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This fused glass dish has been made using the strip construction technique.

The strips are cut from opaque white and transparent champagne pink art glass. It has a substantial chunky feel and measures 14cm square with a maximum external depth of 4cm. The transparent glass gives an attractive louvred see-through effect. Ideal for small items such as trinkets or just for display.

Construction notes: The strip-cut technique involves precisely cutting a large number of narrow strips of glass, usually in contrasting colours, and packing them tightly together on edge. They are then kiln-fused at 815°C which results in the beautiful wavy merging together of the strips. This piece used 135 strips in four different widths, all of which were cut by hand and stacked on edge in a chequerboard design. After fusing, the resulting blank was placed over a ceramic mould and fired again at a lower temperature to give the final shape. Final photo shows the technique on a different piece with the glass cut and laid out before fusing. This technique uses considerably more glass than standard fusing, which gives the pleasing chunky feel to the finished piece.