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vsilvered
27-05-2010, 11:32 PM
I may be late to the party with this, but I've just stumbled on a product called 'Glass Clay' or to give it's proper brand name 'GlasClay' produced by ClayMania.

GlasClay consists of fine particles of glass suspended in a water-soluble binder, you buy it as a powder and reconstitute it with water, you then work it like clay, shape it, cut and/or texture it, leave it to dry and then fire it in a kiln... the result is a piece of glass! It comes in different colours based on the glasses of Bullseye and Oruboros all of which are COE90. More details can be found here (http://www.glassclay.co.uk).

Could be quite interesting for those wanting to create more 3-dimensional work in glass.

Has anyone seen/used this product yet?

MuranoSilver
28-05-2010, 08:42 AM
I've got some at home that I plan to experiment with soon :)
Petra at silverclay.co.uk will be selling it
Nic xx

vsilvered
28-05-2010, 09:08 AM
Ah! Will be very interested to hear your experiences with it and see your results! :)

wheely
28-05-2010, 03:42 PM
Can you torch fire this?

vsilvered
28-05-2010, 04:33 PM
Wheely, I'm afraid you can't torch fire GlasClay. According to the UK distributor site (http://www.glassclay.co.uk) the clay has to be fired in a kiln with a digital programmable controller, because it needs multiple firing segments at different temperatures.

PureGold
29-05-2010, 12:06 PM
You might be interested in this site Kaiser Design Studio (http://kaiserglass.com/) which shows how it can be used with metal clay.

mizgeorge
29-05-2010, 04:53 PM
You might be interested in this site Kaiser Design Studio (http://kaiserglass.com/) which shows how it can be used with metal clay.

bear in mind this is about Kaiser's own DIY glass clay, not the product mentioned above. There is also the option of freeze n fuse techniques for similar effects to those achieved by glass clay.

Has anyone seen anything nice done with GlasClay yet?

vsilvered
29-05-2010, 11:10 PM
George, Nic mentioned that Petra at silverclay.co.uk is selling GlasClay. I've also seen that they have a Facebook page (Metal Clay Ltd) showing some of their tests so far.

mizgeorge
29-05-2010, 11:19 PM
Thanks Vi, I know who's got it, I'm just curious to see if anyone makes anything good with it - I've not seen anything that looked even remotely exciting yet.

Di Sandland
30-05-2010, 09:21 AM
speaking as a glass-player-wannabe - surely the thing about playing with glass is, well, playing with glass? Why muck about with clay then?

vsilvered
30-05-2010, 09:39 AM
Well.. you are still playing with glass.. albeit teeny, tiny particles of glass :) What interests me is the possibility of being able to create 3-D and hollow form structures (not necessarily for jewellery) using a kiln and not torch.

George.. I'm anxious to see something exciting too! I wonder if you can produce stuff like this (http://www.chihuly.com/seaforms/seafA003.html) with it (it's not jewellery, but I love this man's work)...sigh

Lou
30-05-2010, 11:50 AM
I can't get excited about this glass clay for some reason, don't know why. I saw the pics on Facebook and they didn't look very exciting. Waiting for Nic to make something awesome :D

mizgeorge
30-05-2010, 01:15 PM
Well.. you are still playing with glass.. albeit teeny, tiny particles of glass :) What interests me is the possibility of being able to create 3-D and hollow form structures (not necessarily for jewellery) using a kiln and not torch.

George.. I'm anxious to see something exciting too! I wonder if you can produce stuff like this (http://www.chihuly.com/seaforms/seafA003.html) with it (it's not jewellery, but I love this man's work)...sigh

Hate to say it - but I suspect the answer is not a hope! It's a furnace you need rather than a kiln or torch - the only realistic way of creating that kind of art is by blowing.

vsilvered
30-05-2010, 01:29 PM
Harumph!

In that case.. I shall bypass the glass and get meself a Knew Concept saw instead!

;)

Lou
30-05-2010, 03:06 PM
Harumph!

In that case.. I shall bypass the glass and get meself a Knew Concept saw instead!

;)

Do it!, I got mine from Rio, you don't have the 3 week waiting time then