Welcome to Guest Designer Lisa Becker!!!!
At Art GlassArray, we use A LOT of stencils in our work!
Combining powdered glass with sheet glass and the knowledge of chemical
reactions different colors make together leads to some cool shading and
layering techniques. I think that mixed media in glass will be the hottest trends
for the warm glass industry!
I’d like to
show you a bit about how some of our pieces are made using StencilGirl Stencils. I’m starting my project off
with the Strands DNA #1 stencil and adding a base layer of teal glass and using my oh-so-favorite powdered glass
called French Vanilla to sift through the stencil. By using this combination,
after it is fired in the kiln, it will look like I also added brown shading,
but it is just the chemical make-up of the two glass colors that make the
shades of brown.
Next I am
going to make some powder wafers for the flower and stem from the Layered Peonies stencil. Wafers are super thin
pieces of glass. These accent pieces have to be made in “reverse”. I start with
the outline of the peony, then move to the petals, and finally cover the entire
flower with a layer of (you guessed it) French Vanilla.
So, all
these pieces are fired separately in the kiln. After they are cool, I remove
them and begin layering them together. After they are layered in the way I
want, they go through an additional firing to melt the entire “collage” into
one piece. Here’s the finished work!
About Lisa
Becker and Art Glass Array:
Lisa Becker
has been working with glass for over 18 years. She teaches her signature “Graffiti
Glass class (using stencils, airbrushing, and powder techniques) nationally as
well as other glass specific techniques. She opened Art Glass Array to the
public in 2008 and is the largest glass supplier, studio, and warm glass
teaching center in St. Charles County. You can find out more about the class offerings
at www.artglassarray.com and see more of Becker’s work at www.lisabeckerdesign.com
