I’ve seen pottery with melted glass in it and found it so beautiful I assumed it must be too complicated to try. Okay I didn’t exactly think complicated but I did expect it to involve a third firing. And with Electricity being so expensive my part of the world the idea of a project needing to be fired three times is what relegates it to the “one day never” shelf in my studio. So it was a very pleasant surprise to learn recently that you can just add the glass to the pottery in with the glaze firing.

You simply glaze your piece as usual and then add the glass afterwards It is important to note that when glass melts it becomes like liquid. So make sure the piece you are decorating with glass has edges that can hold the glass in. If it spills off onto your shelf it will be a nightmare to get off and you can kiss using that part of your shelf goodbye. This is what happened to me on my first attempt.

Here are the pieces that I made. These are all simple projects because they are projects I plan to do with children. I was not completely satisfied with the results and I will share with you why so that you may have more success with your first attempt or give me some advice if you have any.

In the picture above you can see that there are two leaves with glass and one without. Although the glass is very pretty it blocks out all of the beautiful delicate veins of the leaf. In the future I plan to attempt this with white clear glass and paint the leaf green.

This Fish tank piece is quite cool but I do think the blue is too dark. I will be mixing some clear glass in with this project in the future to lighten it up.

My Lady appears to be bathing in a pool of blue ink. I think that using clear glass here will look much better.

This is a piece I am actually happy with. The glass is a bit dark, but it is a murky pond and looks very similar to my pond outside (which I also cant see the bottom of) So I declare it a success.

I’m looking forward to more glass experiments and will keep you posted whether the changes I make end up being any good or not.

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