Flameworked Glass Pieces

Since I have some more spare time over the weekends this summer, I decided to take a couple of flameworking classes at a nearby studio. I was able to make four pieces and I'm pleased with how all of them turned out, so I thought I'd share them here. These were all made with borosilicate glass.

During the first class, I was able to make a small marble and a pendant. The marble was made by adding two stripes of color in an x-formation to either side of a flattened piece of clear glass, then encasing the color in more clear glass and twisting the piece to create the spiral.

My second piece was a small pendant. The 3D effect was created using "implosion", where small dots are placed at the back of the piece, and then the glass is melted and pulled down around the dots, causing them to stretch out more and create depth.

The second class I took was focused around making glass animals. We started with fish, which mainly consisted of lots of flattened pieces, joining, shaping, and patience.

Lastly, we made a turtle! The shell was created with very slight implosion. I love how the colors turned out! =)