Is there a way to combine/melt both glass and clay in the same project?

I think the COE of the clay that you choose and the glass would matter.

glass and clay have very different properties when they melt, so if you’re trying to get something that is sculptable like clay, and transparent like glass, no.

porelain comes pretty close, as you can often see light through it, but it molds about as well as warm butter, and takes a pretty high cone temperature.

Glass beads could maybe be mixed into the clay, and so long as you didn’t brake them in half, it would be like working with some really gritty clay. The main risk is the different rates of heat expanison in the kiln could make your piece explode. Better to test on some small things. You might not get a lot of support either, since there would probably be glass beads on the bottom of the piece, which would stick to the kiln shelves.

Glass beads, marbles, and bits of broken glass can all be attached to the piece, and will melt more or less in place to form globs.

Silica, the main component of glass, finds its way into a lot of glazes. The egyptians sometimes mixed glaze and clay together for smaller figurines… or did they make the figurines hollow, with the glaze on the inside? it’s been a while… Anyway, the glaze would seep through the sculpture, and after firing, it would be on the outside. Not a very precise process, as the sculpture has to bend and melt a little in the process, and if you do spikes, or thin legs, it doesn’t cover evenly. Also, again, you’ll get glaze on the kiln shelves.

The making of a lampwork glass goddess bead.. Earth Mother

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