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An ongoing feed of Glasswork Pixie’s creation process, from basic glassworking techniques to project-specific insights, and everything in between!
Creating a Fused Glass Desert Diorama, Pt. 4
Before assembling the finished desert scene layers, I wanted to build one more optional layer that could sit in front of them all and emphasize the voyeuristic feeling of peeking through a…
Creating a Fused Glass Desert Diorama, Pt. 3
I kicked off this layer with test samples of various green sheet glasses and stringers to see which color combos, sizes, and placements would work best for the interesting cacti textures that I wanted to serve as the focal…
Creating a Fused Glass Desert Diorama, Pt. 2
The midground layer of this piece actually consists of two glass layers fused into one. Although visually there’s no reason that the dark brown mountainscape can’t just be a single piece, the cuts dividing it into three serve a very important function…
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