Klaus cuts the glass into approximately 1/4" wide strips.

He then places the strips side by side on edge on a flat kiln shelf.

He uses fiber mat dams around the edges to prevent the edges from overheating and spreading.

The assembly is placed into a kiln and heated to full fuse temperature.

After annealing and cooling, the solid sheet is removed and cleaned.

He then cuts the thick sheet of glass into pieces per a straight line drawing he creates. Sometimes he makes multiple sheets of different color sets to piece together for the final work.

He reassembled the pieces into a new pattern on the shelf, much like a puzzle or mosaic.

They are placed into the kiln again and again fused.

Once cooled, the sold piece is often trimmed into a circle, or final shape, and placed onto a mold.

This time it is slumped at a lower temp, to the shape of the mold.

Following cooling, it is removed from the kiln and cold worked with a fixed base labidary grinder/polisher, to remove the outer layer of smooth glass.

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