Swirled and Textured Plate

This plate was so fun to make! It started with a wire melt, which is the oblong swirled piece of glass you see in the middle. I fused the wire melt onto dark purple glass and added frits all along the outside. I used Red Opal, Orange Opal, and Marigold Opal frits all in coarse to mosaic sizes. I fired it at a low temperature (this is relative) so it was more than a tack fuse, but less than a full fuse (the low 1400s). By firing at a lower temperature, I maintained the textures of the wire melt and also the frits. And the texture of this piece is so much the charm! I slumped it into a sushi style plate.