Fusing
Since the late 1990s, the technique of creating glass works known as fusing (from the English 'to fuse', meaning 'to melt together'), also referred to as 'melting glass', has become increasingly well-known and popular in artistic circles. This method offers artists and architects entirely new expressive possibilities.
Fusing involves melting previously prepared glass in a kiln at a temperature of approximately 700 – 850 degrees Celsius, allowing for the creation of large glass formats without the need to join elements with lead, which was previously the only solution. Furthermore, it is possible to achieve relief glass with a sculptural effect. Using metal oxides, granules, and enamels, the glass can also be coloured. Integrated with its surroundings and the changing light, it begins to take on a life of its own, which is what makes fused glass so extraordinary.
In our studio, decorative glass artworks can be created (when illuminated, they will complement the interior):
Large-format elements of interior architecture:
- Partitions that symbolically separate areas within the interior
- Partition walls
- Doors
- Simple shower cabins
- Balustrades
- Bar walls and others.
Small forms:
- Glass tiles
- Mirror decorations
- Bathroom decorations
- Bowls, platters
- Exquisite statuettes
- Small glazing for doors and cabinet fronts
- Glass mosaics.
Fused glass in landscape architecture:
- Glass objects that are unique and innovative elements of landscape architecture. Glass that allows changing sunlight to pass through can create an extraordinary atmosphere in the garden, and in the evening, with the use of artificial lighting, the garden will gain a fairy-tale character.
Projects and implementations can have both secular and sacred dimensions. We realise glass for both the interiors of private buildings and public utility facilities.
In the field of FUSING, we have collaborated for many years with Joanna Zielecka, Master of Arts, a designer of glass in architecture.
Designer Joanna Zielecka – a graduate of the University of Arts in Poznań, she completed her artistic diploma in 2012 using the fusing technique in the Studio of Painting in Architecture and Urban Planning under the guidance of Professor Marek Jakuszewski. She has participated in group exhibitions of contemporary art and has presented her work in solo exhibitions. She specialises in fused glass, designs stained glass, creates large-scale conceptual drawings, and paints. Her passion for interior design and product design proves to be exceptionally useful when creating glass pieces tailored to specific interiors.