Fused Glass Draped Bowl - Colorful Lattice Side Design

My wife and I recently took a fusing class from Val and are really enjoying ourselves!  This is my second fused glass "Draped" bowl.  The first bowl was beautiful, but didn't turn out exactly as I had planned.  It didn't drape far enough and there wasn't very much separation between the glass pieces.  For this bowl, I reduced the width of the glass pieces, cut the colored glass squares shorter and spaced them farther apart.  I started this project by cutting 3/8" wide strips of clear Bullseye glass, along with many small squares of colored transparent Bullseye glass.  I modified the design as I wanted the sides of the bowl to stretch out into various sized holes, to finish with a lattice look design.  After cutting all the glass and laying it out, I tack fused it together.  I then draped the glass panel over a 9" stainless steel cooking bowl, treated with ZYP spray.  I heated the kiln up to 1,300 degrees F to get it to stretch all the way down to the rim of the bowl and shelf.  I started to "Peek" at the progress of the drape at around 1,250 degrees F (in 10 degree increments) until I felt the glass had draped enough and then let it soak for 10 minutes.  After patiently waiting for the kiln to cool down, I opened my Hot Shot 16G kiln and was pleasantly surprised!   The bowl turned out even better than I could have imagined! 

We appreciate all the help Val & Roy have given us with our new hobby and plan on making many more projects!

Sincerely,

Dan