Bowls are typically about 6” or 9” in diameter. These are some bowls available now, followed by an explanation of the process. I welcome custom orders, and can make these patterns and others in any colors of the rainbow. Please expect a delay in shipping for custom orders. Prices begin at $35 plus shipping. Call 919-556-7414 or email emily@intenseglass.com to discuss your order.
This Green “Amish Wheel” bowl is 5-6” across at the top and 1 1/2” deep. You can specify your own colors in a custom order.
This small "Harvest Bowl" is 5" across at the top and 1 1/2" deep in the center. This dish can be made with any colors (translucent like this one, or opaque) and many designs. If you don't find the one you like here, let's collaborate on something that is exactly right!
This red translucent bowl has black and white accents and a flat rim that lend a “Greek” appearance. Again, this could be made in many different colors and patterns.
This “Rainbowl” has a wedge of rainbow colors on the front, and on the back it is either plain white, or white flecked with rainbow bits of glass (called “frit”).
These contemporary style bowls have a 3-D appearance with the colored accents appearing to float above the background glass. Any color combination you can imagine can be custom ordered.
Making a Glass Bowl
Making a bowl is really exciting, and challenging. First, the design elements of the bowl have to be fused into the basic shape (circle, square, etc.) for the bowl. Then, firing in the kiln at a lower than fusing temperature, the flat shape is slumped into a mold (right) to take the shape of that particular mold and become a bowl.
This small "Harvest Bowl" is 5" across at the top and 1 1/2" deep in the center. This dish can be made with any colors (translucent like this one, or opaque) and many designs. If you don't find the one you like here, let's collaborate on something that is exactly right!
This bowl design began as a "pot melt." Various colors of glass are assembled in a pot that has holes in the bottom. The pot is raised above a stainless steel circular from on the kiln shelf. When the glass is heated to approximately 1700 degrees F, it melts through the holes and onto the kiln shelf where the design is formed.
After the pot melt is slumped, this flat rim bowl is 6" across at the top and 2" deep in the center. The rim top and edge have been ground flat.