Online live classes are available everywhere from Bullseye Glass. "Under Pressure with Ted Sawyer" shows how to use heat and pressure to transform small glass pieces into larger glassworks of exquisite thinness and color. "Prime and Program" is for new kiln users. Learn best practices for preparing a kiln shelf, working with different firing cycles, and programming a kiln. See currently scheduled classes at bit.ly/Tedol
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
The International Society of Glass Beadmakers (ISGB) will hold its annual conference, The Gathering, from March 31 through April 5, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Included are workshops, presentations, and community for the beadmakers who will be gathering from around the world to unite, share, and inspire. Visit the ISGB website for more details. 614‑222‑2243 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.isgb.org
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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Unique Glass Colors has added new free product video tutorials to its YouTube channel. Watch techniques for mixing and applying the Artisan and Accent colors. Go to youtube.com/channels and enter Unique Colors video, and visit the company’s website for more information on available products.
407‑261‑0900 youtube.com/channels www.uniqueglasscolors.com
D&L Art Glass Supply is excited to present Satin Shimmers, easy-to-apply dichroic mica decal sheets that will bring an entirely new look to your glasswork. Available in translucent and black-backed versions, the seven different hues will bring a satin-like luster to your pieces. For powdered mica embellishment, the company offers a new Mica Powder set with 12 colors in 10-gram jars for easy use and storage. Each color has been extensively tested to ensure they produce a strong, solid color when fired to either a tack or full fuse. 800‑525‑0940 303‑449‑8737 www.dlartglass.com
Skutt Kilns introduces the FireBox 8x6 LT, a new kiln that gives the glass, ceramic, and metal clay artist plenty of options. There are built-in programs for glass, ceramics, and PMC, but users can also write their own programs with Ramp/Hold. The kiln plugs into standard household voltage and easily stores away in a closet when not in use. 503‑774‑6000 ww.skutt.com
D&L Art Glass Supply is excited to present 4" square pieces of Profusion Patterned Dichroic Glass. Artists can choose from a myriad of color and pattern combinations that are available in both 90 and 96 COEs. These great new offerings from D&L are perfect for those wanting to work with this fun accessory glass while staying within a budget. Call or visit the company’s website to learn more. 800‑525‑0940 303‑449‑8737 www.dlartglass.com
D&L Art Glass Supply is constantly adding new bevel clusters to the company’s Choice, American, Infinity, and Glassmith Studio lines. Bevel clusters are a gorgeous way to add depth and dimension to stained glass pieces, expecially on doors and door sidelights. From simple to intricate designs, D&L has a bevel cluster for every need. 800‑525‑0940 303‑449‑8737 www.dlartglass.com
Canadian artist, Jean Beaulieu, presents Oriental Fragrance: Illustrated Designs of Oriental Culture. This new collection includes thirty-one designs for the glass enthusiast that cover all levels of expertise from beginner and intermediate to expert. Included are designs for Oriental portraits, symbols, origami shapes, and fans for panels and free-form projects. 819‑383‑1681 www.jeanbeaulieu.com
D&L Art Glass Supply has a wide variety of casting molds, including the popular glass cabochon cameo molds from Creative Paradise, Inc. Designs vary from timeless classics such as the Woman Cameo mold to the fun, unique Skull & Crossbones and Dragonfly molds. Make the details of each figure in your cameo really stand out by using vastly different colored frits. Check the company’s website for D&L’s ever-expanding line of Creative Paradise molds, including new styles by Patty Gray plus a video tutorial with useful tips and tricks to help you create beautiful glass cameos. 800‑525‑0940 303‑449‑8737 www.dlartglass.com
Armour Products invites you to etch your own wedding glasses plus save time and money while creating permanent keepsakes for the most important day in your life with the 12-9701 Wedding Celebration Kit. With this Over ’N’ Over stencil pack, you can create glasses for the entire wedding party including the bride, groom, best man, maid of honor, bridesmaids, and groomsmen. The stencils can be reused up to fifteen or twenty times depending on care and other variables of use, which makes them perfect for creating glasses for everyone in your own wedding or as gifts for all of your favorite brides and grooms to be. The stencils can be used with Armour Etch Cream or the Armour Sand Etch Mini Blaster. In addition to the stencils, the kit contains 12 bow ties and 100 rhinestones that are self-stick but that are not designed to withstand repeated hand washings. The etched areas, however, are permanent.
