Students transformed pieces of glass into personalized pendants at the Potter’s Guild glass fusing event, open to experienced members and first-time participants alike.
Anyone who pre-registered and paid a fee ($30 for Potter’s Guild members and $35 for non-members) by Thursday received access to all the supplies involved in making five unique pendants: snippers, glue and different types of glass, ranging from clear to colorful black dichroic glass.
The glass fusing event, which took place in the ceramics room after school, began with an introduction from ceramics teacher and Potter’s Guild adviser Mrs. Shannon Wade. With the help of experienced Potter’s Guild members, Mrs. Wade explained the basics of turning glass into jewelry, which involves cutting the glass and then layering and gluing the sheets together.
Eight students in eighth through 12th grade learned the pendant-making process, either as participants or student helpers.
Sophomore Veronica Dotsenko, a Ceramics I student, said, “I attend [this event] every single year.”
Eighth grader Annabelle Bruzos was turning one of her glass pieces into a necklace and planning to give it as a gift. “I always loved making pendants. When I was little, I made bracelets, so I wanted to learn how to make the actual pendants,” Bruzos, a Potter’s Guild member, said.
“The glass fusing event has been going on every year for about 10 years,” Mrs. Wade said. She said she plans to fire the pendants in the kiln on Monday and hopefully hold a second glass fusing event before Mother’s Day— just in time to make a Mother’s Day present.
