Buzzy Bee - Fused Glass Enamel Art
Buzzy Bee
Create Your Own Double-Sided Fused Glass Enamel Suncatcher
Buzz into creativity with this fun and easy fused glass project! Learn step-by-step how to paint a vibrant double-sided bee suncatcher that shines beautifully in the sun. Perfect for beginners and glass lovers alike—no experience needed, just your imagination and love for bees!
Materials needed
- Safety glasses when cutting your glass
- Respirator or dust mask to be worn when mixing the enamel powder
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Enamel powder colours from Dove / Rogue Enamel
- Sun yellow
- Harvest brown
- Pure white
- Golden brown
- Jet black
- Dove / Rogue 63/601 water friendly medium
- Assortment of brushes good quality soft bristles flat brushes in size 6/8 and round brushes in size 8 and a small liner brush size 00000.
- 1 Cup of water for cleaning brushes.
- Small plastic containers with lids about 5– size is important, if you only want to mix a tiny bit of enamels, then cups with about a 3cm diameter / 1.18 inches
- Teaspoon
- 2 clothes / wipes
- Pocket Digital scale that can measure in double point digits in gram
- Kitchen paper towels
- Round wooden mixing stick
- Paint palette
- Silicone or grill mat that is graded to take heat up to 338F / 170C
- Glass (any COE)
- A lot of drying of each layer of paint is done using this technique and I recommend that you use a food griddle (that will not be used for food again) to dry each step. But drying can be done in your kiln too. I use grill mats to keep my griddle or kiln shelve clean from wet enamel paint.
Let customers speak for us
Using the Inkfusion Pro Pen is so much easier than using a paint product in a squeeze bottle. There's a little learning curve that I'm still coming through, but was able to successfully use the product multiple times successfully.
I have purchased all of the Rogue range as well as 2 of the Rebel range and I'm very happy with the results. I've also purchased the colour chart to help me with mixing and I purchased Rogue medium to use with the enamels. The colours are super vibrant and go on beautifully. I have used them on Bullseye 90 as well as float glass. I've used them to paint on as well as for enamel pours. I would just like to know what colours to mix to make purple, which has not been shared unfortunately.
As well as all of the above, I have purchased the ink fusion pen. This, when it works, is amazing, but it can be a bit of a challenge to get it to consistently flow. There are plenty of helpful video demonstrations on Facebook and on glass emotions website to assist with any issues.
Crystal is generally really great at responding to questions when people reach out.
Crystal, please share with me, how to get that nice purple that you display via photos on the Rebel Reverie page 💜
So excited to try these new colors. The shipment arrived fast!!! I know I will love them! ❤️
The enamels I have ordered are have endless possibilities to bring my glass art to another level. I love painting on glass , it helps give different dimension to my art.
Beautiful collection of colours! Mix well and fire with ease. Really delighted with them- thank you Crystal for all your work in developing them! Super fast delivery!
Nice being able to do fine lines that are difficult with brush
There are clear written instructions and videos to follow. The facebook group is a bonus. Fun to see what others have created and Marguerite has additional video demonstrations. The entire content is worthwhile
I tried all the other and have stopped looking, I'm staying here.
Using the Rogue Medium allows me to create very translucent or opaque colors with feather lite essence.
I can control the translucency of the enamels by using less or more of Rogue Medium.
Phenomenal product! Works well and adds even more quality to creations! As always, shipping was very quick.
excellent, fast service, thank you!