973‑427‑8787www.armourproducts.com
Unique Glass Colors (UGC) has added two new fusing tutorials to its lineup of available glass technique demonstrations. The Seaside Fusion #114 tutorial uses NT and Artisan colors with the addition of metal leafing and glass frit. The Multi-Technique Fish #117 tutorial uses Artisans, NTs, Glass Sand, Black MUDD, and glass frit. With the Fish you will learn to control bubbles. Please visit the company’s website for more technique tutorials. 407‑261‑0900 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.uniqueglasscolors.com
D&L Art Glass Supply now has many new additions to its inventory including new stained glass pattern books from Jean Beaulieu, and Milon Townsend’s Kiln Casting Glass, a detailed guide to lost wax and reverse relief techniques. D&L also stocks current and past editions of Glass Patterns Quarterly and The Flow magazines. Become inspired by the beautiful workmanship displayed in each issue and begin creating for the busy upcoming holiday season. D&L is your source for instructional periodicals, books, DVDs, and more. 800‑525‑0940 303‑449‑8737 www.dlartglass.com
Jubilee Creative has released a new line of “Create-a-Snowflake” fusible precut glass designs just in time for the winter glass crafting season. Also making a debut this season is a new penguin glass design, new snowman glass designs complete with hats, and a new fusible snowman face glass decal. Visit the company’s website for free project and learning guides .877‑845‑6300 314‑296‑3885 www.jubileecreative.com
Jean Beaulieu has added a new pattern book to his extensive offerings. World of Sports includes 32 stained glass designs for the hobbyist with full-size patterns for both panels and freeform projects for beginner, intermediate, and expert glass enthusiasts. This volume joins Beaulieu’s extensive collection of pattern books that cover a wide variety of themes for cats, dogs, birds, florals, boats, horses, Egyptian designs, fish, stuffed animals, and many others. 819‑383‑1681 www.jeanbeaulieu.com
D&L Art Glass Supply is constantly adding new styles or murrine and cane to its 90 and 96 COE accessory glass lines. Known as a great addition to fused glass pieces, murrine instantly adds a bit of design and color to your latest creation. Choose from traditional millefiori floral designs, whimsical creatures, or wildlife and holiday themes. Use them in pendants, plates, earrings, and more to provide the perfect finishing touch. 800‑525‑0940 303‑449‑8737 www.dlartglass.com
Skutt is now offering its newly manufactured and much anticipated Mini Scarab kiln designed by Marcel Braun. This smaller version of the popular Scarab model has a 12" x 12" x 16"-tall chamber that is the perfect size for many studios. Features include a stainless steel main door that opens and closes to a tight seal with ease, vent holes to keep the electronics cool, and the Easy-Glide point rest with optional 4" rests for more loading flexibility. The new hinge design and the point rest system, also found on new Scarabs, are smooth and precise. Visit the Skutt website for more information on this new kiln. 503‑744‑6000 www.skutt.com
AAE Glass, as a Bullseye Kiln Glass Resource Center, is fully stocked with opalescent, transparent, and streakie glass, plus seventy-five styles of iridized Bullseye Glass and Textures just added to AAE’s inventory. A special production of Holly Berry glass is also now in stock for your holiday season.239-471-7724www.aaeglass.com
Gemini Saw Co. has a newly designed stabilizing splash guard for the Apollo ring saw that incorporates three guide wheels and enables maximum blade stability when cutting glass, tile, rock, or other materials. The new guard can be used with Gemini Sintered Blades and Rigid Blades and will come standard with all Apollo saws manufactured after February 2013. The guard can also be used with all Apollo saws manufactured before that date. The Stabilizing Guard can be purchased from local suppliers or directly from Gemini. 310‑891‑0288 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.geminisaw.com
Franklin Art Glass now has, for a limited time, the Fusers’ Reserve Limited Edition Southwest Reaction glass. This glass features vast, sweeping arrays of the desert colors of the Southwest in a dynamic mix. The allure of this striking mix lies in how the molten colors react with one another during production, which results in finished sheets as intriguing as they are varied. The 24" x 24" sheets are available now for in-store pickup, or they can be shipped nationwide. This is a limited run product, so get them while they last. 614‑221‑2972 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.franklinartglass.com
