Polished Pink with Red Fire Gilson Fusing Opal

Item Name:

Polished Pink with Red Fire Gilson Fusing Opal

SKU:

OPAL POLISHED PWRF

Description:

The Polished Pink with Red Fire Gilson Fusing Opal is a lab created opal piece that has been pre polished so it is ready to place into fusing projects with a clean, finished surface. In kilnformed work, Gilson opal is commonly used as an inlay or trapped accent where you want a concentrated flash of color and fire inside a glass design. This style is especially useful when you are building pendants, cabochons, tiles, or small sculptural fusing elements and want the opal protected under a cap layer or seated into a recess so it stays stable through firing.

How it is used:

• Plan the opal placement so it will be supported and protected in the finished piece
• Set the polished opal into a shallow recess or surround it with compatible glass elements
• Cap or trap the opal under a layer of glass when your design calls for a sealed inlay look
• Fire according to your normal fusing schedule for the glass system you are using, then evaluate the set and finish as needed