My friend wanted to do a casted paperweight and was new to fused glass. So, I had her watch this video for instructions before starting the project. The piece turned out beautifully.
Thank you soooooo much for enlightening me what the magnet is for with my frit maker! i thought it was to hold the piston when stored. Good video. Glad we are subscribed!
About the time I think I’ve seen all of your videos, I re-watch one and learn something new. I’ve noticed that about yours and Tabitha’s especially. When I use the frit pulverizer I tend to save the smallest (fine and powder) for background color in landscape pieces. The purple (you extravagant guy!) and green made me think of your underwater piece… good background and beach ‘rubble’ material. I imagine it’s long gone but in case you make more…. Thanks again for your generous sharing
I have that same mold! I also have their "box and lid molds, they are beautiful. I love that contraption with the nippers! Sure beats chasing bits of glass across the studio, LOL! Thanks Jamaison! 👍😉
I finally got my heart mold. Everything went well. My only problem was 1st, I needed to fire again because the top was lumpy not smooth, then 2nd is that I could see the lines faintly where the clear glass merged after second firing, maybe a bit of dvit...so I applied super spray and fired it one last time. Yay it worked! I was wondering, if I'd like to experiment to have the bottom side up in order to shine. Perhaps I'd like to fire it without the mold, flat side down. Can you recomend a schedule. Contour? Fire polish? I understand I can put bumper dots, but people have said they like it more the other way...flat side down. I appreciate all your content. I have learned so much, and am always learning, and not afraid to try something new. I feel that the fails have often lead to new creations. The mother of invention for me.
Also really like your catcher attached in a very clever way to a cup, just was thinking about using puddle glass to fill a heart more. Good job your videos are informative and a pleasure to watch. Just subscribed so I can see the rest of your videos. Thanks for your time and effort
❤️thanks for sharing! Your videos are great! Ohh I hate that I purchased that frit piston! It’s a workout . I use a pillow case and hammer works much easier🤗
Ohh I ❤️it! Now I got to get some paperweight molds. Where did you purchase your molds? Oh I also reuse my plastic containers too. Thanks again for all your great tips
I have wondered the same and may try it some day. I worry about a fire polish temp causing it to spread out a bit since it’s so thick but I need to try sometime and find out. I do like the look of the tick layer of clear, so if I flipped and fused, I think I’d reverse build it with clear in first and colored frit on “top.”
I have the same question - I have a smaller BE heart pendant mold and the bottom is the molded part. I wonder if I turn it over and do a fire polish if I can get it nice enough to use as the front of the pendant.
Great video Jamaison! I have the cast iron heart mold that has 9 slots for hearts. Using BE glass, can I use YOUR firing schedule in the cast iron mold? Thx
Another get video with as always lots of tips and tricks. Off topic a little, I have the same frit maker and have used it only twice because even though I thought I cleaned the heck out of it, the way they say to clean it, the next project had very small bits of the previous colour that I chopped. I mean VERY small fragments, like dust really, but because of the colour I could see them in my next project. Any tips on getting that thing super clean so I don’t have a repeat performance lol ?? Thanks again for sharing your expertise!! 🙏🏻😊
I typically just try to wipe it out with a DRY rag (don't want to introduce moisture/rusting) and maybe blow it out with some compressed air (with my mask and safety glasses on, of course).
This is great, thank you! (Coincidentally, I have the exact heart-mold in its final firing stages at this very moment. If it turns out well, it’ll be a fluke, as watching this has shown me what I *should* have done! Fingers crossed.) Your TH-cam instructions are informative and valuable. Thanks for being so generous in sharing your skill.
One more question. My clear scrap has a green edge as most clear does. Do you use this scrap or the water/crystal clear? Just concerned that the green edge scrap will discolor the other colors in the heart. Making hearts with ashes. Thanks!
I’ve never used anything but standard Bullseye Tekta (not crystal clear). If in doubt, make a test piece without ashes. Nothing is wrong with taking your time and making a prototype. If you have to fire your ashes first anyway, make the glass prototype in the same firing?
Loved this video, but wondered if there’s a way to make the bottom shiny so that you could have a rounded top and flat bottom? Have you tried the opposite: putting the tekta in first then colored in last? Just curious!
