Leaded glass

[Glassdog]

I’m looking for clear glass with a high lead content.  I like how copper inclusions look with this type of glass.  I would like about 3 to 5 pounds.  It will not be used to make items for eating or touching the skin due to safety considerations.

Thanks.

Glassdog/Diane

[Anonymous]

Can you work with billets?  Gaffer makes a casting crystal with a high lead content – and beautiful refraction – but it is only available in billets.  These folks sell it:

http://www.glasscolor.com/colors/gaffer_casting.aspx

Firing lead glass is safe.  If you are going to do any cold-working/grinding/sandblasting then you really need to take respiratory safety seriously.  Breathing in ground lead glass is a bad thing.

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Paul
FusedGlass.Org
Helios Kiln Glass Studio
PaulTarlow.com

 

[Glassdog]

Thanks for the tip – I hadn’t thought of the risks while cold working only while wearing or eating from the finished project.

Billets aren’t my first choice but I could hammer them into submission if I can’t find anything else:-)

Thanks for the suggestion.

Diane/Glassdog

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