Steider Studios Glass Medium™ a thickening agent and binder for mixing with powdered glass.
Applications: Glass Paste or Clay, (sculpting, modeling, pattern bars), Freeze in Candy or Soap Molds then Fuse, Liquid Lines, Traditional Pâte de Verre techniques and more.
Advantages: No residue after firing, no odor, non-toxic, easy to use, ability to carve into and ‘cold work’ dry but not yet fired glass paste or clay; inexpensive; easy to use, just add water.
I’ve spent 10 years searching for the best binder with little or no residue after firing, then 2 more years testing this one. I proudly offer it to you with a tiered pricing schedule, launched on my blog:
http://steiderstudios.wordpress.com/
and the following tutorial so you can see some of the ways I use it:
http://steiderstudios.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/glass-clay-a-step-by-step-tutorial-using-steider-studios-glass-medium/
Try it, I think you’ll like it!