Fused Glass Batik

Beautiful layers and colors

Fabric and glass are so vastly different. Textiles tend to be soft and warm. Glass (outside the kiln) is hard and usually cool. Textiles are flexible. Glass is rigid and brittle. Despite the differences, artists who work with one often tend to be inspired by those working with the other. This book is the third in a series embraces that dynamic.

Working with powder to create layered patterns and imagery, the techniques in this book teach step-by-step how to create glass that looks like batik fabric. And because the techniques themselves are modeled on methods of batik fabric dying, designs with bright, light colored foreground elements can be placed on dark backgrounds without the typical “background bleed through” that’s usually the case when working with light colored powders.

With over 80 pages of clear, step-by-step instructions and more than 250 photos and diagrams, and TEN complete projects, the education you will get from this book is more valuable than many classes costing ten times the price. The book includes all firing schedules (designed to work with both Bullseye and System 96) in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. The information is suitable for all levels of experience.