catalog 2015 - Paul Wissmach Glass

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Transparent
Sheet Glass COE 90
Before
firing
90-01 Clear
90-06 Coral (striker)
90-09 Violet
90-12 Bright Blue
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90-04 Light Blue
90-07 Light Grey
90-10 Orange/Red
90-13 Dark Red
Single
layer
Color
on clear
2 layers of
same color
90-05 Light Green
90-08 Light Amber
90-11 Bright Green
90-16 Champagne (striker)
Refer to page 4 and 5 for Wissmach Sheet Glass Options like coating, sheet sizes, thicknesses, and textures.
Opaque
Sheet Glass COE 90
Before
firing
Color after
firing
90-02 Black
90-03 White
90-14 Orange Red
90-15 Yellow
Refer to page 4 and 5 for Wissmach Sheet Glass Options like coating, sheet sizes, thicknesses, and textures.
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All of our colors are available with our Luminescent coating.
You can achieve different effects when firing with the coated side up or down. It is ideal for reversed fusing projects
and sculptures which you want to look their best from both
sides.
Like with any glass, you have to see it in person. Photos can
not show you how beautiful the light reflects the luminescent colors.
Landscape in Luminous Glass by Petra Kaiser
Here are just a few sample tiles to give you an idea of the color. All tiles were fused luminescent side towards the kiln shelf.
90-04-LU Light Blue
90-06-LU Champagne
90-11-LU Bright Green
90-05-LU Light Green
90-02-LU Black
Our coated glass is similar to the iridescent coatings, but not quite the same.
Therefore, we call it luminescent coating. It does create different effects depending on the way you fire it.
You can fire Luminescent Glass:
● Coated side down onto a kiln wash dusted fiber shelf and the coating
will intensify.
● Coated side down onto a kiln washed shelf or shelf paper and it will
still look intense but different.
● Coated side up and the luminescent coating will stay on darker colors
if you fire no higher than 1410 °F, but will fade away on lighter colors
giving the glass a beautiful sheen.
● Cover the coated side with a piece of clear and the coating will fade
away completely.
Wall Vase fired in the Reversed
Fusing Technique with 96-06 and
96-18 luminescent
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Working with all these options will offer you a nice new pallet of design possibilities. Petra Kaiser has been fusing with the luminescent coated glass for
several years and her customers and students like working with it as well. You
can find some interesting free project lessons at www.kaiserlee.com.
Sheet Glass Size and
Thickness
When you order your sheet glass you may choose from different sizes
and thicknesses as shown to the left or add any texture as shown below.
32” (81.3 cm)
42” (106.7 cm)
lier for dichroic coate
Ask your glass supp
fires beautifully.
2 mm
Thickness
84” (213.40 cm)
32” (81.3 cm)
3 mm
d Wissmach glass.
It is easy to cut and
Sheet Glass
Textures
Aerolite
Cube
Dew Drop
Flemish
Florentine
Granite
Hammered
Ripple
Figure C
Stream X
Moss
4 mm
5 mm
6 mm
Besides our standard sizes
you may order
custom sizes and
any size circles.
Ask for uncoated textured
glass to use it with glass enamels, Accent Paints, or “Dichroic
Extract”.
You can watch Howard Sandberg on You Tube creating the
design shown in the picture to
the left.
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Transparent
Before
firing
Single
layer
Sheet Glass COE 96
Color
on clear
2 layers of
same color
96-01 Clear
96-16 Saphire Blue
96-11 Honey
96-17 Garden Green
96-12 Cinamon
96-18 Emerald Coast
96-13 Deep Sky Blue
96-19 Peacock Feather
96-15 Cornflower Blue
96-20 Midnight Blue
This 12” x 12” x 3” bowl has been
fired in one firing with a single layer
of luminescent Deep Sky Blue. The
coated side was placed down
towards the KL-board mold. In the
bottom part of the mold are enough
3” long and 1” wide strips standing on edge to fill the inside of a
smaller mold which will create the cast glass base. This is just one
of the projects you can learn at glass fusing workshops with Petra
Kaiser.
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96-13 luminescent - fired coated side down
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Refer to page 4 and 5 for Wissmach Sheet Glass Options like coating, sheet sizes, thicknesses, and textures.
Opaque Sheet Glass COE 96
All our opaque glass gets a beautiful shine in the firing process.
Please be aware that the colors can strike a darker hue. Therefore,
we show each color unfired (left picture) and fired (right picture).
Reactive Glass
96-02 Black
96-03 White
96-08 String of Pearls
96-04 Classic Violet
96-09 Oyster Pearl
96-05 Superior Blue
96-10 Gold Tone
96-06 Pale Green
96-14 Reactive Blue
In glass fusing we call glass “reactive” when the metals in one glass react with the
metals in another and as a result, create a fine line where the two colors meet.
96-07 Olive Green
Refer to page 4 and 5 for Wissmach Sheet Glass Options like coating, sheet sizes, thicknesses, and textures.
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Prisma Glass
Deep Drop with 4 mm crystal and 2 Prisma colors
Wissmach is known for its great color mixes. Our new line
of PRISMA glass is made for kiln forming. We make them in
both Wissmach 90™ and Wissmach 96™.
90-19 Red/Crystal
90-18 Crystal/Black
Please visit www.wissmachglass.com for updates since
we will continue to add more Wissmach Prisma™ and
other kiln-glass colors.
Transparent
90-17 Transparent Yellow
variety boxes
come in several sizes and 3 different glass selections. We offer
them in all our 90 and 96 glass
colors through our network of distributors.
Available now in 5 lbs containers in all
colors.
