Always Luxury

If your dog is like mine, he hates being dressed up. Even if I put a scarf on him the first thing he does is rub against the furniture trying to get it off. The only thing he doesn’t hate wearing is his collar, and I think that’s just because there’s no easy way for him to remove it. I wanted him to be at least a little fashionable, so I bought him a few fancy dog collars, one with a zebra print in celebration of his stubbornness.

I found that amongst dog collars, there really is an option for every kind of personality and attitude. Now that he’s not just plain old Jackie all the time, I feel better.

Many people who have encountered fused glass have done so in jewelry stores or art galleries. And this makes sense as the results of fused glass make for stunning and beautiful pieces. Whether it’s a pair of fused glass earrings or an artistic series of glass tiles, fused glass can be understood as any glass that has been exposed to extreme heat in a kiln. These temperatures generally range from 1100 degrees F to 1500 degrees F.

The process of firing is generally broken into three separate stages. The lowest range of heat is a process known as slumping. The next higher heat range is what is known as tack fusing, while the highest heats are considered a “full fuse.” Most often, the process involves stacking very thin pieces of glass of varying colors to create unique patterns and colors after the heating process. Amateur artists should be wary, however, of attempting this process without any supervision. The extreme temperatures of the glass make it very prone to shattering during the cooling process.