Yup, that’s exactly what I’ve been doing more of lately and it works well. I fire polish for a really nice look (1250° for 90 min works well in my kiln).
I made a follow-up video - look in my channel for “Fire Polishing the Heart Paperweight.” In the video, I mentioned 1200° and I’ve since started using the 1250° for an even nicer finish.
Once again, great video. Can you use a microwave kiln for these? A had a smaller heart stick to my mold and it broke. The mold that is. Is there a way to remove the mold from the product or vice versa. Can it be heated again? Also, can you retire the heart to shine up the textured side? # Thanks Jamie’son.I appreciate your delivery.
I’m sorry, I don’t have any experience with microwave kilns so I don’t know if something like this would work. I always use plenty of boron nitride spray on my molds to make sure that they release OK. Yes, I have re-fired the hearts to get a shiny side and that works really well.
If my hearts are about half the thickness of your hearts and I want to fire polish, should I use the 90 min at 1250 that you use or less time and temp for a good fire polish? Thanks!
Hard to say... can you experiment and try it? If it spreads too much, perhaps you could position back on the mold in another firing to get it back to original shape?
My friend wanted to do a casted paperweight and was new to fused glass. So, I had her watch this video for instructions before starting the project. The piece turned out beautifully.
That’s so good to hear!
Thank you soooooo much for enlightening me what the magnet is for with my frit maker! i thought it was to hold the piston when stored. Good video. Glad we are subscribed!
About the time I think I’ve seen all of your videos, I re-watch one and learn something new. I’ve noticed that about yours and Tabitha’s especially. When I use the frit pulverizer I tend to save the smallest (fine and powder) for background color in landscape pieces. The purple (you extravagant guy!) and green made me think of your underwater piece… good background and beach ‘rubble’ material. I imagine it’s long gone but in case you make more…. Thanks again for your generous sharing
I always learn a lot from your videos ,thank you !
I have that same mold! I also have their "box and lid molds, they are beautiful. I love that contraption with the nippers! Sure beats chasing bits of glass across the studio, LOL! Thanks Jamaison! 👍😉
Where'd you get the mold?
Thanks for the great video. I have a heart shaped heart mold from CPI and needed a schedule. Thanks for your information and creativity.
I think you are very clever and are very aware of costs - thanks! I'm also a big fan and friend of Lauries.
I love your nipper concept I’m going to definitely try that. Thanks
Another fun video! Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks!
I finally got my heart mold. Everything went well. My only problem was 1st, I needed to fire again because the top was lumpy not smooth, then 2nd is that I could see the lines faintly where the clear glass merged after second firing, maybe a bit of dvit...so I applied super spray and fired it one last time. Yay it worked!
I was wondering, if I'd like to experiment to have the bottom side up in order to shine.
Perhaps I'd like to fire it without the mold, flat side down.
Can you recomend a schedule.
Contour? Fire polish?
I understand I can put bumper dots, but people have said they like it more the other way...flat side down.
I appreciate all your content. I have learned so much, and am always learning, and not afraid to try something new.
I feel that the fails have often lead to new creations. The mother of invention for me.
For me and my kiln, I like to fire polish at 1300 with 0 hold time.
Also really like your catcher attached in a very clever way to a cup, just was thinking about using puddle glass to fill a heart more. Good job your videos are informative and a pleasure to watch. Just subscribed so I can see the rest of your videos. Thanks for your time and effort
Thank you for sharing. I love the mosaic nipper project! I’m going to buy an extra pair of nippers to try this out👍
I saw this nipper idea from fusedglass.org a long time ago - not sure what took me so long to do it!
I’m now a cutting fool👏. Thanks for sharing and thank you to the creator. I made my cutter today and I’m thrilled!!
I like the nipper holder. Great idea!
❤️thanks for sharing! Your videos are great! Ohh I hate that I purchased that frit piston! It’s a workout . I use a pillow case and hammer works much easier🤗
Love bubbles.
Thank you! Love the jar for nipping glass. Great idea! Where did you get the nesting sorters. I need some!
I can’t recall where I bought them but you can do a search for them... the brand is AANRAKU
Ohh I ❤️it! Now I got to get some paperweight molds. Where did you purchase your molds? Oh I also reuse my plastic containers too. Thanks again for all your great tips
I get molds from all sorts of sources, including directly from Colour de Verre.
