I’ve been experimenting with firing leaves into glass to leave a ghost image. I fused a piece of fern leaf between two pieces of glass overnight and it’s worked brilliantly. The heat burnt away the leaf and has left a gorgeous, detailed ghost image. Am now very excited about the design possibilities.
Fern leaf fused into glass
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Wow that’s brilliant – I tried that a little while ago but ended up as massive bubble in the middle of the glass :):)
That’s what happened to me at first. The trick is to dry the leaf out a little and fuse slowly at a lower temperature.
I love this. My daughter’s name is Fern–pls let me know if you ever offer any pieces like this for sale.
I will be experimenting further Mel, will let you know.
Love this … could you share your firing schedule for doing this ?
Hello. The schedule is (fahrenheit) as follows: Rate:250f/hour Soak 300f hold 10 mins. Rate: 400f/hour soak 1465f hold 10 mins. Rate 9999f/hour soak 950f hold 60 mins. Rate 100f/hour soak 800f hold 15 mins. Hope that helps. Jess
Thank you- been wanting to try this.