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GLASS FUSING
People have been fusing glass since ancient Egypt. While it takes many forms, in essence the artist takes variously colored glass, all formulated to have the same rates of expansion, and melts it together in a kiln into a new form. In the case of my bowls, first I cut a clear or colored base piece on which I layer a precisely fitted pattern of glass pieces with different colors and surface qualities. This is fused at 1480-1500 F degrees. The consequent flat disks are then returned to the kiln in a ceramic or stainless steel mold to be slowly heated to 1260 F and so slumped to conform to the mold.
EMERALD
The shiny bluish purple glass is dichroic glass J Tracy
GUITAR SONG MAN
fused glass bowl by Joseph Tracy

Bowls currently available to general public from my studio are marked AFS*(available for sale) and shown on this fused glass page


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One of the things that an artist can do with the fusing process that is very hard to do with blown glass is to get geometric shapes with sharp linear edges. It makes sense to work with this interesting facet of the medium.
FIRE IN THE DEEP (15" diam. fused glass bowl)J Tracy
AFRICAN RHYTHMS - 15" diam. fused glass bowl using irridescent glass J Tracy
DREAM OF PEACE IN JERUSALEM
15" diam. fused glass bowl by Joseph Tracy using irridescent and dichroic glass
SUNFLOWER GARDEN
This piece shows the combination of lead free, food safe paint with glass colors. J Tracy
QUANTUM LEAP shows a side view of the bowl. You can see how patches of colored light come through when surrounded by black glass. JT
QUANTUM LEAP
15" diam. fused glass bowl by Joseph Tracy of Brookside Glassworks
PRIMITIVE PLAY
20" rough diameter.
LITTLE HOUSE
11.5" diameter fused glass bowl by Joseph Tracy of Brookside Glassworks
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