Nice video! Can you fire polish the textured side and use that as top and the flat side as bottom?
I have wondered the same and may try it some day. I worry about a fire polish temp causing it to spread out a bit since it’s so thick but I need to try sometime and find out. I do like the look of the tick layer of clear, so if I flipped and fused, I think I’d reverse build it with clear in first and colored frit on “top.”
I have a test in the kiln tonight!
@@JamaisonSchuler Looking forward to seeing the finished (glossy) product; no reason it shouldn’t work! I plan to flip one of my hen eggs next week.
@@JamaisonSchuler how did it go?
I have the same question - I have a smaller BE heart pendant mold and the bottom is the molded part. I wonder if I turn it over and do a fire polish if I can get it nice enough to use as the front of the pendant.
Great video Jamaison! I have the cast iron heart mold that has 9 slots for hearts. Using BE glass, can I use YOUR firing schedule in the cast iron mold? Thx
I have absolutely no idea about that... there was a tutorial for that iron mold? I’ve never tried it.
Another get video with as always lots of tips and tricks.
Off topic a little, I have the same frit maker and have used it only twice because even though I thought I cleaned the heck out of it, the way they say to clean it, the next project had very small bits of the previous colour that I chopped. I mean VERY small fragments, like dust really, but because of the colour I could see them in my next project. Any tips on getting that thing super clean so I don’t have a repeat performance lol ??
Thanks again for sharing your expertise!! 🙏🏻😊
I typically just try to wipe it out with a DRY rag (don't want to introduce moisture/rusting) and maybe blow it out with some compressed air (with my mask and safety glasses on, of course).
@@JamaisonSchuler 🙏🏻
This is great, thank you! (Coincidentally, I have the exact heart-mold in its final firing stages at this very moment. If it turns out well, it’ll be a fluke, as watching this has shown me what I *should* have done! Fingers crossed.) Your TH-cam instructions are informative and valuable. Thanks for being so generous in sharing your skill.
There can be many paths to success, as each kiln is different! Good luck!
So, how did it turn out?
One more question. My clear scrap has a green edge as most clear does. Do you use this scrap or the water/crystal clear? Just concerned that the green edge scrap will discolor the other colors in the heart. Making hearts with ashes. Thanks!
I’ve never used anything but standard Bullseye Tekta (not crystal clear). If in doubt, make a test piece without ashes. Nothing is wrong with taking your time and making a prototype. If you have to fire your ashes first anyway, make the glass prototype in the same firing?
@@JamaisonSchuler thank you! I planned on trying with my dog’s ashes for my keepsake. Thanks for your help!!
Loved this video, but wondered if there’s a way to make the bottom shiny so that you could have a rounded top and flat bottom? Have you tried the opposite: putting the tekta in first then colored in last? Just curious!
Yup, that’s exactly what I’ve been doing more of lately and it works well. I fire polish for a really nice look (1250° for 90 min works well in my kiln).
I made a follow-up video - look in my channel for “Fire Polishing the Heart Paperweight.” In the video, I mentioned 1200° and I’ve since started using the 1250° for an even nicer finish.
Once again, great video. Can you use a microwave kiln for these? A had a smaller heart stick to my mold and it broke. The mold that is. Is there a way to remove the mold from the product or vice versa. Can it be heated again? Also, can you retire the heart to shine up the textured side? #
Thanks Jamie’son.I appreciate your delivery.
I’m sorry, I don’t have any experience with microwave kilns so I don’t know if something like this would work. I always use plenty of boron nitride spray on my molds to make sure that they release OK. Yes, I have re-fired the hearts to get a shiny side and that works really well.
Thank you for your response.
How can I get the other side smooth? I’d love to make one flat side down
You’d have to run a fire polish again after taking it out of the mold.
If my hearts are about half the thickness of your hearts and I want to fire polish, should I use the 90 min at 1250 that you use or less time and temp for a good fire polish? Thanks!
Hard to say... can you experiment and try it? If it spreads too much, perhaps you could position back on the mold in another firing to get it back to original shape?
What did you use so the glass does not stick.
I use Zyp boron nitride spray
What is a puddle
This is a a great overview: fusedglass.org/learn/project-tutorials/fused_glass_puddles/
have you used cookie cutters ?
No, I have not but have thought about it many times!
That should have been heart mold not heart more