This lovely butterfly was made using a casting technique. The first thing we did was to collect some of the glass offcuts from our recent projects, and cut it into small granules. Next we cut the shape we needed from ceramic paper, and filled the space with the glass granules. One Full Fuse later and we have a basic butterfly shape. This technique tends to leave some sharp edges - not good for fingers, so we then use a glass grinder to smooth off the edges and make any fine adjustments to the shape. We then fire polish the piece, which heats it hot enough to put a shine back on the areas that were ground off, but without being hot enough to cause the shape to change. Once it's cool, the hanging bail is glued on and the cord strung through.

This fellow has a wingspan of 12 cm and is 8 cm front to back.

Hearts are a tricky shape to cut by hand. The glass doesn't like to break cleanly around concave upper part of the shape.

Fortunately, this one came out fine!

This is a very simple but striking piece made from a single layer of clear glass onto which we've put some glass Confetti - very thin pieces of glass that look like - confetti.

Once the piece has been fully fused to melt the confetti into the base shape, we've drilled a hole to accept the hanging cord.

Equally at home inside your home, outside in your garden, or maybe even on your Christmas tree, this piece loves the sun, or any other light, shining on it.

Here are a couple of examples of our shaped Suncatchers.

These two beauties are great for hanging in the window or out in the garden. They really catch the light.

The Red Bird on the left sports a sparkling blue eye made from special Dichroic Glass. Both are formed using hand-cut glass pieces, fused together in a single fusing cycle.

Each of hangers is supplied already to hang, with either a ribbon or cord, dependent upon the type of hanger.