How to freeze and fuse using moulds

[@102alp]

Hi Jill, I just spent evening watching your videos and enjoyed them ever so much. You are a great teacher, everything nicely explained, without patronising. It felt like I was in the studio with you. Thank you so much for sharing your craft! ❤

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you Alena, glad to hear they were useful and thanks for commenting and letting us know.

[@jennifermechling1272]

Your fox piece is stunning!!!! Thank you so very much for your information filled videos!!

[@FiredGlass]

You are so welcome!

[@antonypalmer5804]

I have just started this hobby . Thank you so much this has given me some ideas and processes to try out.

[@FiredGlass]

Thanks Antony, glad our videos are helpful. There's so much to learn when you start out, it's very exciting!

[@nealhartley9604]

Just starting f&F and your video is excellent. Thank you.

[@FiredGlass]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gstehr9191]

Love your tutorial. Wish my freezer was as tidy as yours! 😁

[@FiredGlass]

We did tidy it before filming.

[@tonyaschade301]

I love this and you’re a great teacher. Thank you!

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you! 😊

[@rareandwonderfull]

1:46 Very nice work! Nice to see how the appearance of the enamel gets on with the fused elements. 4:05 , I can see how the breaks would also permit turning the seaweeds right or left also as if under the push of underwater curent adding the impression of dynamic and movement. 5:25 , finally, it's o.k. to be broke! LOL!

[@FiredGlass]

Yes it's okay to be broken! LOL

[@elainefuehrer5739]

i find that laying the whole mold on the shelf upside down and peeling the mold away sometimes keeps the frozen powder from breaking away. Love your ideas too

[@FiredGlass]

Good suggestion Elaine

[@AnnetteRintelmann]

THANK YOU FOR SUCH A WONDERFULLY INFORMATIVE VIDEO

[@FiredGlass]

Glad it was helpful!

[@johnkunze5362]

Put the tile on the filled mold, the hold it good from the bottom and turn it over. The tap the product loose and lift the mold. A vibrating table (tile) helps. Vib-tile can be a computer fan with a weight on a fin (screw) or cut a fin off. Also, a vacuum sealer bag can be used to clamp the odd shapes together to turn over.🤗😇🙏

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you for these suggestions

[@Lisa-yj8dt]

You are a great teacher. Very clear instructions to follow. Thanks for sharing your artistry. You gave me the confidence to give it a try.👍

[@FiredGlass]

That's great to hear Lisa, thank you for sharing that. Let us know how you get on! Which mould are you going to go with that's the big question!

[@melborrow]

Very good video! A total different approach at doing it! Yours give you much more detail. Excited to try it!

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you, good luck with your go!

[@trashdog88]

Your work is beautiful

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you so much!

[@dondoyle111]

Very cool - thanks for sharing your talent!

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sbecker]

Great information! Thank you.

[@FiredGlass]

No problems

[@patriciacalbery3622]

Your super ! such good ideas and information plus you are a good teacher Thank you !

[@FiredGlass]

Thanks for watching, glad it was useful

[@kristibbradshaw]

You could make a small scoop by taking a disk grinder to a cheap spoon. Then bend up the sides like your husband did on the larger ones.

[@FiredGlass]

Good idea!

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

So pretty. Loved it❤❤❤❤

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@99turquoisegiraffes]

Thank you so much for sharing! Perhaps try to remove the most delicate bits first before they soften especially since they're so thin

[@FiredGlass]

Good call.

[@DianaGarcia-dv3yr]

Muy buena la explicación!! Muchas gracias!!

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you 😊

[@clarejohnson779]

Could these frozen fish that you made be put in a microwave kiln? Thank you for sharing your art and ideas.

[@FiredGlass]

Yes they can but you will lack the control of a glass kiln. The annealing process is difficult to manage in a microwave kiln.

[@barbroaugustin3783]

Oh I love your video, you are a star and make me laugh a lot too, fsh! yes that is great.❤

[@FiredGlass]

Thanks for watching and subscribing. We really need to make some more videos! It's on our to-do list, however things are a bit hectic at present, so they are taking a back seat. Anyway, more video soon. Glad you like them.

[@marinagilbert3024]

Thanks

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you very much Marina - you are a star!

[@rtd217]

Thank you!

