Properties & Qualities
Application
Product
Qualities
Colourful Tactile Translucent
Colour
Pale blue
Sample Information
Dimensions
100x100x8mm
Weight
0.2Kg
Process & Production
Waste glass has been collected, cleaned, crushed, and sieved into a powdered sized glass cullet before the powdered glass mixed with special glass frits of the primary colours (red, yellow, blue) of an to create a range of assorted colours. The mixture of glass and frits placed in a ceramic mould and fired at in a flatbed kiln. The texture ranges from highly texture to smooth.
This sample uses bottle glass powder plus powdered glass pigment: blue @ 7% by weight
The glass undergoes a special firing schedule that transforms the glass from a glassy transparent material into a crystalline material that looks and behaves more like a stone or a ceramic material. The glass material is still hydrophobic and does not absorb any water. It is no longer transparent but has aesthetic features that can be semi-transparent.
Fusion using temperature between 800-900degree Celsius.
Credits
Craft Maker
Tyra Oseng-Rees
Library Contributor
UWTSD
Photographer
Garry Bartlett