Con -fusing?

Whilst the class were busy making their dragonflies on Saturday  Nikki introduced me to a very natty little device.

The Microwave Glass Fusing Kiln.

This little kiln can fuse small amounts of glass in minutes. I made 2 small piles of blue glass with a hint of pink, and popped it all in the microwave for 5 minutes. When removed the kiln is red hot, and needs to be left for half an hour, then you can take a peep.

Inside, instead of the piles of tiny glass pieces were 2, almost the same, beautiful glass nuggets. When you put the glass in you have little idea of how it will fuse, which is all part of the excitement. I was however very pleased with my results and they were pretty close to how I had imagined.

We washed the nuggets, which removed the white powder and voila................

A pair of (slightly out of focus!) earrings.

What fun! I think I might have to invest in one of these little kilns. Nothing confusing here at all, very straight forward and exciting.