Copper + Fire Concentric Circles Stringed Store horizontally

Store horizontally

adorning a window

roomy and breezy so you stay cool in the hottest of days

” —Lori Gottlieb

and profoundly liberating

Copper + Fire Concentric Circles Stringed Store horizontallyCopper + Fire + Glass, sterling ear wires. I start the process with a glass compound consisting of quartz sand, iron oxide, potassium oxide, and borax, which together are colorless. Depending on the various metal oxides and chlorides a wide range of colors are created. I fire each piece to a precise temperature until the enamel melts and fills the space it's in, becoming shiny. The piece is taken out to cool, and then polished with a carborundum file.