa Vogt techniques for combing, free flows, pattern bars, creative slumping, extraordinary glass design, and crafting unique display stands are all included in this comprehensive DVD. Lisa will share the creative process from concept to completion as she explores new, innovative techniques that push the boundaries imposed by glass fusing. With all of these pro secrets revealed, viewers will feel empowered to break free from traditional methods to dig deeper, climb higher, and advance their work to the next level. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.t www.lisavogt.net
Unique Glass Colors has added a new kit to its growing line of Color Kits for Pouring Enamels. Joining Serenity with its very calming colors and Straw Flowers, which teaches artists how to create flowers using a straw, Primary Blast uses all of the intense primary colors. The kits contain all of the colors needed, Layering Mix, and instructions. Visit the company’s website to see the whole line of Color Kits or call for more information. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.uniqueglasscolors.com
