001140 Aventurine Blue

001140 Transparent Aventurine Blue sheet glass swatch

Overview

Reactive Potential

Non-reactive. Neutral.

Forms of Glass

Sheet Glass (-0030, -0050), Frit (-0001, -0002, -0003, -0008) and Stringer (-0107, -0272)

Detailed Information

About 001140 Sheet Glass
001140 Transparent Aventurine Blue sheet glass swatch
001140-0030 Fired Tile
Cold Characteristics

Cold sheet has grainy, sandy surface texture. This style is categorized as a Transparent glass, though little to no light is transmitted through the 3mm sheet.

Working Notes

Stable, no color shift. Softens more than most glasses at fusing temperature. This style is categorized as a Transparent glass, though little to no light is transmitted through the 3mm sheet.

Fusible / Bullseye-compatible.

Tiny metallic sparkles, also referred to as spangles, concentrate at the outer surfaces of the sheet glass in the factory-production forming process, including around the rolled edge. The core of the sheet is not metallic.

Seams between cut aventurine sheet glass typically fire with a darker solid line without sparkles. Left 001140 on top surface with base of 3mm clear. Right 001140 as base capped with 3mm clear. (3โ€ณx3โ€ณ samples)

Design opportunities and characteristics:

  • When fired to a full fuse, cut sheet glass elements used on the surface of a project fire with a solid, not sparkly border.
  • Explore displacement effects with the use of various clear or transparent glasses on the top surface to distort the surface.
  • Edge construction techniques typically result in an inhomogeneous sparkled result because the core of the sheet is not metallic.
001140 stacked concentric squares on a 3mm clear base fired to a full fuse. Cut aventurine elements fired on the surface will fire with a dark, not sparkly edge. (3โ€ณx3โ€ณ sample)
001140 cap with clear 3mm base. Clear prismatic sheet placed ridges down added to top surface and fired to a full fuse. Clear component sinks in and displaces the 1140 surface. (3โ€ณx3โ€ณ sample)
About 001140 Frit
001140-0003-F
001140-0003 Course Frit
001140-0002-F
001140-0002 Medium Frit
001140-0001-F
001140-0001 Fine Frit
001140-0008-F
001140-0008 Powder
Working Notes

See sheet glass notes for this style.

See Quick Tip: Inky Blue Brush Strokes

Aventurine blue powder printed on 6mm clear and fired to a full fuse. 4 passes of powder shown on left, 8 passes of powder shown on right.

Aventurine Blue is a strong color and holds up well when used in the small amounts needed when powder printing. For more information about Powder Printing Techniques see the video Powder Printing.

About 001140 Stringer
001140-0272-F
001140-0272 2mm Stringer
001140-0107-F
001140-0107 1mm Stringer
Working Notes

See sheet glass notes for this style.