Glassline paints

Started by Virginia Rose, March 05, 2015, 07:45:30 PM

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Virginia Rose

I am interested to hear if anyone has used Glassline paints similar to Watercolour affect onto glass and fused with another pie
ce of glass on top, a full fuze, I also want to use Gold Flakes, I have just bought my first Glass kiln, and am 79, and having fun, please advise me, Thank you VR

Nina A

Hi there, welcome to the forum,   I've not used glassline paints yet,  but I remember reading that to get a watercolour effect  the colours are layered very thinly, and totally dried between each layer. 
There are some very talented and experienced fusers on this forum, hopefully one will have had some experience with them.  Look forward to hearing how you get on.  Nina

Virginia Rose

Thanks Nina, I will look out for help... VR

ruth

I know nothing about fusing but just wanted to welcome you to the forum.

Ruth
Frittering the children's inheritance.

Moira HFG

Welcome, Virginia Rose!

I remember someone posting some fused work painted with Glassline paints in the gallery, and I did a search for it. Scroll down to Tan's 'tattoo' dishes:
http://www.frit-happens.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=42224.15

This may not be the style you have in mind, but they show the lovely fluid effects you can get using these paints, diluted or neat.

Have fun with your experiments!  :)

Moira

MeadMoon

I've had mixed results with Glassline paints.  Often the colour almost or totally disappears on firing.  Here are two examples; the first are two Egyptian lion coasters and, while the black was ok, the gold highlights and the beige of the bodies hardly show.  The poppy was made with a mix of fine frit & powder with Glassline paints for the outlines and the colours stayed a lot better.  This was tack fused before adding the top layer and full fusing, and then adding the petals on the top layer.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/73708665@N05/9174857271" title="Egyptian Lion Coasters by Elaine Charlson, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2882/9174857271_f33fd4a8c0_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Egyptian Lion Coasters"></a>

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/73708665@N05/16340267672" title="Wildflower Coasters by Elaine Charlson, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7514/16340267672_09eb9f26a2_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Wildflower Coasters"></a>
Elaine at Mead Moon  Facebook  Etsy

flame n fuse

I've been wondering about colorline paints

Fluffstar

Bit late to the party but I thought I'd give my experience for what it's worth!
Quote from: Virginia Rose on March 05, 2015, 07:45:30 PM
I am interested to hear if anyone has used Glassline paints similar to Watercolour affect onto glass and fused with another pie
ce of glass on top, a full fuze, I also want to use Gold Flakes, I have just bought my first Glass kiln, and am 79, and having fun, please advise me, Thank you VR

I found that glassline works best if you work thin, and build up colour in stages before fusing.  Put it on too thick and it can crack in the early stages of heating which can be good or bad depending on the effect you want.  The colour will darken in the kiln - it looks like dried on clay when it goes on the glass (which is essentially what it is, as far as I can tell).  as MeadMoon said - if you want a good result in between layers it's best to tack fuse it first.

Gold flakes are fun, they keep their colour, but you often get bubbles if you fuse them in between layers.  If I'm using them I either use chads (small pieces of glass placed at the corners that allow the middle of the top layer to 'sag' and squeeze out air from the middle first), or more often I add a long bubble squeeze at slumping temperatures.

Hope it helps!
Kathy