Fused Glass Portraits
These two pieces are custom made fused Bullseye certified compatible glass portraits. The compositions were created by using a preexisting photo of the couples that is then abstracted and reduced to its constituent color fields. The resulting image is then used to create the actual fused powder on sheet glass portrait.
Material
- glass
Meet the Maker
Daniel Buchanan
Studio Glass Company
I make handmade, kiln formed decorative art glass for commercial and home uses. I offer a wholesale line of tableware and interior lighting, as well as custom lighting, tile installations, and unique architectural elements.
I primarily use a glass making process called powder printing. An adaptation of screen printing, powder printing also employs the use of screens and photosensitive emulsion, but instead of pushing ink on to paper, I push powdered colored glass onto layers of sheet glass which is then fused together in the kiln. The glass pieces are then trimmed and mounted as tiles or set up over ceramic and metal molds and slumped into forms for lighting or tableware. I also create my own slumping molds, fabricate lighting armatures, and build my own kilns and other equipment.