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Narrowboat Windows in
Flowing Fused Glass, Solihull 2009
These fused glass panels are fitted into the
doors of "Button Moon", a lovely new
narrow boat built by Stephen
Goldsbrough Boats in Solihull.
The windows were created with lots of extra bubbles
trapped between the layers and then the coloured
strips are 'tack' fused to the panel. The bubbles
in between the fused glass layers are made using
bicarbonate of soda - but we have to be very careful:
Too little bicarbonate and nothing happens. Too
much and the whole lot explodes in the kiln!
This combination of bubbles and tack fused pieces
makes the glass very tactile. The raised stips
evoke the gentle ripples on a canal and the colours
are reminiscent of the traditional colours seen
on the boats of canals of Britain.
The narrowboat "Button Moon" was exhibited
at the Crik
Boat Show in May 2009 and was also featured
in Waterways
World in July 2009.
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