ArtFire

Fused glass pendant by CaraSmiths. Channel your inner Tippi Hedren with this festive autumn fused glass pendant...can you feel the birds flapping overhead?

Color: White, permanently fused black decal details. Aanruku sterling silver plated bail. Arrives with gift box.

Read on or check out my bio to learn more about glass, how I turn it into art treasures and preserve it's strength. Enjoy!

Glass by CaraSmiths that highlights some of my work starts off as either a cool glass rod or special sheet glass. My glass preferences are Moretti and System 96, but I'm always working with new things. Glass is a liquid, and when it's carefully heated in the flame of a torch or in a kiln (think of those brick ovens the ceramic makers use?) the glass works up to a point where it gets very hot. Depending on the temperature, it flows like honey or fuses with other glass. So things get hot, sometimes around 1600 degrees hot!

Most important to you is durability of these treasures. Bringing the glass back to room temperature and making it strong requires the use of a kiln to anneal the glass. CaraSmiths glass is kiln slowly annealed at the appropriate temperature for long wear and enjoyment. I carefully inspect my work before it comes home to you, but of course, glass is glass. Please read more about care tips under the BIO tab on this site.

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