Fused Glass Powder Printing

[@jrzgrl76]

Just a liitle note: Thank you Jamaison, for all you do! Love your videos!

[@Christopher-dz4yp]

Jamaison, Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge base!

[@CuriousEarthMan]

Thank you Jamaison! What a fun little project! Thank you for putting so much into your videos and postings!

[@dlarson9850]

Thanks again for your knowledge Jamaison.

[@gbleimeyer3659]

I agree with you about Tabitha's skill and creativity. Thanks for this cute quick project

[@nancymckenzie3258]

The ear wax removal gadget made me laugh! Very innovative! Thanks for sharing with us.

[@StephFuses]

I did some of these a few years ago. I was not in love with them, so I only did the two tests. Maybe I should try again

[@3PairDesigns]

Jamaison, that is so cute! You are super creative, and I am not sure I would have thought to put the push pins in as handles, LOL! Great job, looks great! 👍😉

[@katiecan7404]

Great video -- and funny, I just did used some of these little wooden shapes as stencils, so there must be something in the air, lol. A great tool to add to your collection would be those little rubber tools used for sculpting clay -- they're like paint brushes but have rubber tips in various shapes in place of the brush. They are fabulous for moving and shaping powder -- much more control than a paintbrush. Looking forward to your next project!

[@JamaisonSchuler]

Genius! I have some of those tools and the thought never crossed my mind! THANK YOU!

[@maryhardman4325]

I love your work, inspirational thank you

[@AnnetteRintelmann]

It is cute!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rebecaaragon7101]

It’s really cute! You can also use a tape tab on the ornament to prevent the pin raising the wooden stencil 😊

[@JamaisonSchuler]

Yes, I’ve used a tape tab on some others... this one is just so thin and I have such fat fingers that I didn’t think I could make tape work on this one. Straight pins would have been good too, or a pair of tweezers and a steady hand?

[@denisestover2416]

Hi 👋 Mr. Schuler, Could you have made an enamel "paste" with the salmon powder and instead of using water as the vehicle use hairspray or the Glastac? Place the stencil down then apply the powder "paste" as you want it. Not too much liquid, just enough for the salmon powder to flow a bit - ya know what I mean? If needed, you could use masking tape or the fibre paper to build a dam or wall around the tile to keep the powder "paste" fenced in. On the finished piece, but before slumping, could you have taken some type of silver metallic 'marker' and traced over the heart or the "love" or both? Maybe next time move the love heart to the upper left and use the silver metallic 'marker(?)' to draw 2 more hearts - 1 medium and 1 smaller? I hope you don't mind my wonderings? I have a HUGE kiln, but don't know how to use it and, in a way I'm living and loving glass vicariously through you 😊 This actually came out beautifully! 😍 Thank you for generously sharing your learning adventures with us here....the good, the bad and the breakage of it all! Lol! God Bless 😃

[@i.t.577]

🤣 The opening! Lol. Sometimes internet people can be so opinionated and harsh with their assumptions. As I've commented in another of your videos, what I love from your channel is indeed that we're learning together ....and specially the fact that you're very methodical and almost scientific with your approach when documenting your experiments; because it helps with repeatability. Two suggestions: 1) Instead of using pins, you could just make "lift-tabs" with blue painter's tape or similar. Fold the tape onto itself, but leaving about 1/16" uncovered, so that you can stick that to your wood; and then manipulate the tab until it stays vertical ...so that it doesn't blocks powder. 2) Have you tried somehow diluting a bit of glass tack medium and then spraying it on with an airbrush, removing the stencil, and then dusting some powder over it all? Somehow like glass "screen printing", but with a tack medium instead than with enamels and a squeegee. Another experiment idea: maybe you could try some "spattering" effects for texture, like what we do on scenic painting for theatre, but on a smaller scale. Maybe if you dilute a bit of medium, or aloe gell, or whatever with a bit of water, you could then use a toothbrush + your thumb to make "freckles" of tack. Then, dust them with glass powder and kiln it. Using stencils with this technique could create really interesting textures. What do you think?! I've never seen anyone (yet) trying this technique on glass. I'd love to have glass and a kiln myself to try this out, but ohhh well. Lol. Hopefully soon! Shipping a small kiln like the Paragon Caldera to Puerto Rico is cost-prohibitive. Thanks for the continued inspiration, Jamaison!

[@JamaisonSchuler]

I’ve made “lift tabs” with tape before... works best on a piece where there’s a bit more surface area... this stencil is so thin and my fat fingers are so big, tabs may not work as well on this. I love the idea of trying to create a sticky base and dust on. That would work better with a dark opaque color perhaps? Because I find you need a pretty thick layer of powder to get a good color saturation. But what you recommend works really well with stamps and mica powder!

[@i.t.577]

@@JamaisonSchuler ohhh that's so true about the mica and stamps. Now that you've mentioned it, I can recall watching a few videos about it during the fall. Yeah, probably works better with darker colors indeed. I'd love to do something with white mica on the combination of bullseye translucent peacock blue + clear that you did to save a failed experiment. So far, that round peacock/clear plate that you made is my favorite piece from you.

[@elizabethwatson71]

Try straight pins, thin enough to not distort powder application. Next question...could you give it a shot with aerosol hairspray before you remove the template? My thinking is that it will keep the powder from shifting.

[@JamaisonSchuler]

I’ve tried... it actually makes the powder stick TO the template and made a bigger mess for me.

[@elizabethwatson71]

Well phooey. What about water? Will it just bead up on the surface? I’m throwing knives, praying to hit a tree

[@JamaisonSchuler]

Tried water too. The glass powder is just so light and delicate that I found I have better success if I just carefully (and quickly) lift.

[@iluvfurrykids]

Your timing is fantastic! I just purchased those 2 Valentine ornaments that you provided a link for!! I tried them but had difficulty removing them from the glass after I sifted the powder on. Your idea of using a thumb tack is brilliant and I'm gonna try that tomorrow! I think that will work much better so thank you very much for that suggestion! By the way, you did put a clear layer on top of that before you put it in the kiln correct? If so, did you use some hairspray to keep it in place before adding the top layer? Thanks so much for making these videos, I really appreciate it!!!

[@JamaisonSchuler]

Nope, no clear, no hairspray. Just walked directly over to the kiln and fired.

[@mellisa9459]

What is tekta?

[@JamaisonSchuler]

Clear sheet glass from Bullseye