Fused Glass Cube Paperweights

Description

Starting with an extensive palette of sheet glass, artists JJ Brown and Simona Rosasco begin by creating kilncast “pattern bars”. Pattern bars are built by stacking or laying vibrant, multi-hued glass into molds made of high temperature materials. These molds are then fired in a kiln, at temperatures approaching 1600 degrees, creating solid glass bars of interesting and unusual design. Slices or chunks of these bars are then cut with a wet diamond saw.