[@Goodellsam]

Chat among yourselves. I haven't heard that in a long time, lol.

[@juliolmeda5366]

Hello, just found your channel and love your video. Have one question how do you make the eyes? Thanks

[@FiredGlass]

The eyes are made as dots. There's a separate video on how to make dots from scratch on our channel.

[@byronderrick3151]

Good day. I was wondering where I can buy one of the powder pro tools. Love the videos. Thank you for sharing

[@FiredGlass]

Hi Byron, not sure where in the world you are based. Powered Pro Plus (P3) are available from Warm Glass and The Creative Glass Guild in the UK. In the USA try AAE Glass in Flordia.

[@rosalienellartglass]

Have you tried the powder vibe to ‘tap’ the wet molds with? I’m wondering if it would help with the settling… lovely video, as always

[@FiredGlass]

Good suggestion, however I don't think they will deliver enough punch. We use the same technique with tapping with our fingers and tapping the mould when we make chocolate to remove the trapped air bubbles. It really needs quite a force to make them break the surface tension and burst.

[@vickywilliams8320]

It does.

[@catheyfoss2890]

if you want to make a sphere, or a dimensional piece could you take 2 halves of a piece and refreeze them together?

[@FiredGlass]

You can. However you would freeze the two halves separately, and tack fuse the two halves separately, using the same schedule we showed here. Grind the back of each half flat, then you could glue them together. Any further firing would cause the piece to lose definition. For a truly 3 dimensional object you would need to use a glass casting technique.

[@catheyfoss2890]

@@FiredGlass thank you so much

[@philomenac2250]

Awesome explanation, thank you Jill!! Can you tell me name of the mold place, I didn’t catch the name in video? Thanks

[@FiredGlass]

Thanks for watching. Moulds come from either Amazon or sugarcraft suppliers (cake shops). They are the same mould.

[@1wanderingbob]

Great video. what kiln wash did you use and did you pre fire the bisque tiles after kiln washing them before doing the freeze and fuse

[@FiredGlass]

Thanks for watching Bob. Normal kiln wash was used, batt wash. No the bisque tiles were not pre fired before first use.

[@donnambrown7305]

I absolutely love your videos! I want to try this. I did not see you add spray release to your mold first. Is that correct?

[@FiredGlass]

Thanks Donna. Release is not needed.

[@donnambrown7305]

@@FiredGlass Thank you so much! hoping for a happy accident 🙂

[@marilynnelipshutz9089]

My studio lacks a freezer. If I freeze at home and bring molds back to the studio to fire, how long from freezer to kiln? Since pieces are "frozen" do they lose integrity during the interval from home to studio? What happens during the freezing process ? The water is frozen, right? When it thaws, does the piece fall apart, settle, clump, go back to powder form? Thanks !

[@FiredGlass]

Transport them in a cool box with ice packs to keep them frozen.

[@johnkunze5362]

Fish with no eyes is a fsh!💨

[@Kat-sm3uj]

I’m a complete novice. I have kiln paper instead of tile wash is that ok to place them on the kiln paper overnight? Or would the paper absorb the water and cause any issues?

[@FiredGlass]

It should be okay with kiln paper instead of a tile. Worth trying it out and seeing what the results are.

[@birdcage9374]

Please can you show an example of a freeze and fuse piece that was broken, and has subsequently been fired? Thanks

[@FiredGlass]

Have a look at the lantern videos as they show this very thing.

[@120lana]

On the video you are using Bisque tile without treatment for fusing the your glass animals. My question is why cannot we use those tiles instead of thin fire for other fusing?

[@FiredGlass]

The bisque tile was kiln washed so you can certainly use it for other fusing providing you have treated it.

[@raisaalthea]

This is only for 1 segment of firing schedule? :)

[@FiredGlass]

Sorry I missed your question. You can do it as a single segment for sure which is what we do.

[@miaandersen8731]

Could you use a bit of gum arabic to bind it? That's the binder in watercolour.

[@FiredGlass]

I'm not sure how using this would help, perhaps I'm missing something. The water is used to freeze the powered, it does not need a binder at this stage. That's the freezing side of things. I'm aware of gum arabic being an artist too, but don't really understand where in the process you feel it may be of benefit.