Armour Products presents the #21-1604 Over ’N’ Over Reusable Glass Etching Stencils for faces, which can be reused up to fifteen or twenty times depending on care and other variables of use. The stencils can be used with Armour Etch Cream or the Armour Sand Etch Mini Blaster to add faces to your glass, mirrored, ceramic, and other nonporous projects. Included are designs for four sets of eyes and eyebrows, three mouths, three noses, two mustaches, and a nose/mouth combo. 973‑427‑8787 www.armourproducts.com
Paned Expressions Studios presents its 25th CD Pattern Collection, an exciting array of eye-catching cabinet door and lantern stained glass designs. Glass by Appointment Studio in South Africa has partnered with Paned Expressions again in creating delightful, elegant, timeless designs in traditional, Arts & Crafts, modern, contemporary, nature themes, and so much more. Now you can share the beauty of stained glass throughout your home in kitchen and bath cabinets, stereo cabinets, wine cellars, cabinet doors, lanterns, and beyond. Included are over 100 full-size black-and-white patterns in JPG, TIF, and GlassEYE formats. Glass color images are also included, making this collection super easy to resize, reshape, and print patterns on any computer. All 100 patterns from this CD can be viewed on the company’s website. 410‑676‑1248 www.panedexpressions.com
Unique Glass Colors (USG) introduces its newest product line—Accents. These metallics can be applied directly to glass or over dried NT or Artisan colors. They can also be dropped into wet color and allowed to disperse into the color or mixed with NT colors to create unlimited metallic colors. Experiment with the application and use the Accent metallics to create new and “Unique” effects. Apply them with a liner brush, thinly for just a hint of sparkle or heavier for more solid coverage, or pour them on and let them run. Accents can be fused on top of glass or in between layers. They come in 1/2-ounce jars, premixed, in Gold, Brass, Copper, Platinum, and Crystal Ice. 407‑261‑0900 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.uniqueglasscolors.com
Evenheat presents the Studio Pro 41 kiln designed with a large, wall-free floor and seamless shelf to allow artists to produce large and architectural pieces without reservation or restriction. The kiln enlarges and further develops the design concepts of the company’s Studio Pro program, which features both front and top access. Handles have been designed for actual use, with the lid handle being lowered and extended to offer an easy reach, and the main chamber handle properly anchored to the strong corners. Placing the kiln is also easy, since the floor and main chamber are independent of each other during set-up and may be moved through doorways as narrow as 28 inches. In addition, the available full, seamless firing shelf offers 6.14 square feet of firing surface. And the Studio Pro 41 is equipped with features you’ve come to expect from Evenheat such as the Rampmaster with Swing View pivoting control, laterally positioned lid heating elements, spring-assisted lifting, and construction details designed to promote easy use and long life. Quality and performance are what you expect from Evenheat, and the Studio Pro 41 delivers. 989‑856‑2281 www.evenheat-kiln.com
His Glassworks Inc is proud to be a new distributor for Hang Your Glass mounting hardware and adhesives. Hang Your Glass hardware makes it simple and convenient to wall mount your glass in various forms and gives artists more possibilities for displaying artwork. Orders can be taken by phone or on the company’s website.
800‑914‑7463 828‑254‑2559 www.hisglassworks.com
Gryphon Corporation has announced a new diamond saw specifically designed to make clean, straight cuts in glass rods, bottles, and similar material. It’s perfect for making murrine. A special, extra-thin six-inch diamond blade cuts through glass quickly and smoothly. An available fixture holds pattern bars and similar pieces firmly and feeds them through the blade, so your cuts are always straight and parallel. The Slicer features a powerful variable speed motor that can handle even large pieces of glass. It comes complete and ready to use with an extra-thin blade for glass and a standard blade for other materials. There It also includes a splash guard and an adjustable fence. The Gryphon Diamond Slicer is available from your local supplier. 818‑890‑7770 www.gryphoncorp.com
D&L Art Glass Supply now has bangle bracelet molds from Jayne Persico, the authority on art glass bracelets. These durable stainless steel molds are available in two sizes—extra small/small or medium/large. Both create beautifully smooth glass bangles with frit, scrap glass, decals, and more. Due to their size, many bracelets can be fired at once, depending on the size of your kiln. Visit the company’s website for more details. 800‑525‑0940 303‑442-3429 www.dlartglass.com