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Little Fritter Project 1 |
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Brush any over spill Canary frit from surrounding area into the
body. |
Sprinkle TG 009 Tulip Red frit into the wing tips filling ½”.
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Materials Needed: LF #2 Butterfly Little Fritter, Primo Primer, Soft Fan Brush, Sm Soft Filbert Brush, 2 ft 3/8” copper tube and bracket, Silicone, CPI Frit colors- OG 003 Canary, TG 009 Red Tulip, TG 004 Midnight, TG 003 Blue Bonnet, TG 001 Clear. |
Because of the small size of this project and the forgiving nature of frit, this project was successfully fired in a traditional ceramic kiln to cone 012. Larger fusing projects require more complicated firing processes. |
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Sprinkle TG 004 Midnight slightly over Red Tulip and down to 1” of wing
tips. |
Gently place about 2 oz of TG 003 Blue Bonnet over entire butterfly. |
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| “Frit Casting”is the process of placing small pieces of crushed glass (frit) into a mold and firing the mold and glass to a temperature range of 1480-1600 degrees F. At this temperature, the glass particles becomes liquid and fuse together. |
Gently place about 4 oz of TG 001 Clear over Blue Bonnet.
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Fire the mold filled with the glass in a
kiln to Cone 012 or to 1480 degrees F.
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| In this project we are using a fired earthenware mold as the dam mold and we are using frit with a “COE” of 96. The COE of a glass indicates the rate of expansion for a glass. It is important to use glass with like COE’s together in fusing projects. |
Allow the kiln to return to room temperature. Invert mold to release
butterfly. Wash with soap and water to remove any primer. |
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