[@montsesalas3919]

Hello. I have been doing your technick filling out first with white the botton of a cabochon (where there was a figure) and then with dark blue. Freeze all together and put the freeze cabochon in the firing oven (750º).The blue distroyed absolutely the white color and everything came out completely dark. The result was disastreous. Any idea of what we did wrong?

[@FiredGlass]

Difficult to say, but the white may have reacted with the blue. If you used Dense White then that’s probably the reason.

[@montsesalas3919]

@@FiredGlass I did. Thanks. Will be trying again.

[@FiredGlass]

No problems. You might like to try a two stage approach to freezing. Put the white in and freeze that, then put the blue on top and freeze that. It could be that the blue migrated into the white before you fired it. This way it would prevent that. You may just have to experiment a bit. Initially I thought the white many have reacted with the blue. The white has lead in it and that would react with selenium. However, blue does not contain selenium. Most odd.

[@montsesalas3919]

@@FiredGlass I followed your two stage freezing and it worked. Now I use this technik with more freezing stages according to the variety of colors envolved. My teacher for glass fusing says you are a crack! We thank you very much for helping us. Not everyone would do it!! Kind regards from Madrid (Spain).

[@FiredGlass]

@@montsesalas3919 thank you, that is great to hear 🙌

[@mamasaenzcreationsbretinas8136]

How long and what temperature do u put them in the kiln for?

[@FiredGlass]

The firing schedule is shown at 27:44 mm:ss on the video.

[@annatovenden9809]

What is the firing schedule for Freeze and Fused please??

[@FiredGlass]

Hi Anna Firing schedule is shown on screen in the video. See chapter 27:10 mm:ss on the play head at the bottom of your screen / phone.

[@donnambrown7305]

I spent all afternoon on 4 ladybugs, one that disintegrated, 1 bee & 1 butterfly. Used up alot of my powder & frit medium/fine. I got my molds in the cake decorating dept. These molds must be too deep or I'm doing something wrong. How deep are your molds?

[@FiredGlass]

First off it is worth stating it is not an exact science, there are so many variables. The moulds we used as per the video are standard silicone moulds, nothing special or unique, most are from Amazon or cake decorating supplies. You don't give us enough information to troubleshoot your issue. Most often people either leave them in the freezer for too long therefore they become dry and crumbly. Typically ours are in there for 30mins to an hour. Secondly, make sure you have added enough water before freezing. Perhaps re-watch those steps on the video. Release from the mould onto an unfired tile and leave overnight to dry out - they should stay in shape as long as you don't move them from the tile. Put the whole in the kiln and fire. You say one disintegrated, at what stage? What about the others?

[@donnabrown2962]

@@FiredGlass oh, I think I know what I did wrong. I did not put them on kiln paper to dry, then tried to pick one up to take to firing. Operator error. Lol

[@theresehaworth8249]

Fsh? Im still laughing!!

[@theresehaworth8249]

Loved this video! Especially repurposing 1

[@theresehaworth8249]

One tool from one craft to use in a new craft! I hate making cards and gave a plethora of rubber stamps, but i use them still in my ceramics, maybe I cane use them here? Is there a glue you can use to sprinkle frit onto? Just for patterns or backgrounds….

[@FiredGlass]

Great idea, you can use tac gel which burns off during firing. That may work for you.

[@YASSERSTUDIO]

can i use this in microwave kiln

[@FiredGlass]

You certainly can. You have the normal limitations around precise control of the temperature with a microwave kiln, so maybe a bit more hit and miss.

[@YASSERSTUDIO]

@@FiredGlass thank you very much , im glad that i found treasure and that is your channel

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you, great to hear. 👍

[@elainefuehrer5739]

do u show how u did the Fox?

[@FiredGlass]

Not that exact one, however Jill is just finishing off an e-book on painting with enamels which shows a fox piece with freeze and fuse as a step by step project. Book should be available middle of October from our website.

[@sylviagilchriest4478]

Hi Jill, Do you sell enamels ?

[@FiredGlass]

Hi Sylvia, no we do not sell enamels. There's plenty of places already selling various brands. We have just shot a new video on enamels it should be live next week.

[@rhianlforrest88]

They are angelfish not tangs 🙂

[@FiredGlass]

Thank you 🙏

[@bigchrisrogers]

What do you call a deer with no eyes? No idea. 🙂