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Fused Glass Bumble Bee Panel

Materials:

COE 90
Item# 27143  Bumble Bee
Item# 41029  Medium Glass Frit—Black
Item# 41032  Medium Glass Frit—Yellow Opal
Item# 90402  4" x 4" Clear  Fusible Glass Squares

COE 96
Item# 96143  Bumble Bee
Item# 41044  Medium Glass Frit—Black
Item# 41048  Medium Glass Frit—Yellow Opal
Item# 96402  4" x 4" Clear  Fusible Glass Squares

Other Materials:

· 7/32”  Black Back Copper Foil 
  Item# 41014

· Metal Trim
4 feet  Item# 41201 Twisted Wire
    or
4 feet  Item# 41016 Silver Ball Chain

· Preformed Metal Rings 1/4 inch (Qty 2) 
  Item# 41092

· Jack Chain (3 feet) 
  Item# 48000

FUSING SUPPLIES:
Item# 42017 Shelf Paper 1 square foot

Other Materials:
· 1/2 Square foot of glass to be used in the Boarder, we used a Black Baroque Glass
· Elmer's™ Glue · Solder 
· Fid or Lathkin to burnish the foil
· Flux & Brush
· Rubbing Alcohol, Dish Washing Detergent
· Cloth with very little lint (old T-shirt)
· Cold Polishing - (one of the following)
· Grinder 
· Abrasive Stone 
· Diamond Nail File
· 3M™ Diamond Coated Sanding Sponges

Clean Up Supplies:

· Rubbing Alcohol, Dish Washing Detergent
· Cloth with very little lint (old T-shirt)

Step 1 - Remove Glass
To keep from breaking the precut pieces of glass, remove them from the package using an X-acto knife.

Step 2 - Preparation
· Clean Glass:  using Alcohol or Dish Washing Detergent. Then dry and set aside on a clean piece of paper or cardboard. 

· Clean & Prep Kiln: 
    · Apply Kiln Wash (Shelf Primer)
    · Cut Shelf Paper to fit shelf
    · Place Kiln Shelf Supports, Shelf and Shelf Paper into Kiln

Click here for Tips & Tricks for Cone equivalency to Glass Firing temperatures

Place the fused bumble bee on a piece of paper and draw around it.  This gives you a box the exact size of the your bumble bee to draw a border from.  Draw another box 1 ½” from the first box. To miter the corners of the border use a ruler to connect the corners of the boxes.

Step 8 – Cut Border
Use the pattern created in Step 7 to cut the border pieces out of the background glass of your choice and grind the edges.

Step 9 - Foil Glass Pieces
Use 7/32” black backed copper foil to foil the fused bumble bee and background pieces. Position the glass in the center of the foil, wrapping the entire piece. Overlap the foil where the ends meet about 1/8”. Use a fid or lathkin to burnish the foil. Burnishing smoothes the edges of the foil and adheres the sticky side of the copper foil tape to the glass.  

Step 10 - Assemble and Solder

Fit all pieces together and hold in place with push pins.  Use a flux brush to apply flux to the copper foil lines. Flux etches the copper foil, which allows it to accept the solder.  Keep the pieces of glass from moving by tack-soldering each joint. Run a smooth, rounded bead on the front and back of the panel. Tin the outer edge of the panel.

Step 11 – Twisted Wire Frame

Use twisted wire to frame the panel.  Cut 4 pieces of twisted wire the length of each side of the panel.  Flux twisted wire and outside foiled edge.  Lightly solder the wire to the panel.   

Step 12 – Attach Hangers

Solder two ¼” preformed metal rings on each side of the top of the panel.

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