This is the most affordable way to obtain perfect compatible fusing
glass for: a Glass Casting, a Pot Melts, a Vitrigraph Stringers,
a Frit Making and more.
Cast with Glass Cullet!
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© Art Work and Design by Petra Kaiser. Kaiser-Lee, LLC
Prisma Glass
96-21
Peacock Feather/White
96-22
Peacock Feather/Crystal
96-23
Cornflower Blue/White
96-24
Cornflower Blue/Crystal
96-25
Crystal/Black
96-26
White/Crystal
96-27
Reactive Blue /Crystal
96-28
White/Midnight Blue
96-29
Midnight Blue/White
96-30
Midnight Blue/Crystal
Each Prisma combination can come in a variety of color
density as you can see in the last three colors. 96-28 is
White with streaks of Midnight Blue, 96-29 is Midnight
Blue with streaks of White and 96-30 is Midnight Blue with
streaks of Crystal. The first part of the color name is the
more dominant color of the Prisma Glass™.
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Wissmach Glass Tutorial
Luminescent Glass!
mold set up for the “reversed” plate
You will find in depth instructions for the
perfect “Reverse Fusing” on Page 2 of
this tutorial.
As you can see, most of the
luminescent coating has fired off. On
some of the pieces I added a small
piece of clear to show you what would
happen if you covered it with clear.
Evidently one piece of glass can give
you many different design options.
Enjoy experimenting!
This is the mold set up
for the “Fire Site Up”
plate. The handles are
raised with two smaller
pieces of KLB 1/2” high,
6” long and 1.5” wide.
The curved side is now
towards the mold/shelf.
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© Artwork and Design by Petra Kaiser, Kaiser-Lee, LLC
Wissmach Glass Tutorial
Luminescent Glass!
In today’s project I will demonstrate how Wissmach
Luminescent Glass™ behaves in different firing
situation. Our preferred method is the reversed fusing.
I have to admit, since we can full fuse and slump in one
firing when using Kaiser Lee Board™, the luminescent
coating stays on very reliably in this type of firing.
Here is the KL-board mold set up for the
“reversed” plate. I used a carved board and added
two building blocks to each side. The building
blocks are carved down on an angle which will
create the curved up “handle” for the plate.
mold set up for the “reversed” plate
The luminescent coating does not act like a release
(only irid and dichro coating do not stick to KLB)
therefore we recommend either shelf paper or kiln
wash powder. Since we are working with a relief, I
prefer Thinfire™ paper over Papyrus™ paper.
Release
Bullseye Thinfire Paper™
Cut a piece of Clear (COE 96) Glass the size
of the mold (18” x 9”) and a piece of Thinfire™
paper the same size as your clear glass. Now
cut several pieces of Wissmach Luminescent™
in the same COE (96). Place the paper on the
mold and then place your luminescent pieces,
luminescent side down, on to the paper.
When you are happy with your design place the
clear glass on top and fire your plate. I fused
my plate at 1425 °F (770°C).
Luminescent side down on to the paper and covered with clear!
This is a sample of the black
luminescent fired coated side
up with a little square of clear
in the center. In darker colors
the luminescent coating
seems to stay better. The
clear glass cover in the center
is a good sample on how the
luminescent vanishes when
covered with clear glass or
any other colored glass..
96-11 lu
While reversed fusing will give
you the best sparkle for your
money, I also love to use the
lighter transparent colors. I fire
them luminescent side toward
the mold or shelf and it will
shimmer through to the top.
96-18 lu
96-01 lu
Enjoy this original Petra Kaiser Project! www.kaiserlee.com
©
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In 3 Sizes and 3 options
Variety Box
Studio
Instructor
Student
Glass Size
16” x 16”
11” x 11”
8” x 8”
Box Style
Box Style
Deluxe Basic
Color
Sheets
Sheets Sheets
Clear
1
2 LU*
4
Black opal
1
1LU*
3
White opal
1
Light Blue, Light Green or
Light Amber
Bright Green, Bright Blue,
or Violet
Luminescent
3
1
1
Light Blue, Light Green or
Light Amber
Luminescent
1
4
Bright Green, Bright Blue, or
Violet
1
2
Coral or Champagne
1
1 LU*
Orange Red opal
1
Yellow opal
1
* LU = luminescent
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Basic
Color
Sheets
Sheets
Sheets
Clear
1
2 LU*
4
Black opal
1
1 LU*
3
White opal
1
Oyster Pearl or String of
Pearls
Standard
Standard Deluxe
1
Reactive Blue opal
1
Yellow opal
1
Classic Violet opal or Pale
Green opal or Olive Green
opal
Deep Sky Blue or Cornflower
Blue, or Garden Green
Luminescent
Emerald Coast or Peacock
Feather or Midnight Blue or
Sapphire Blue
Luminescent
Honey or Cinnamon
3
1
1 LU*
1
2 LU*
1
3
1
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"The availability of
Wissmach 90 ™ cut
blanks by Wissmach
re-inspired me to experiment with processes and materials
only hinted at in my
previous books. Its affordable price and
precut shapes allow
me to produce simply and quickly. Cooper
and other metal inclusions between layers
of Wissmach 90 ™ glass, modified with
various oxide solutions, have helped me
create a process and a look that I can only
compare with raku. As in raku, the fire in
the kiln alters the copper and produces
fuming metals with iridescent qualities, a
natural consequence of high temperatures. From now on, Wissmach 90 ™ will
always be in my studio."
Boyce Lundstrom
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The Paul Wissmach Glass Co. Inc.
420 Stephen St.
Paden City, WV 26159 - USA
Telephone: (304) 337-2253
Fax:
(304) 337-8800
[email protected]
www.wissmachglass.com
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