Yesterday I made a mermaid piece out of glass. The process was very exciting because it was the first time I did fused glass in about 8 years. I drew it out on paper and coloured it in with pencil crayons. It was like a rough draft. The drawing took me a few days to draw and colour and make it just right.
Then I met Andrea, who was very nice and helpful. She is a glass artist. She reminded me how to use the glass cutter tool and how to hold it. I cut out pieces to match the colours of my drawing. She helped me glue them onto the glass. I used glass “frits”, little pieces of broken glass, for the texture of the hair and other details.
Andrea is going to take it and put it in her kiln so it will all fuse together and become a really nice piece of art.
The experience was exciting and I really enjoyed it!
